Bamboo is one of the ‘Four Gentlemen’ of Chinese brush Painting. It represents summer and was the rest subject to be painted by old China’s earliest Gentlemen Scholars. Indeed, Bamboomay rightly is called the first ‘off-spring’ of Chinese calligraphy - which is the worthy ancestor of all Chinese brush painting. The ‘Gentlemen Scholars’ embraced Bamboo because it is known to yield and bend without breaking - even in the most violent wind storm. An important philosophical principle of life.

In painting Bamboo, you aspire for spontaneity. The more spontaneous, the better.

This is a 2-hour class where Nan will be teaching you to paint the Bamboo step by step!

You'll be receiving a copy of Nan's Bamboo class handout (pdf) a day before class via email. You'll also have the opportunity to submit your work for Nan for critique and join the class's private Facebook group.

If you can't make it to the live class, you can still sign-up and watch the replay of the class which will be available online anytime so you can watch it at your convenience.

Bamboo Brush Painting Class