tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60016910335876937832024-02-06T18:34:58.219-08:00joyousbrushSeeks to resonate with the proclaimers of Truth, the promoters of Love and the pursuers of Beauty,Tehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001691033587693783.post-25260334241122248762016-06-19T21:17:00.000-07:002016-06-19T21:17:10.604-07:00
JOYOUSBRUSH
PAINTING with TEHWAN TSO
http://joyousbrushclubatkincaid.blogspot.com
Time: Saturday
2:00 to 3:00pm, 6/25/16,
Let’s
paint joyfully, nurture your creativity
brush
on deliberately, command your will.
Elegant
strokes, your personal signature
Explore
Chinese treasure retained through time
Discover
joy while explore nature
Observe,
recall and imaging
Document,
expressTehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001691033587693783.post-66320567768455123702015-01-07T10:27:00.003-08:002015-01-08T07:57:19.797-08:002015 reminder: Good Will toward men
This is the good seed God sowed on the day the Messiah was born: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
The ancient Chinese wisemen searched for such Glory and yearned for the peace on earth they envisioned in their heart. They pen down these 6 steps of attainment: 诚意sincere will, 正心upright heart, 修身disciplined self , 齐家harmonized family, 治国well Tehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001691033587693783.post-79115794122192179892014-12-25T22:43:00.000-08:002014-12-26T11:53:36.123-08:002014 Christmas gratitude and reflection.Dear beloved creative friends:
I want to thank you for supporting Joyousbrush Club in the past or present in journeying with me in search of aesthetic excellence, as Confucius' explains :". What the "Great Learning" teaches is: to illustrate illustrious virtue; to renovate the people; and to rest in the highest excellence. " The aesthetic excellence is in the condition of Tehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001691033587693783.post-83319122124466213532014-11-15T20:26:00.001-08:002014-11-15T20:26:18.551-08:00My Tellico Village Joyousbrush worshop delight
honest effort, rekindled passion, boundless goodness and contagious joy
These are the kind of fruit I labor for. I am so blessed by people like Mary Kay and the kind of experiences captured by her gracious words.
Tehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001691033587693783.post-48881165552148530422014-06-20T04:43:00.001-07:002014-06-20T04:43:31.753-07:00Plain Air at Chastain
We painted outdoor at our last Chastain class. The live band was playing the blues in the background. The weather was perfect 10. No mosquitos. Delightful group of friends. We would not discovered such treat if the center was not locked. What a memorable way to end our extended Spring sessions. Tehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001691033587693783.post-50764544553449235532014-06-20T04:31:00.000-07:002014-06-20T04:31:13.555-07:00Updated personal mission statementFor the past 2 years, my work took a turn. Instead of realize beauty on paper, I desire to realize beauty in people. My canvas has been transferred from 2 dimensional to 4 dimensional. I found a common need and serve people with it. What a delight it is to discover those who are humble and true, deligent and grateful. Through this experience, my mission statement is now updated from:
Tehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001691033587693783.post-7829969210026999692014-03-21T18:09:00.000-07:002014-03-21T18:09:50.475-07:00Art Guild of Tellica Villiage
A delightful visit to the Tennessee Valley sharing the joy of Chinese brush painting with Art Guild of Tellica Village. A wonderful mature, talented audience eager to be STRETCHed to the Eastern aesthetics.
The brush and the ink that have been used throughout Chinese history to document the artist's thoughts, emotion, volition and spirit.Tehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001691033587693783.post-40231830446663353002013-12-14T06:45:00.000-08:002013-12-14T06:45:10.304-08:00Smitha Middle School demonstration
Demonstration at Smitha Middle School with Chinese Calligraphy hands on exercise.
Tehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001691033587693783.post-64302885919787640902012-10-27T13:44:00.002-07:002012-10-27T13:44:22.668-07:00Young Audiences Brush Painting workshops
I represented Young Audiences of Woodruff Art Center to give a brush painting workshop at Drew Charter school in Atlanta. We had luxurious 75 minutes, but it still seem to be short. Wonderful participation and great work.
This is at Cherokee Christian School after a Young Audience Brush Painting workshop, these middle school students are so enthusiastic and satisfied that they commandedTehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001691033587693783.post-83168894271236007802012-10-27T13:19:00.001-07:002012-10-27T13:30:41.972-07:00Chastain Week 7
I saw a new enthusiasm among the students wanting to try new things. That's the life and the growth that make life exciting. We venture, we gain some and loss some, but on the way we are revitalized. How wonderful it is to be revitalized by the beauty within each of us, whether in appreciation, in discovery, in pursue or in attainment. Tehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001691033587693783.post-56146847449346902742012-10-22T03:22:00.004-07:002012-10-27T13:31:24.891-07:00Chastain Week 6 From bud to bloom
To know a subject well you want to capture the various stages of its growth. Composing elements through time adds another dimension of expression. This is how artist can transcend time.Tehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001691033587693783.post-5139714334646996602012-10-08T11:50:00.001-07:002012-10-08T11:50:51.448-07:00Chastain week 5
It is so interesting to converse with the elderly and get their perspective in life. The wise ones have the stages figured out. They understand what mental shifts will happen when. This is what I call the richness of the soul. insights like such comes from rich soul. Brush painting is one of the tools to manifest rich souls.
That's why talking with great Tehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001691033587693783.post-18231433511886563482012-10-03T08:34:00.001-07:002012-10-03T08:34:11.631-07:00chastain week 4
This is a painting I did prior to the class arrival. It's so wonderful to share my joy with the interested. I will start putting on the picture of the week for silent auction. This being the 1st one. The highest bidder gets the painting. The auction will end before the next painting goes up on Tuesday. If you want the painting to be mounted on another rice paper for Tehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001691033587693783.post-38854045888478734912012-09-25T10:11:00.003-07:002012-09-25T10:11:45.874-07:00Chastain week3
Chrysanthemum is a stroke driller. You get so much practice out of painting this flower. It was so much fun to have the students participate in the composition of this painting. The challigraphy says " Harmonious Cooperation". That's the delight in gathering with creative people.
If you want to explore this art form. I am offering a Chinese Brush Painting Tehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001691033587693783.post-90473760946609075212012-09-25T09:56:00.000-07:002012-09-25T09:56:47.373-07:00Chastain 2
One of my students wants to paint bunnies. So we venture out into a new exploration. If you are not intimidated by the challenges posted around you, then learning will take place. The joy of growing will payback many folds if you can overcome the initial resistance. Tehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001691033587693783.post-6127085964424914182012-09-15T11:22:00.001-07:002012-09-15T11:22:53.692-07:00Chastain Art Center Week 1
It was good to gather with brush painting lovers to paint together for a morning. I shared that brush painting in many ways is like a performance. When you paint, it is like giving a recital. The strokes are perfected through practice. The understanding comes through daily digestion of the subjects. The composition is your choreography of your accumulated Tehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001691033587693783.post-68492790088025982922012-01-06T13:53:00.000-08:002012-02-04T07:20:30.840-08:00Happy New Year from Joyousbrush Club
Dear Creative friends
Happy New Year from Joyousbrush Club.
Charlotte Mason, 1842-1923, founder of the Charlotte Mason College of Education in England, stated "There are few joys in life greater and more constant than our joy in Beauty. It is only through our Aesthetic Sense that we can take full pleasure in what we see and hear, to an extend that our soul over flowTehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001691033587693783.post-78908100731320563652011-12-23T19:08:00.000-08:002011-12-23T19:12:59.569-08:00
2011
CHRISTMAS GREETING FROM THE TSOS
Merry
2011 Christmas. Joy to the world, not because times are good, but
because the Lord has come.
Christmas
is beautiful, not because the lights and the sounds of Christmas, but
because what happened in that silent night two thousand years ago.
Yet
Christmas is beautiful. Silent night will not remain silent, for
grateful souls can't stop Tehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001691033587693783.post-37633148332070842502011-12-01T18:40:00.001-08:002011-12-01T20:53:11.639-08:00Joyousbrush Brush Painting demonstration DVDMath is a beautiful thing. My daughter needed help in Calculus. I told her I will look at her text book to see if I still remember them from my college days. As I was reading derivatives and integration, I was attracted to the beauty of discovery and application of understandings through model and theory building. I was reading her math text book with as much Tehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001691033587693783.post-19616123730473955112011-09-24T13:32:00.000-07:002011-09-24T13:35:02.016-07:00The Road at Glimpses of His Glory
Title: Path of Life
Scripture: “You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy” Psalm 16:11
caption: The path of life does not start with my life. It started in the mind and heart of God before the creation of the world. It ends with the glorious work God accomplished in leading me and others to see Him as He is by faith.
Tehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001691033587693783.post-28065148666090123582011-09-08T18:30:00.000-07:002011-09-08T18:30:02.648-07:00Ovation Award
Dear Tehwan,
The Cobb Arts Board and the Friends of the Arts would like to thank you for all that you have done and continue to do for the Arts in Cobb County. It is my pleasure, on their behalf, to inform you that you have been nominated for a 2010 Ovation Award and have been selected as a finalist.
There is a letter attached to this email from Yvonne Wason-James, Arts Board Chair, concerning Tehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001691033587693783.post-65422042710261923292011-09-08T17:31:00.000-07:002011-09-08T18:21:06.885-07:00Kincaid Joyousbrush Club
The children did great following my instructions in painting their 1st angel fish. After that you can see their creative outburst in creating angel fish community and their habitat. I have attached my sample painting for your reference. They did not copy mine. They created their own free hand. Each person's stroke are unique, their preferences are different, this isTehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001691033587693783.post-54219318592329954952011-08-18T10:50:00.000-07:002011-08-18T10:50:40.353-07:00Joyoubrush Painting ClubThe Joyousbrush Club is now offered at Kincaid Elementary School, Shallowford Elementary School, Taiwanese School of Atlnata,(www.taiwaneseschoolofatlanta.com) as well as School demonstration through Cobb County Artist in School Program and Brush Painting Workshops through Young Audiences (www.yawac.org)
For information, please contact Tehwan@aol.comFor References, pleaseTehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001691033587693783.post-55920732347956652722010-12-28T14:35:00.001-08:002010-12-28T14:38:21.183-08:00Exhibition23 pieces of Tehwan Tso's paintings are now exhibited at the Sacred Tapestry until the end of February 2011.Please come by and take a look. Your feedbacks are appreciatedTehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001691033587693783.post-70322065083976066672010-12-28T11:18:00.000-08:002010-12-28T11:41:02.571-08:00My Christmas wish to youMay beauty be our aim and love be our deeds, Joy be our growth and peace be our rest, the fear of the Lord be our beginning and the favor of the Lord be our end. Tehwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167241238124784886noreply@blogger.com0