China Ink Painting on Xuan Paper
Saturday, January 24th, 11AM - 3:30PM

One day workshop: Saturday, January 24th from 11am – 3:30pm
Instructor: Rosemary Cooley
Robert Rauschenberg and Donald Saff traveled to China and toured the world’s oldest paper mill in Jingxian, where Xuan paper is produced. The collaborative collages made were exhibited in 1985 at ROCI CHINA in Beijing. In this workshop, students will learn the basics of China Ink painting, something that the instructor studied during her stay in Shanghai from 2005-2009. We will work with Chinese brushes and China ink on Xuan paper to produce large paintings which may be embellished with gold and white inks over traditional black and indigo brushmarks.
Bio: Rosemary Cooley has been a member of Washington Printmakers Gallery since 2004, and a former president and present board member of the Washington Print Foundation. She has a keen interest in implementing her love of Art History into her printmaking methods, which include woodcut, linocut, intaglio, monoprint, lithograph, collagraph and artist’s books. She likes the layering of images which meld with her interest in Jungian theories. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Art Education and an M. Litt in Art History. She values having studied under many admired printmakers and painters in the United States, South Africa, China and Italy. Her artwork is in many collections in the US, France, Sweden, England, Belgium, South Africa, China, Japan and New Zealand.
Cost: $115 Members / $135 Non-members
*Material fee included
Supplies: Fee covers Xuan paper, China inks, brushes and studio materials.
Size: Minimum 4 / maximum 8
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Contact Email: rcooley1@mac.com / https://rosemarycooleyart.com/
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