Product Details

• Actors: Yolanda Mayhall
• Directors: Yolanda Mayhall
• Format: NTSC
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 2001
• Run Time: 53 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1879488531
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #409,065 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Sumi-e Dream Journey video, August 29, 2002

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Suzie D. (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Sumi-e Dream Journey [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This excellent video by artist yolanda Mayhall covers the "four gentlemen" of oriental painting. The "four gentlemen" are the bamboo, wild orchid, chrysanthemum, and plum branch. The strokes used to paint the "four gentlemen" encompass all of the strokes needed to create beautiful paintings. She demonstrates each of the "four gentlemen" by painting a beautiful composition and then shows how the individual strokes are done.
She begins by demonstrating a lovely painting of a bamboo branch with birds as part of the composition. She explains that one stroke leads to another and teaches the "four gentlemen" in a certain order. The bamboo strokes are the most disciplined. The next step is the wild orchid where the strokes are still disciplined but with a little more freedom. The chrysanthemum shows more action and freedom. Finally, the plum branch is extremely free.
During her demonstration of each of the "four gentlemen" she shows another use of the strokes just demonstrated, i.e. a bird made with the bamboo strokes, a butterfly using the wild orchid strokes, a fish made with the chrysanthemum strokes, and a mountain and rocks made with the plum branch strokes.
She shows a "dream journey" using the strokes and demonstrates a beautiful landscape. She also shows other ways to use brush painting techniques to paint on ceramics, fabrics, and cards. The same brush strokes can be used for local scenery, too.
This is a great video that anyone interested in brush painting would enjoy.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful display of Art by an outstanding Master Artist., May 29, 2002

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Juan Manuel (Pontevedra, Spain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Sumi-e Dream Journey [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I was recently thrilled to know that I had the possibility of seeing at work the Artist, who one day taught me through her excelent Sumi-e book, to start my painting career in Brush Painting. To look at this art teaching video is just sheer pleasure. Generously the Artist shares her great painting knowledge, unfolding step by step all her many years of painting experience. To be able to create a marvellous Japanese Sumi-e painting, with the sole use of ordinary watercolour paint and paper, just shows her outstanding mastership in this Ancient Art. Indeed it is a journey, a journey that will take you to where a poem can turn to image, and where a beautiful dream can come true.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Sumi-E Dream Journey, April 26, 2002

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Gail (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Sumi-e Dream Journey [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This tape of approximately one hour shows the five basic strokes of Sumi-E, sometimes called the flexible art. Yolanda does a good job of guiding you step-by-step from examples to details. An excellent tape showing how to turn brush strokes into "dimension on a flat piece of paper."