Family Workshop: Chinese Brush Painting - Mid-Autumn Festival
Learn to paint colorful chrysanthemum flowers using traditional Chinese brush painting materials!
- All ages welcome, but workshop instruction is recommended for children ages 6–12.
- Fee includes the use of painting supplies for one child and one accompanying adult, and admission to The Huntington.
- You may also purchase your own Chinese Brush Painting Kit to use during class and take home for $15.99 (Painting kits available as an add-on when registering. Kits will be distributed at the beginning of class).
For any questions or concerns, please contact Maria Ahverdyan at mahverdyan@huntington.org or (626) 405-3457.
Optional: Purchase your own kit to take home for $15.99
Chinese Brush Painting Set includes:
● 2 brushes
● 1 brush rest
● 1 ink bottle, 50mL
● 1 ink dish
● 1 re-writable scroll
Photos from our last family workshop:
Chinese Brush Painting - Dragon Boat Festival
![A classroom full of participants work on paintings.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery/public/2023-08/EDU-Family-Workshop-Chinese-Brush-Painting-Dragon-Boat-2023-%288%29_0.jpg.webp?itok=a1Hg-5k1)
Participants of a previous Chinese brush painting family workshop. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
![Children stand in a row showing off their painted artworks.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery/public/2023-08/EDU-Family-Workshop-Chinese-Brush-Painting-Dragon-Boat-2023-%282%29_0.jpg.webp?itok=nN7fbwU5)
Children from a previous Chinese brush painting family workshop pose with the instructor. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
![Class instructor points to an illustration on a white board.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery/public/2023-08/EDU-Family-Workshop-Chinese-Brush-Painting-Dragon-Boat-2023-%281%29_0.jpg.webp?itok=xuNBRRPk)
The class instructor, Peifang Liang, shows a drawing example. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
![An adult admires the painting project of a child seated nearby.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery/public/2023-08/EDU-Family-Workshop-Chinese-Brush-Painting-Dragon-Boat-2023-%286%29.jpg.webp?itok=2pS97wXs)
Participants of a previous Chinese brush painting family workshop. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
![An adult admires the painting project of a child seated nearby.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery/public/2023-08/EDU-Family-Workshop-Chinese-Brush-Painting-Dragon-Boat-2023-%283%29_0.jpg.webp?itok=N4x1ec8m)
Participants of a previous Chinese brush painting family workshop. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
![Traditional Chinese red ink and stamp.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery/public/2023-08/EDU-Family-Workshop-Chinese-Brush-Painting-Dragon-Boat-2023-%284%29_0.jpg.webp?itok=VsMvbF7x)
Traditional Chinese brush painting ink. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
![Class instructor paints Chinese characters on a paper in front of students.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery/public/2023-08/EDU-Family-Workshop-Chinese-Brush-Painting-Dragon-Boat-2023-%285%29_0.jpg.webp?itok=jjoTpnjc)
Chinese brush painting instructor Peifang Liang helps a participant at a previous Chinese brush painting family workshop. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
![An adult and child seated near each other work on separate paintings.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery/public/2023-08/EDU-Family-Workshop-Chinese-Brush-Painting-Dragon-Boat-2023-%287%29_0.jpg.webp?itok=UVLC4mzT)
Participants of a previous Chinese brush painting family workshop. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.