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PAINTING WITH MINERAL MATERIALS

CAROLINE BESSE’S BACKGROUND, A PAINTER-DECORATOR

Study of calligraphic techniques

• Breathing and line gesture management
• Paper absorbing the ink

Ink painting

• Transparency (Shan Shui painting)
• Mists of shades of grey
• Overlay techniques and tailored shades

Gold leaf sprinkling

Traditional Japanese painting with crushed minerals

• Coming from sacred Buddhist painting, this type of painting addresses very contemplative topics- cosmology, nature, fauna, flora, etc
• Tradition imported from Chine in the 8th century that is extremely developed in Japan
• Unlike the Europeans, the Japanese have developed many more crushed minerals colors and tones
• Intensity, color quality of minerals, colors coming directly from the earth
• Crushed grains with different grain sizes and beautiful grips
• Challenge of converting this traditional technique into painted decoration