ALEXANDRIA, VA - April 15, 2015 - / Award winning artist, Darlene Kaplan is pleased to announce that she will be teaching a 6 day workshop in oriental brush painting in August, 2015. This workshop is for all skill levels from beginning to advanced. Subjects matter covered will include birds, flowers, lotus, fish, insects, & waterfalls.

This will be a 6 day workshop instructed by Darlene Kaplan in the Lingnan style of Oriental Brush Painting.  The dates and times are as follows; August 17 thru 22, 2015 and it will be from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm daily. The price of this 6 day workshop is $450.00. 

This workshop will be held at the Soft Brush Studio, located at 4609 Franconia Road, Alexandria, VA 22310.  You may register now to reserve your space. For further information please contact Darlene Kaplan, 4609 Franconia Rd, Alexandria, VA 22310. Telephone 703-922-4175 – Her email is chineseart@darlenekaplan.com

About the Artist:

Award winning Professional artist, owner and CEO of Soft Brush Studio, Darlene Kaplan has been captivating art lovers worldwide with her energetic Oriental Brush Paintings using Chinese watercolors for over 40 years.

Kaplan started out in oil painting and switched to the Oriental style when she started taking martial arts. Kaplan is a martial artist teaching Tai Chi. The energy "chi" is also essential in Oriental Brush Painting.

Kaplan paints in the Ling Nan style of Oriental Brush Painting which is a combination of Western and East Asian art. The Oriental art consists of many styles of painting that originated in China centuries ago and spread throughout Japan and Korea. This style of art is also referred to as Sumi-e, which is the fusion of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese art.  Her website is at http://www.darlenekaplan.com

Contact Information:

4609 Franconia Rd
Alexandria, VA 22310
703-922-4175
chineseart@darlenekaplan.com