Chinese Painting 

There are three components to the Chinese painting program: landscape, flower-and-bird and figures, and a third component still under construction.

The flower-and-bird course includes:
◆Line Drawing Emulation – enhances students’ understanding of basic forms of flowers and birds, brush strokes and line types in Chinese flower-and-bird painting
◆Free-style Flower-and-Bird Emulation – presents the forms and presentation styles of the main subject matter in traditional Chinese flower-and-bird painting: plum blossoms, orchids, bamboo trees, chrysanthemum and other flowers, birds, and insects
◆Fine Line Flower-and-Bird Drawing Emulation – explores the coloring of traditional Chinese flower-and-bird line drawing
◆Flower-and-Bird Sketching – teaches the forms and structures of flowers and birds, composition and drawing techniques through sketching of live flowers and birds
◆Creative Flower-and-Bird Painting – lets students create their own flower-and-bird art work on the foundation of emulation and sketching.

The Landscape course includes:
◆Introduction to Chinese Painting – gives an overview of the materials used in Chinese painting, basic brush strokes, painting techniques and styles for students who are interested in Chinese painting but do not have much experience
◆Fundamentals of Landscape Painting – teaches students the basic forms and structures of mountains, rocks, trees, clouds and water mass in Chinese painting
◆Emulation of Ancient Paintings – teaches aesthetics and presentation styles of traditional Chinese landscape painting through emulation of classic ancient paintings
◆Landscape Sketching – lets students use their skills acquired from emulation in live sketching to create works of landscape painting
◆Creative Landscape – lets students create their own work of art on the foundation of emulation and sketching
◆Water and Ink Experimentation – teaches students to create unique Chinese painting effects through experimentation with various inks and Xuan paper

Contents of the above courses are subject to change according to individual students’ competency, needs and length of study so as to maximize their understanding and mastery of Chinese painting.

Chinese Calligraphy and Seal

This program is catered to overseas students and includes the following courses: Chinese Calligraphy Emulation, Seal Work Emulation, Creative Calligraphy, and Ancient Chinese Language.

Chinese Calligraphy Emulation

Through emulating the works of various calligraphers from different time periods, the Chinese Calligraphy Emulation courses teaches different structures, brush strokes and styles of Chinese calligraphy and the five major character types (the Kaishu/Regular Script, Lishu/Clerical Script, Zhuanshu/Seal Script, Xingshu/Semi-Cursive Script, and Caoshu/Cursive Script).

Seal Work Emulation

Seal Work Emulation teaches the process, techniques, and styles of seal-making through emulating classic ancient seal works.

Creative Calligraphy

Creative Calligraphy requires student to analyze the brush strokes and character structures of traditional Chinese calligraphy and create their own works of calligraphy art by emulating famous ancient calligraphers.

Ancient Chinese Language

Ancient Chinese Language exposes students to the ancient Chinese written language through classic ancient Chinese literary works. Its objectives are to improve the students’ literacy of ancient Chinese and understanding of ancient Chinese literary works.

Contents of the above courses are subject to change according to individual students’ competency, needs and length of study so as to maximize their understanding and mastery of Chinese calligraphy.

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