Don’t get me wrong, I love Bob Ross. But his oft-quoted words “We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents” have no place in the world of the one-stroke painters of Kousyuuya Studio in Nikko, Japan. Learn more about these Sumie-influenced painters in this piece on This Is Colossal. Or watch the video below, to see another amazing single-stroke piece being created.

Or maybe this is easier than it looks. As YouTube commenter aracelis123456 put it:

“easy, u just put 1 of the acrilica of that color, then 2 of water, then take the bru, and moved like he did, of course with many caution and u can do it. well i teach ,how to draw but many ppl who doesnt draw, or paint, when are teaching be a person, they can. of course if u are interestin to learn. there is nothing in this world that u cant learn. look a few months ago i couldnt even write to u this letter, becausei didnt know anything english. ^_^”