Etegami Program

Join us for the Art of Etegami (which means “Picture Letters”). Etegami are cards (usually postcards) with simple painted images that are accompanied by heartfelt words or a haiku that echo the images that are accompanied by heartfelt words. These cards are mailed to a friend or loved one.

Materials:

• Paper: Standard postcards (Canson, Strathmore, Fabriano, Kuretake) or cut your own
  4 x 6 cards with 140# watercolor paper
• Ink: Sumi ink, either liquid or ink stick ground on stone
• Watercolor: Traditional gansai (mineral-based watercolors from Japan) is best, but any
  watercolor is fine; can also apply color with shaved soft pastels or tissue paper collage
• Brushes: One sumi brush for the ink outline drawings, and one other for the watercolors
• Writing tool: Make sure your writing tool has permanent, waterproof ink. Water-based
  markers will run if they get wet. Remember—these are going through the mail.
  Recommended pens are Sharpie Fine Tip or Tombow Fudenosuke brush pen.
• Paint dishes or a small 6-well palette
• Water cups (best to have three—one for dirty, one for medium-dirty and one clean)
• Stamp or chop with Chinese red or vermillion ink
• Recommended book: “A Beginner’s Guide to Etegami” by Dosankodebbie

Please see emailed handouts for more info.

This is a free workshop for our members during our regular monthly meeting time. NO recording per copyright request of the artist. Our usual business meeting will occur prior to the workshop beginning at 1pm.