A CHINESE watercolor painting workshop for students who are interested and passionate about Oriental art, specifically Chinese painting, is conducted at Araneta City's Gateway Gallery from the last Saturday of February until the third Saturday of March.
In this workshop, Prof. Arnulfo Esguerra returns to teach students for four sessions of 'Dynamics of Brush and Color' in the Gong-bi style, the traditional meticulous style or what they call the court style of painting, and xieyi, the freehand or literati style.
Esguerra has painted and exhibited eclectic themes in these two styles — from the natural world to everyday Filipino scenes, honing his skills through constant practice and teaching.
The sessions are meant to give the students skills on the proper holding of brushes/brush strokes; familiarization with Xuan paper and Chinese pigments; techniques in the meticulous style of Chinese painting; and techniques in coloring in the freelance style.
An expert and a prolific artist of Chinese art, Esguerra started painting at age 5 and has been practicing Chinese painting since the 1980s. He fell in love with Chinese painting when he attended a class on it in Liberty Hall, Binondo in 1984, the center of artistic activities in Manila's Chinatown.
He is a senior lecturer at the University of the Philippines Manila where he has lectured courses on Philippine and Asian History, Archaeology and History of Medicine.
The first session of 'Dynamics of Brush and Color' was held at the Gateway Gallery, Gateway Tower, Araneta City on February 25, then on March 4, 11 and 18.
It promises to be a fun learning opportunity through a focused and personalized mentoring approach. Esguerra provides limited but free Xuan papers, which he sourced from Taiwan.
‘Dynamics of Brush and Color’ is a fun opportunity to learn Chinese painting at Gateway Gallery. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
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