Chinese Brush Work:
This ten-session workshop is for those who take a special interest in exploring the art of Chinese brushwork. In China, painting and calligraphy are always closely related to each other. Together, they are referred to as the Twin Sisters. This workshop contains two parts: the first half (five sessions) is for Chinese Calligraphy and the second half is for Chinese Brush Painting. By learning the strokes of calligraphy, people will have an excellent training for the brush techniques of painting. In class, students will be taught how to handle Chinese brushes with ink and color, and execute brush strokes correctly and artistically. This is an art related beginning workshop, which does not require students to have experience with Chinese language.
To register for the workshop, please click here and email us for further information.
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Session |
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Main Contents of Each Session |
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1 |
12/6/2002 Friday 4:00 – 6:00 PM |
*Slide show – The spirit of traditional Chinese brush work: Calligraphy and Painting. *Introducing the basic tools for practicing Chinese calligraphy and painting: brushes, rice paper, colors, ink and ink sticker, ink stone and others. *Providing a list of supplies, which will be purchased by students in order to complete this course. *Method of brush holding and basic strokes of Chinese calligraphy. |
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2 |
12/13/2002 Friday 4:00 – 6:00 PM |
*Structure of Chinese character. *Four major basic construction methods and individual stroke. *Assembling simple stroke in a complete character. *Practice Chinese characters on special grade paper |
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3 |
12/20/2002 Friday 4:00 – 6:00 PM |
* The artistic styles of Chinese calligraphy: Official Character, Cursive Character, and Running Character. *Practicing Official Character on special grade paper, focusing on structure. *Practicing Cursive Character on rice paper, emphasize its free hand movement. |
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4 |
1/10/2003 Friday 4:00 – 6:00 PM |
*The artistic beauty of brush strokes in Running Style Character: how to do brush strokes freely and loosely. *Practicing Running Character, highlight its artistic feeling. |
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5 |
1/17/2003 Friday 4:00 – 6:00 PM |
This is a final session for Chinese Calligraphy *Critique – Each student will present three works of calligraphy in three different styles. Teacher evaluates each student’s work according to the basic requirements. Student and teacher will have chance to exchange learning experience during this course. *Students’ work will be photographed for the future online exhibition during this session. |
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6 |
1/24/2003 Friday 4:00 – 6:00 PM |
*Slide show – The authentic traditional Chinese brush painting. *Basic painting strokes – Upright holding brush stroke, Leaning brush stroke, Dragging and and pulling stroke, Wrinkling and rubbing stroke, Tapering stroke. *Importance of Lines in Chinese painting. |
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7 |
1/31/2003 Friday 4:00 – 6:00 PM |
*Basic painting techniques – Wet and dry brush technique. *Ink Shading – Heavy black, Strong black, Medium black, Light black, Very light black. *Chinese Painting Colors *Students use basic techniques to paint simple objects such as trees, rocks, land, mountain, and flowers with light colors. |
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8 |
2/7/2003 Friday 4:00 – 6:00 PM |
*How to paint Bamboo(1) Stems (2) Branches (3) Leaves (4) Rocks (5) A Complete Painting *Basic techniques of Chinese landscape painting (1) Composition and the selection of subjects (2) Irregular perspectives (3) Ink and color application (4) Textures and other special painting methods. |
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9 |
2/14/2003 Friday 4:00 – 6:00 PM |
*Major subject matter of Chinese landscape painting – the four seasons(1) Spring scenery (2) Summer scenery (3) Autumn scenery (4) Winter scenery |
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10 |
2/21/2003 Friday 4:00 – 6:00 PM |
* Introduce the Finishing Touches of a complete Chinese brush painting (1) Sealing (2) Writing (3) Mounting (4) Framing * Critique – Each student will present one or two paintings during the final session. Teacher evaluates each student’s work according to the basic requirements, and exchange learning experience with them. Students’ artwork will be photographed for future online exhibition at www.eChinaArt.com/education. |
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Fee: |
Contribution |
Suggested $200 to cover art supplies, materials, etc |
