Introduction to Japanese style painting 2 Could someone correct my English, it would be much appreciated. My town is famous for the production of Japanese Washi paper. There are some paper factories and Washi-shokunins and because of that I am fortunately able to buy the paper directly from them. (It is cheaper than buying from shop.:) Basically, we do not use raw Washi paper as it is. It is easy to blur so that we have to do some preparation before starting painting. We need at least, "gelatin for art" what we call 'Nikawa', alum, and a wide paint brush with soft hair. Sheep hair brush is best. At first, mix gelatin and water one to fifteen and add little bit alum in it. It is what we call 'Do-sa'. Then paint it on the paper not to blur and do it softly to prevent from scratching. After finishing painting, keep it in the room as it is at least for 2 to 5 hours and make it dry perfectly. If it dried, then paint twice the same process as the first, and then the reverse side once as well . Do not use a dryer or face it to sunshine directly. If you do, the paint will be cracked. This process usually takes a day. And the next day, you must prepare the wooden panel and paste the paper on it. You will start painting at least 2 days after or more. Well, you might think it seems like torture. Maybe you are right. *the picture is 'Mitsumata' flower, one of the plants used to make Washi

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Introduction to Japanese style painting Hi. Could someone correct my English? Today,I would like to intorduce about Japanese painting I do everyday. Japnese painting is originally from China over a thousand years ago. We usually paint on the Japanese Washi paper made by "Washi shokunin"(I don know how to say in English). They have proffesional skill to make Washi paper. Washi paper is made of some plants,like what we call "Kozo","Asa" and"Mitsumata". These fibers make the paper strong enough to use.

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my first entry I learned English at school for 8 years when I was in the teens as same as most Japanese students. BUT, I never could speak and hear it! So I decided to start learning again.