From Ink to Acrylic and Mixed-Media Paintings with Gan Yu

From Ink to Acrylic and Mixed-Media Paintings with Gan Yu

Workshop | Available

200 Port Washington Blvd. Manhasset, NY 11030 United States
Indoor/Outdoor
ALL
4/4/2025-4/5/2025
10:00 AM-4:00 PM on Fri Sat
$330.00 USD
$295.00 USD

From Ink to Acrylic and Mixed-Media Paintings with Gan Yu

Workshop | Available

From Ink to Acrylic and Mixed-media Paintings: Experimental Workshops by Gan Yu

This workshop will explore the modern ink-painting and its combination with watercolors and acrylics. Participants will study the meaning behind skills, styles, cultural traditions, and new technical contexts through the teacher’s demonstrations, students’ class practices, artwork presentations and critiques. In these two-day sessions, the instructor will introduce important key features in modern Oriental brushworks and mixed-media paintings, which consists of experimenting lines, ink washes, textures and special techniques to describe the shapes and characteristics of modern landscape paintings realistically and abstractly. Classes often begin with a demonstration followed by time for individual practice and attention, allowing students to learn at their own pace. Through hands-on practice and fearless experimentation, this workshop aims to cultivate practical skills while instilling a sense of passion and vitality in every brushstroke. Participants will gain confidence in their artistic abilities as they engage with diverse techniques and unlock new dimensions of expression within the realm of ink and mixed-media painting.



For Beginner to Advanced Students

More information about this workshop will be posted by March 10, 2025

  • 2 stiff (wolf hair) brushes: 1small / 1 medium size

    2 soft (sheep hair) brushes: 1small / 1 medium size

    1 large ground (soft) brush

    1 bottle of Chinese / Oriental ink

    1 - 2 rolls of xiuan (rice paper) or 5 sheets full size xiuan or other Oriental paper

    Sheets of western watercolor paper

    1 box of Chinese painting color or a small box of western watercolors

    Some basic acrylic colors

    Some western brushes for watercolors and acrylics

    Some small canvases

    Some used news papers

    1 or 2 brush washer (large teacups will be fine)

    2-3 white ceramic or plastic plates for mixing ink and colors


    Recommend Local Oriental art supply store

    Blick Art Materials

    168 B, Glen Cove Rd, Carle Place, NY 11514

    Oriental Culture Enterprises Co. Inc. (Eastern Bookstore)

    13 - 17 Elizabeth St 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10013

    Closes 7PM  Phone(212) 226-8461

     

    Imperial Oriental Art Ltd

    790 Madison Ave # 312, New York, NY 10065

    Phone(212) 717-5383

     

    The League's Art Supply Store NYC | Fine Art Supplies

    215 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019

    Closes 8:30PM

    Phone(646) 838-9114

     

    Soho Art Materials

    3 Wooster St, New York, NY 10013

    Closes 7PM Phone(212) 431-3938

Gan Yu

Gan Yu was born in Shanghai, China, and he is currently a professional artist, curator, and professor residing in New York, USA. Gan Yu received a master's degree in fine arts from the Art Department of Minnesota State University-Mankato in the United States, a doctorate degree from the China Academy of Art in the field of Chinese painting, and did postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Art History of Harvard University in the United States. .Currently, Dr. Gan Yu is a Professor and international doctoral supervisor at the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, Shanghai University. He also hosts Chinese ink art workshops and courses at the Art Students League of New York. Gan Yu has held solo exhibitions at the Ethan Cohen KUBE Art Center in New York, the University of Wisconsin, Minnesota State University, the Yale-China Association, the Hammond Museum in New York, and the Shun Art Gallery in Tokyo. Gan Yu's works also have been exhibited in groups at Cohen Gallery in New York City, the Ethan Cohen KUBE Art Center in Beacon of New York, the Volta Basel Contemporary Art Expo, the Miami Asia Art Expo, the National Art Museum of China, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Shanghai Art Museum, China Academy of Art Museum, St. John's University Art Gallery, etc. Gan Yu has done curatorial projects at Harvard University, the State University of New York, Yale-China Association, the China Academy of Art, the Islip Art Museum of New York and the Ethan Cohen KUBE Art Center in New York.