Lesson 9 Stawberries

Strawberry flowers are done with outline methods.  Berries are done with varied intensity of the same colors, leaves are a variation from the hydrangea leaves.

Lesson 8 Hydrangea students finished paintings

See how the students did composing their design elements connecting leaves and flowers together.  This is their 1st attempt.  Repeated exercise will bring much satisfactory.

Lesson 7 Hydrangea flowers

We praticed the hydrangea flowers and grow them on a stem then fit the leaves in.

Lesson 6 hydrangea

We started with hydrangea this week.  Leave is what we focused on.  The flowers were added on afterwards to demonstrate the possible placement.

Lesson 5 Final rose painting

This is our final lesson on Cherokee roses.  Your students have learned the strokes for the flower, leaves, stems and thorns.  They are yet to develop the sense of composition.  The intermediate stage is to copy a composition we choose, either in nature or with references, that will help the students venture into composing their own paintings deliberately.   

Lesson 4 Cherokee roses in pink

We studied composition with stem and leaves.  They are to be put together in a logical way to resemble nature. If we deviate from nature, then the joy of resonance from other nature lovers are lost.  I added the 2 birds for fun afterwards, but look at your students painting below.  They were from last session and completed this week.  We will finish our pink roses next week.

lesson 3 leave study in color

We did a leave study on our 3rd class.  How to compose a leave cluster.  How to connect leaves to the stem. What is in the front and what is behind. How to be random but not messy.

This is what my 3rd grade student did.  Very impressive.  

Joyousbrush Club lesson 2

We applied color to the brush strokes we practice last week.  Look how my 4th graders do.  We had to stop for this session and continue next week.  Time is our boundary, even though our heart and mind knows no bound in such creative endeavor.

2014 Lesson 1 Roses

Ink and water on rice paper and produce dramatic effects.  We explore all shades of gray and how to use water in oriental water color.  Bamboo brush stroke techniques for each design elements will be drill throughout our classes.  You should see how intently and joyously my students are being taken into this beauty exploration journey.

Shallowford Falls Elementary FAST 2014 Spring Joyousbrush Painting by Tehwan Tso

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The Joyous Brush style of painting incorporates the time-honored classic oriental watercolor (also known as Chinese Brush Painting) techniques, using bamboo brushes, ink, or watercolor painting on rice paper. 

This class is open to all students from 2nd to 5th grades.  We will be painting various kinds of flowers in Spring 2014. The class tuition is $120 for 12 lessons and $30 class supplies; this will include all material used in class including art bags and portfolio.   Optional $20 will allow the students to take home the brushes they use in class (2 small, 2 large), color mixing plate, brush rest, a set of primary colors & white and 10 sheets of rice paper.

Tehwan Tso demonstrates Chinese brush painting in Cobb County schools through Artist in School program.  She offers workshops to Georgia schools through Woodruff Arts Young Audiences. She was awarded in 2010 Cobb County Ovation Award in visual art and served as grant application panelists for National Endowment for the Arts in 2012. She taught in many art centers and schools including The Callaway Garden, The Art Place, The Art Station, Chastain Art Center, Compass Prep. ..etc for over 20 years.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING ASP CLASS REGISTRATION FORM

School:  Shallowford Falls Elementary School Instructor: Ms. Tehwan Tso                                     

Time: 12 Mondays 2:30 to 3:30pm, 1/27 – 4/28/ 2013, skipping 2/17 and 3/31

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Please make check payable to Tehwan Tso and mail it together with this registration form to  Tehwan Tso 3880 Pebble Shire Court,Roswell, GA 30075, or bring it to the front office leave in the Foundation folder.  Questions, please call 770 642 5559