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Chinese Painting – Year of the Dragon at GRUB

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Chinese Painting - Year of the Dragon

GRUB Manchester, Manchester
10 February 2024

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From £27.80
Dragon Painting
Photo and panting by Ula Fung
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Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with Floating Art, as they run a Chinese Bamboo brush painting workshop at GRUB.

In this beginner friendly workshop you’ll learn how to paint using bamboo brushes, Chinese ink and mineral paint onto rice paper.

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Floating Art – Ula Fung

This workshop will be broken down into multiple sessions which will each begin with a teacher demonstration from our founder and teacher Ula Fung. Originally from Hong Kong, Ula is a local practising artist with over 15 years of teaching experience.

2022 Lunar New Year painting
Floating Art – Ula Fung

This workshop is suitable for beginners up.

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