Chinese Brush Painting -Introduction with Maxine Leu

Weekend afternoon, come to relax, create, and meditate with Maxine Leu. In this series of classes, students will be introduced to the Spontaneous styles of Chinese brush painting, the Four Treasures of Study, five tones of black, the meaning of four-gentleman plants, animals and landscapes. The classes will cover basic techniques like brush holding, strokes, water control, composition in Eastern painting, and signature. This class is open to beginners. Tool and material included. If you’re interested in the purchase of your own tool and material, the list is available on request.

Tool & Material:

Newsprint, Calligraphy Brush, a small white plate(or watercolor palette) and Chinese (or Japanese) ink, rag. This is a supplies list: https://www.dickblick.com/myaccount/wishlist/3R7BDD85GHROF/  

Class #1: Strokes and Intonation, Bamboo 竹/ orchid 蘭

Class #2: Brush and Texture, Pine 松

Class #3: Composition and Balance, Red Plum/ White Plum Blossom 梅

Class #4: Dry and Wet, Chrysanthemum/ Cosmos/ Centaurea Americana 菊

Class #5: Color and Ink, Sun flower 太陽花,

Class #6: Insect and plants, Dahlia 百日菊/ Zineas 魚尾菊

Class #7: Marbling, Lotus/ Fishes

Class #8: Fowl, Birds/ eagle/ rooster/ duck/ goose/ turkey…

Class #9: Animals, cat/ horse/ bull/ tiger…

Class #10: Mountain and stone, Landscapes…

About teaching artist: 

Maxine Leu is an interdisciplinary artist, art educator, and environmentalist from Taiwan. She received her Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture at the State University of New York at New Paltz and her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Tainan University of Technology (TUT), Tainan, Taiwan. Her work focuses on the environment, communication, and identity. Leu has been promoting workshops about Printmaking, Sculpture, Eco-friendly and recycling Art, and Traditional Chinese Art in a number of places since 2015.

@maxineleu/ www.maxineleu.com

Maxine collaborates with various non-profit organizations, art centers, and education programs, including Unison Arts, The D.R.A.W. Kingston, The Cornell Creative Arts Center, The Mid-Hudson Chinese Language Center, The Creative Center at University Settlement, etc. Organizations/individual who are interested in collaborating or custom lessons can write Maxine a letter to reserve a time slot . For those who are interested in participating, check out the announcements on social media. We look forward to seeing you!