This Wednesday at 7:15 PM

Folks, this week we having an opportunity to see and sketch a great demo....stop by to join the SBAA Members Meeting Wednesday Feb 22nd at 7:15 pm at the Bellport Community Center, 4 Bell St, Bellport to see a demo in fish printing...description below. Should be a great demo and sketch opportunity.

Chris Taylor will demonstrate this ancient art form!

fromWikipedia:

Gyotaku (Japanese 魚拓, from gyo "fish" + taku "rubbing") is a traditional form of Japanese fish printing or rubbing, dating from the mid-19th century, a form of nature printing used by fishermen to record their catches. In order to make a gyotaku print, one places the subject (e.g.fish, crab, scallop shell) on a wooden bench and paints one side with sumi ink. Next a piece of paper or other material is laid over the ink-covered fish. Finally, one rubs the material until there is the image of the fish on it.

Modern gyotaku artists often substitute acrylic or other painting material for the traditional sumi-e.