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ChIneSe Ink PaIntIng

Want an activity that can relax your mind and let you indulge in your creative fair? chinese
ink painting is your answer! in this eight-week course, you will:

get to appreciate the beauty of chinese ink paintings and understand how they differ
from Western paintings
Learn the art of traditional ink painting and practise lines, shapes and grey shadows. then,
discover how to achieve a contrast between black, grey and white as well as add colours
to create unique masterpieces
understand how chinese artists envision their subjects and the principles and rules they
follow when painting them
Learn to use the same basic brush strokes to create subjects such as bamboos, orchids, ChIneSe
lotus fowers and plum blossoms
CallIgraPhy
date: 8 mondays, 29 sep to 17 nov 14
time: 7pm 9pm cLass
venue: club csc @ tessensohn
fees: member $180, members guest/ chinese calligraphy is an art unique to
Public offcer $190 Asian cultures. it has its roots in the
Contact: Vanessa at 6391 5641 or imperial era and it was a criterion for the
vanessachoo@csc.sg selection of executives to the imperial
register by: 20 sep 14 court.

* minimum of 10 to start class chinese calligraphy is the art of writing
chinese characters using brushes and
expressing strokes that go beyond
putting words on paper. by controlling
the concentration of ink, thickness of the
paper and fexibility of the brush, you can
create a myriad of styles and forms.

this hobby is a great way for you to keep
ft and healthy: it is a relaxing and self-
ChIneSe gOngbI entertaining activity. it strengthens the
body and cultivates the mind (修身养
cLass 性). many calligraphy artists are known
to have enjoyed long lives. come and
share the joy of appreciating chinese
calligraphy with Wong Joon tai, a keen
learner of the art.
requiring meticulousness, gongbi (工笔) is
often referred to as court-style painting. it the course will touch on:
draws attention to the beauty of lines. You the chinese calligraphy as a Make your
will learn how to draw fne lines using a small unique form of chinese art: the
ink brush and how to apply ink and colours philosophy, chinese characters, etc. oWn designer
in layers. this type of art is all about details the appreciation of chinese natural SOaP
and fne brushwork. in time, you can create calligraphy
your very own masterpiece! the practice of chinese calligraphy:
sitting postures, brush movements
date: 8 mondays, 20 oct to 8 Dec 14 Demonstration on chinese
time: 7.30pm 9pm calligraphy writing
venue: club csc @ tessensohn
fees: member $180, members guest/ date: 10 thursdays, 2 oct to 11 Dec 14
Public offcer $190 (fees exclude (except 23 oct 14)
material fees) time: 7pm 8.30pm
Contact: Vanessa at 6391 5641 or venue: club csc @ tessensohn
vanessachoo@csc.sg fees: member $155, members guest/
register by: 13 oct 14 Public offcer $165 (fees exclude $20
minimum of 10 to start class* material cost to be paid to instructor)
Contact: samantha at 6391 5613 or
samanthachin@csc.sg
register by: 24 sep 14