MAKI-E is a tradisional technic that has been developing originally in Japan.
It has been used in the industrial arts with URUSHI.

I introduce an example which applied this technic to a painting.
Please pay attention to an elastic string which bundles up hair of a girl. (image-1)

image-1

When I emphasized the three-dimensional impression and the feel of the material, I thought that there became interesting visually.

[1] At first I painted the form of the elastic string with emulsion.
I could delete touch of a brush and heap up it by making it the most suitable hardness by mixing it with paste-shaped medium.

[2] I spilled IWA-ENOGU on the surface before it dries. (image-2)

image-2

Because I have used the water-soluble emulsion which resembles tempera,
it is suitable for IWA-ENOGU.
There are several particle sizes in each color of this kind pigments.
I used a pigment of the most coarse size this time.
The emulsion is necessary for a few days to dry.

[3] I got rid of unnecessary particles by a tender brush kindly. (image-3)

image-3

[notes]
MAKI-E: 蒔絵
URUSHI: Japanese lacquer, 漆
IWA-ENOGU: pigments for NIHON-GA, 岩絵具
NIHON-GA: Japanese-style paintings, 日本画