Paint a postcard with fifteen colours of Beppu-made ink.
Beginners very welcome — come empty-handed.
BEPPU INK LAB. Two hours dropping colour onto a postcard with fifteen colours of Beppu-made ink. The session is worked with a glass pen. No drawing experience needed — come empty-handed.
Afternoons 14:30–16:30 at tsuchiumu, evenings 18:30–20:30 at Office HOOD — both a short walk from Beppu Station, up to twelve guests a session.
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¥6,980 (incl. tax) — materials, a drink, a light bite and a frame included. Pay by card to confirm. Free cancellation up to 72 hours before.
DRAW Session The drawing session — building a picture line by line with a glass pen dipped in Beppu ink.
PAINT Session The painting session — thinning the ink with water and laying colour down in washes.
Beppu Ink, made by Akashi Bunshodo. Each colour is named after a place or a hot spring here. On the day you choose from these and thin them with water as you go.
別府の海・空・山、そして町並みをイメージしたシリーズ。
別府の黄昏時の空の色。鶴見岳の山際が夕焼けから夜のとばりに包まれるまでの色。
Names and descriptions follow Akashi Bunshodo's official colour chart (Japanese names kept as-is). On-screen colours are approximations taken from a photo of the chart and differ from the real ink.
The lines are already drawn. Choose one of four Beppu line drawings and begin by filling it in your chosen colour. At the end, you paint your own postcard freehand.
Line drawings by 山脇 益美 (Zekkei Shoten).
“I enjoyed it even though I’m bad at drawing.”From our preview survey
No art experience needed — from a blank postcard to a piece that’s yours.
Choose a date and reserve your seat. Nothing to bring.
Pick one of fifteen Beppu Ink colours — the name is reason enough.
Warm up in the practice book, fill in the line drawing, then paint your own card.
Framed the same day, with dessert and tea to finish.
At cafe 雲の峰 in Beppu. An invitation-only preview — not a permanent venue of ours.
The most-chosen answers at our previews were “materials you only find in Beppu” and “the room itself”. “I enjoyed it even though I’m bad at drawing” was chosen too — including by participants in their twenties and older.
From the post-session surveys at our free, invitation-only previews — small-group sessions, not figures from a paid public session.
No big-name brands here — just the people in Beppu who write, print and paint.
We ran two invitation-only previews in August, and these are the numbers we measured then, as they are. Since September we have been open to the public.
A small survey from our invitation-only previews — please treat the numbers as a reference. Guests who said they were “bad at drawing” told us they enjoyed it too.
Ten sessions in October, afternoons and evenings. Up to twelve guests each.
Free cancellation up to 72 hours before. Message us on Instagram with any questions.