模写金沢八景 app for iPhone and iPad
This iPad app provide sketch and draw function to you to reproduce the Japanese Ukiyo-e (Eight Views of Kanazawa).
The Eight Views of Kanazawa (in Japanese: 金沢八景 or Kanazawa Hakkei) are the most scenic views of Kanazawa Province, Yokohama-city Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. They were inspired by the Eight Views of Xiaoxiang in China. The sights were depicted by Hiroshige in several different series of ukiyo-e pictures, as well as other artists.
Ukiyo-e prints are made through the following steps.
(1) Draw a sketch
(2) Outline extraction
(3) Paint with a paper
(4) Finish
Here includes The Eight Views of Kanazawa by Hiroshige as "Paiting design sample" (total of 8 works), to experience these reproducing processes, it helps you to understand more deeply the works and create your own color taste.