Whether you’re an experienced painter or
someone who has never held a brush, have fun painting flowers, birds, and/or
animals using Chinese watercolor paints and ink on rice paper. In a fun and
relaxing atmosphere, you’ll be creating paintings of serenity on your very
first day!In traditional Chinese
Brush Painting, each stroke captures the essence of the plant or animal
being portrayed. No particular model is used. The artist works from
imagination, mentally calculating and repositioning each stroke as if
composing a song. Demonstrations and
individual attentionn included.
All abilities welcome!
Brushes:
For Beginner Students, you
will need at least 3 Chinese or Sumi Brushes (Bamboo Brushes)
Large - Soft (Sheep Hair) - Good for
big soft shapes.
Medium - Combination - All Purpose Brush
- (Made from badger, deer, horse and sheep hair). All around brush for
your floral subjects for shading and detail strokes.
Small Brush - Soft - Good for small
soft petals.
For Returning Students I
recommend the following specialty brushes:
Orchid Bamboo Brush - Great for
Orchid, Bamboo, Plum Blossom & Chrysanthemum. Good for subjects that
come to a point; long blades of grass, pointed flower petals and
leaves, bamboo leaves, etc.
Flow Brush - Makes full lines and
rounded shapes; flower petals, leaves, branches, animals, etc.
Happy Dot Brush - Hard brushes
-great for lines and fine details.
Bottle of Chinese or Japanese Ink
Colors:
Marie's Chinese Watercolor Set: Note:
This is different from the Marie's Western Watercolors featured in
various art supply stores and catalogs. or Japanese Sumi colors
Rice Paper:
Raw Double Shuen (Xuan) Paper. Students may
purchase rice paper from instructor during class.
Containers: for water
Dishes or palette: to hold ink an colors
Paper towels: (Smooth paper towels, like
Viva, work best)
Felt, woolen cloth, or blanket: (24” x
36” or larger) to place under rice paper to absorb water
