Posted by Dave Bull on September 26, 2006 [Permalink]

The first two eBooks in the Mokuhankan catalogue seem to be turning out to be successful, so here's another one ... with a difference!

Here's a clip from the description on the catalogue page:

"Unlike modern process printing, traditional Japanese woodblock printing requires a separate block to be created for each colour in the final print. Actually that is a slight simplification, as colour overlapping is also done, but the main point is that for each print I carve a 'key block' which contains the outlines of the design, and a group of colour blocks for adding the tones.

"Nothing special about that ... this has been going on for hundreds of years. But recently here in Japan, we are in the middle of a huge boom in Otona no Nuri-e, which translates literally as 'Colouring Pictures for Adults'. (Adult in this context doesn't mean x-rated, it simply distinguishes this material from the common children's colouring books.)

"So ... put the two ideas together ... and it seems like an interesting idea - pull some prints from my key blocks, and offer them for colouring! And that's what this little ebook is about ... a selection of five designs from my Surimono Albums print series, scanned from my key block images for you to print out and colour."

The price ... only $2.50 for a copy with classroom/family license! Order it here.

 

 

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