The talented Sumie painters from a small studio called Kousyuuya in Nikko, Japan, can paint the body of a dragon with a single stroke of the brush, a technique known as Hitofude Ryuu (Dragon with one stroke)
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The studio been around for four generations and have been creating these amazing paintings for decades.
![](http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/stroke.gif)
To paint a single dragon, the artists first make the ornate head using a smaller brush. Then, they dip a much larger sumie brush into the desired paint color and simply swipe it across the canvas in one swift movement.
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjc_igWnm5Wr9qAisTfP7_Azj0b5g0O0JAA-L-JR6uPAdCvdKQtzgxD_Xox3XqWf7yPbQvUxEiCGmWqus4GxoHzWrrj31fKivERM_nXP3OyJd8sevKMz5xWyM6jJNuaZxn6ad3ynLFV9y/s1600/01.jpg)
The studio been around for four generations and have been creating these amazing paintings for decades.
![](http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/stroke.gif)
To paint a single dragon, the artists first make the ornate head using a smaller brush. Then, they dip a much larger sumie brush into the desired paint color and simply swipe it across the canvas in one swift movement.
![](http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/53f60abaecad04aa6f3364b0/hand%20motion.gif)
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