Saturday, October 14th, 2023 from1:00pm to 4:00pm
Held in the Warburton Gallery
All levels are welcome. Partial materials included.
Open to students ages 18 and up.
$90 Members, $110 Non-Members
Overview:
Learn foundational strokes of free hand style, Xieyi technique, and how to seamlessly blend Asian and
Western wet-in-wet techniques to create beautiful watercolors and mixed media artworks.
Through demonstration, individual instruction, and critique, students will:
Add final touches to their artwork using chops.
Materials List:
1. Chinese Painting colors (Regular Watercolors are fine)
2. Chinese Painting Ink (you may substitute with black color from Watercolor sets) *
3. Brushes: firm (like wolf-hair) and soft (Goat-Hair), or all-purpose one each in size XS, S, M.
Optional:
* Practice rice paper, student grade brushes and ink will be provided.
Artist’s Biography:
May Shei was born in a HAKKA town in S. Taiwan, and grown in a very artistic
family. May Shei (陳菊美) graduated from the Arts and Craft program at Tainan
University of Technology (台南家專美工科) and the department of Art at Chinese Culture
University (中國文化大學美術系) with a major in Commercial Design and a minor on Oil
and Chinese painting. May is an art teacher and professional artist focusing on abstract,
linear style, and contemporary art. She brings the richness of her country’s history into
her artwork. May’s art blends the traditional techniques of Asian artists before her as well
as her contemporary style. May often portrays the creatures of her childhood, now
endangered and protected species, as well as ancient figures from Taiwan’s past. Her
work examines the abstract and the natural, and the ways in which they collide with our
modern world. May’s work blends eastern and Western styles in a contemporary fashion
and has received multiple awards in a number of San Francisco Bay Area art
competitions, she is an invited and featured artist in many galleries and Museum
exhibits. She has held solo art shows in Taiwan, China, and the US. She gets the jury in
for 2016 and 2017 Salon d’Automne Paris.