THE JAPANESE ART OF NIHONGA
Fri, Mar 06
|150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
"A piece of my heart on a golden fan"
Time & Location
Mar 06, 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
About the event
Register Online: https://www.thejoyofdrawing.org/registration/p/the-japanese-art-of-nihonga
Instructor: Ayaka - a visiting artist from Tokyo. thejoyofdrawingbook@gmail.com
$50
A workshop which will show you how to paint with pulverized mineral pigment in the traditional Japanese “Nihonga” technique. We will use gold fan-shaped mulberry paper, which has been used to present poetry or paintings since the Heian period (794 A.D.). Its shape expresses the Japanese aesthetic ideal of “elegance” and is seen as a “medium reflecting the heart” in gifts and ceremonies. Come paint a piece of your heart to give to a beloved someone, or yourself!