For the first video, I want to welcome everyone and give a brief introduction of myself, as well as share my primary goal for creating my new channel: Loving Chinese Brush Painting!
My wish is to give back to this beautiful art that I have loved for so many years, and to help other good artists keep this ancient art alive.
With online tutorials on YouTube, I will share my knowledge of the basic strokes and simple equipment to make Chinese Brush Painting easy to learn. It would be my pleasure and I would feel honored to help students of the new generation to enjoy this thousand-year old art form.
The first few videos will provide the fundamental info: Basic Materials: Introduction to the Four Treasures of the Studio, the Basic Techniques, Ink Techniques and Working with Color. After building a firm foundation, we will begin teaching basic composition techniques and go into more depth on the favored subjects of this ancient art (including the Four Gentlemen).
Acknowledgement and credit to my masters, Master Li Ling Jia and Master Nien-Tsu Hu, for their generosity and kindness and for teaching me the beauty of the 3 Essential Steps to Chinese Brush Painting.
I want to thank all the people who have enriched my life: my family and friends, my students, and all the wonderful people I have met over the years at demonstrations like the great students from the UCI Lunar New Year’s festival.
With kindest wishes,
Vena 😊
For more details, please check out the “Description” section below the video on YouTube. You will find additional info, helpful tips and reminders. Also, we hope the home page, About section and Biography on this website will help viewers get to know Vena.
3 Essential Steps of Chinese Brush Painting:
- Learn from your master, practice duplicating the steps for each stroke and get used to the tools – PRACTICE!
- Study life around you
- Paint the ESSENCE as You understand it