CESMS - Sumi Shader Brush- Small

Sumi Brushes

Sumi brushes can be used on ceramics and glass.

 They were originally designed to achieve a watercolor/china-painted background look in my ceramic art.  

These brushes are natural hair and taper to a point. 

Clean with water and lay flat to dry.

• Basecoat your ceramic designs on greenware or bisque.
• Use to shade areas on ceramics.
• Create a halo of color around your ceramic designs.
• Create multi-colored watercolor backgrounds.
• Use to apply background and shading on fused glass over Layering Mix pours and more.
• They can be used to create stripes when flattened out.
• 2 & 3-Color blending on Ceramics.
• They can be used to apply Raku glazes.
• You can create a fine line with the tip by holding them straight up and only letting the tip touch the surface.
• Because they hold so much water you can achieve a gradual blend from one color to another.
• Sumi Shading can be replaced or used in place of traditional shading done with a square shader.

Sumi Shading=

Water load the brush, and drag off the edge of your water bowl to achieve a point.  Tip into shadow color just on the very tip of the brush.  Tuck the color by pointing the tip of the brush up next to the area where you want shading.  Set the tip of the brush down and apply pressure which will flatten the bristles out.  This allows the color to blend/bleed back into the water creating the darker shading where you want it, while still allowing the base coat to show through.  By applying pressure while setting the brush down and moving the brush from right to left (back and forth) you will be able to blend the color to achieve a gradual color change and a watercolor effect.  Once dry, the technique can be repeated to achieve a darker value.   If used around a piped design this effect will create a halo of the color, which will give you the illusion that the background is a color not just white.