Creative Aging: Chinese Brush Painting & Calligraphy

Thu, Oct 24 2024
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Homecrest, Meeting Room

arts and crafts Chinese creative aging

Learn how to paint in the Chinese style.  Themes of paintings inspired by nature.  Bamboo, birds and flowers, fish, scenery and other subjects.  Learn the basic techniques in Chinese painting and develop your own style.  An introduction to Chinese characters.

Week by Week Syllabus:  Painting and Calligraphy

1. Autumn 秋

2. Bamboo 竹

3. Flowers and Birds 花鳥

4. Fish 魚

5. Landscape 景

6. Bamboo and Birds 竹鳥

7. Grapes 葡萄

8. Lesson review

9. Culminating Event

Registration required. For information, please call the Homecrest Library, call 718.382.5924.

Provided through Services for Older Adults.

Creative Aging programs at BPL are made possible with support from The Sills Family Foundation; Wallerstein Foundation for Geriatric Life Improvement; Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation; Apple Bank, celebrating over 25 years in Brooklyn and 160 years of neighborhood banking in greater New York (Visit applebank.com for more information); and several BPL Friends Groups, private funders, and volunteers.

Creative Aging Chinese Brush Painting and Calligraphy
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Add to My Calendar 10/24/2024 01:00 pm 10/24/2024 02:30 pm America/New_York Creative Aging: Chinese Brush Painting & Calligraphy <p><span>Learn how to paint in the Chinese style.&nbsp; Themes of paintings inspired by nature.&nbsp; Bamboo, birds and flowers, fish, scenery and other&nbsp;subjects.&nbsp; Learn the basic techniques in Chinese painting and develop your own style.&nbsp; An introduction to Chinese characters.</span></p><p><span><strong>Week by Week Syllabus:&nbsp; Painting and Calligraphy</strong></span></p><p><span>1. Autumn&nbsp;秋</span></p><p><span>2. Bamboo&nbsp;竹</span></p><p><span>3. Flowers and Birds&nbsp;花鳥</span></p><p><span>4. Fish&nbsp;魚</span></p><p><span>5. Landscape&nbsp;景</span></p><p><span>6. Bamboo and Birds&nbsp;竹鳥</span></p><p><span>7. Grapes&nbsp;葡萄</span></p><p><span>8. Lesson review</span></p><p><span>9. Culminating Event</span></p><p><span><strong>Registration required. </strong>For information, please call the Homecrest Library, call 718.382.5924.</span></p> Brooklyn Public Library - Homecrest, Meeting Room MM/DD/YYYY 60
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