Quiet ink wash

Black-and-white Japanese manga. brush lines with swelling width and dry-brush streaks, brush blacks with bled, ragged edges, narrow upturned eye shape, pointed chin, standard proportions, 6 to 7 heads tall, behind the figure plain white or one flat tone; the place shown only as distant simple shapes, quiet wistful mood. No text, speech balloons, panel borders, signatures or watermarks. Subject: An adult man and woman strain to open a heavy storeroom door. Short hair and a short bob, plain jackets. Show faces and hands chest-up, the door and post.

Black-and-white Japanese manga. brush lines with swelling width and dry-brush streaks, brush blacks with bled, ragged edges, narrow upturned eye shape, pointed chin, standard proportions, 6 to 7 heads tall, behind the figure plain white or one flat tone; the place shown only as distant simple shapes, quiet wistful mood. No text, speech balloons, panel borders, signatures or watermarks. Subject: An adult woman arranges wooden building blocks side by side on a worktable. A short bob, a plain top, trousers and flat shoes. Show her complete figure from head to feet. A table edge and wooden blocks.