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Sumi painting lessons this Saturday at the Sumner Library

By DANIEL NASH
Bonney Lake-Sumner Courier-Herald Reporter
March 8, 2012 · Updated 7:42 PM 

Pierce County READS continues Saturday with Sumi painting—the ancient practice of art in ink—at the Sumner Pierce County Library.

The lesson will begin at 2 p.m. and will be taught by various South Puget Sound artists.

Sumi painting uses black ink, a brush and water dilution to achieve lighter shades of gray.

Developed in the Chinese Tang Dynasty, the goal of ink wash painting in the East Asian tradition was to capture a subject's soul above its fine details.

This year, Pierce County READS focuses on the book "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet," a WWII period novel by Jamie Ford about a boy trying to grow up Chinese-American.

Contact Bonney Lake-Sumner Courier-Herald Reporter Daniel Nash at dnash@courierherald.com or 360-825-2555 ext. 5060.

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