Traditional Chinese Painting 国画班

Meet Our Teacher 国画讲师

May Du 杜晓宇

  • Member of the North America Artist Association

      北美艺术家协会会员

  • Artworks Display at the 4th Canada Annual Artwork and Painting Exhibition

      加拿大第四届国际书画展参展画家

  • Semi-executive director of the Canadian Chinese Painting and Calligraphy association 

      加拿大中华国粹书画艺术促进会艺术副总监

  • Founder of the “Xiao Feng Mu Yu” Art Studio

      晓风沐雨国风工作室创办人

  • Master of Education from Simon Fraser University

      SFU教育学硕士

  • Teacher of Public Benefit Chinese Painting class at Vancouver Hanfu Association

      温哥华汉服学社公益国画讲师

Growing up in an artistic family may have been learning to paint from her grandfather (painter & calligrapher) ever since a little girl. Her skills and passion

 for art continues to grow when she followed her beloved mentor Chen Zhuo (Chinese artist & painter). After years of persistence and endeavor, May

 become a professional Chinese collaborate-style painter and she is especially good at painting plants and flowers, beauty from ancient times, and scenery. 

In her artwork, she continues trying to combine the traditional Chinese painting style with the new-age international painting skills and techniques, which

 makes her painting both of artistic collection value as well as perfect for home decoration.

Learning Details

How to use the Chinese painting brush correctly and how to do gentle strokes that create a soft and gradual illustration.

How to combine and mix different colors of Chinese paints to create the desired artistic effects as well as the practical theory of color circle spectrum which is essential for many different art forms.

How to compose a picture and combine different elements to make the painting more artistic and appealing.