Non-Degree Chinese Painting Program

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

The Landscape course includes:

--Introduction to Chinese Painting – this course is for students who are interested in Chinese painting but do not have much experience in the art. It gives an overview of the materials used in Chinese painting, basic brush strokes, painting techniques and styles

--Fundamentals of Landscape Painting – students learn the basic forms and structures of mountains, rocks, trees, clouds and water mass in Chinese painting

--Emulation of Ancient Paintings – the course teaches aesthetics and presentation styles of traditional Chinese landscape painting through emulation of classic ancient paintings

--Landscape Sketching – students use their skills acquired from emulation in live sketching to create works of landscape painting

--Creative Landscape – students create their own work of art on the foundation of emulation and sketching

--Water and Ink Experimentation – students learn to create unique Chinese painting effects through experimentation with various inks and Xuan paper

The Flower-and-bird course includes:

--Line Drawing Emulation – to enhance 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 – the forms and presentation styles of the main subject matter in traditional Chinese flower-and-bird painting: plum blossoms, orchids, bamboo trees, chrisanthemum and other flowers, birds and insects

--Fine Line Flower-and-bird Drawing Emulation – coloring of traditional Chinese flower-and-bird line drawing

--Flower-and-bird Sketching – students learn the forms and structures of flowers and birds, composition and drawing techniques through sketching of live flowers and birds

--Creative Flower-and-bird Painting – students create their own flower-and-bird art work on the foundation of emulation and sketching

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.