Chinese Brush Painting

My coworker at Target was able to bring in an amazing Chinese Brush Painter, Brad Schmidt from Laughing Waters Studio to teach a workshop. It was very experimental with large mop brushes and playful uses of color. We explored emotions and abstract imagery of the seasons through single brush strokes. The process was extremely meditative and restoring. There is something therapeutic about grinding your own ink. Although we didn’t master the proper techniques by any means, it was a joy to try something new.