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

http://joyousbrushclubatshallowfordfalls.blogspot.com/

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.

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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

Lesson 11 Crabs

Dear Creative friends:

As we wind down this semester.  I want to thank you for signing your students up for Joyousbrush Club.  Each week we explore a sea creature in its shape and form, it's anatomy and their functions.  We paint them with personalized best effort strokes.  

We did crabs this past week.  Do view our gallery in school hall way for 1 last week. The paintings will be taken down on our last class 12/2/13.    I have updated the blogspot for your viewing:   hhttp://joyousbrushclubatshallowfordfalls.blogspot.com/  I am delighted  to hear your students say"  It looked really hard, but it's really not after you do it" .  What better way to build their confidence through painting.  

I regret that I did not sent their paintings home for Thanksgiving brag during the Thanksgiving gathering.  Hopefully, they can be a conversation piece during the Christmas holidays.  

Happy Thanksgiving

Lesson 10 Octopus

No body understands the fun we have in painting these sea creatures.  I usually give my students some guava candies for encouragement.  No body cared about Guava candies today.  They are totally absorbed in their octopus.  We talk about the long stroke of their legs.  We even sing to help with our long unbroken strokes.  How these legs can create interesting design, perspective and interaction.

Lesson 9 Lobsters

This ends our series of shrimp, crawl fish and lobster.  The same differences allows us more practice.  We explored layout, background color and under the sea abstract design.  Do stop by our gallery in school hall way.  You can see each student's uniqueness in their personal touch from the same lesson.  Enjoy.

Lesson 8 Crawl fish

I took some crawl fish from a Chinese seafood restaurant and brought it to our Joyousbrush class for sample.  It awaken the students' appetite to look, to marvel, to wonder, to question, and to joke about.  How inquisitive minds learn.  How nature delights.  How satisfying it is to unite the mind and the nature through the exercise of painting.

Lesson 7 shrimp

We painted shrimp today.  Yes, it is all about following instructions.  Once we know how to follow instructions, then personal style can be developed.  This is the fastest way to learn.

We will attempt it again in color next week.

lesson 6 goldfish topview

We continued with goldfish today on the top view, this seems a bit easier for the students.  We practiced the side strokes of the fins and tail, then we put them together.  I wish we have more practice time.  The hour just fly by so quickly.

Lesson 5 Gold fish side view

We attempted goldfish from the side this week.  Some of the students have trouble with this view, next week we will paint the top view.  We need to capture the flowy tail with more practice anyway.

Lesson 4 Mono chromatic coloring

We colored our black and white dolphin with different intensity of blue.  We stroke the landscape, water, cloud, horizon, sun or moon, contrasting the stroke and leaving the blank.

Lesson 3 Angle Fish

Lesson 2 Dolphins

7 decisive strokes completes the dolphin. Outline is an option.  Because it is so simple, it is very hard.
We practiced on rice paper stripes before attempt the painting, but there is very little time, so even when your students are not yet ready, they courageously take up the challenge .  You may view their works on the hall way, Let them bless you with delightful conversations.