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>>WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
CHINA PAINTING, YOU THINK
ABOUT KIND OF TURN OF THE
CENTURY, YOU KNOW PAINTED
ON PORCELAIN TYPE THINGS,
ANTIQUE THINGS. AND WE
WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW IT'S
STILL ALIVE AND KICKING
AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO
REALLY MODERN STYLES >>ART
IS ART. IT DOESN'T
MATTER IF YOU'RE
PAINTING ON CARDBOARD,
YOU'RE PAINTING ON
PORCELAIN, YOU'RE
PAINTING ON THE BEST
CANVAS YOU CAN PAINT ON.
IT'S ALL ART. YOU HAVE
YOUR FUNDAMENTALS. AND YOU
NEED TO KNOW WHAT THOSE
FUNDAMENTALS ARE. >>I LOVE
TO PAINT ON PORCELAIN BUT
I LOVE ALL MEDIUMS. I
PAINT OIL AND WATER COLOR
>>EACH ONE HAS ITS OWN
CHALLENGES, EACH ONE HAS
IT'S LIMITATIONS. AND
EACH ONE'S MORE FREER.
OK? SO IF YOU WANT TO
PAINT ON PORCELAIN AND
YOU'RE A TRAINED ARTIST
IN WATER COLOR, DON'T
THINK YOU'RE PAINTING ON
PORCELAIN, JUST PAINT >>IN
ORDER TO GET NEW PEOPLE
INTERESTED IN THE ART, WE
KNOW WE HAVE TO GET THE
WORD OUT THERE AND WE DO
HAVE TO TEACH. >>I'VE
ALWAYS SAID, IF YOU WANTED
TO BECOME A BETTER
PAINTER, START TEACHING
BECAUSE IT PUSHES YOU TO
DO THINGS YOU NORMALLY
WOULDN'T DO. OR SEE IT
THROUGH ANOTHER PERSON'S
EYES. >>I TAUGHT SEMINAR
IN A BIG CONVENTION.
AUSTRALIA, JAPAN,
SINGAPORE, HONG KONG,
THAILAND, AND OF COURSE
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
>>YOU FIND, LIKE YOU GET
INTO EUROPE, THEY TAKE IT
A LITTLE BIT MORE
SERIOUSLY BECAUSE
THERE'S A YOUNGER GROUP
OF PEOPLE. YOU'LL HAVE
PEOPLE IN THEIR TWENTIES
IN JAPAN AND CHINA AND
ASIA, YOU'LL HAVE THAT
SAME KIND OF SITUATION.
>>NORMALLY THE PERSON IN
ASIA ALWAYS CHOOSE THE
FACE, THE FIGURE. THE
STUDENTS ENJOY VERY MUCH
DIFFERENT STYLES. >>I
WOULD LOOK AT WHAT THE
STUDENTS WOULD DO. I'VE
TOOK THAT AS A LESSON, NOT
AS A MISTAKE. >>THE SCHOOL
IS NORMAL FOUR DAYS BUT
WHEN I TAUGHT SEMINAR
IT'S FIVE DAYS TO DO THE
FACE WITH A LOT OF
TECHNIQUES AND TEXTURES.
>>AND THEN A LOT OF TIMES
YOU ARE LEARNING AS
YOU'RE GOING. >>WE JUST
KIND OF REALIZED THAT
THERE ARE A LOT OF
PAINTERS THAT ARE
ISOLATED, MAYBE DON'T
HAVE A TEACHER NEARBY OR
HAVE A GROUP THAT THEY CAN
GET TOGETHER WITH. SO WE
STARTED THIS GROUP CALLED
PORCELAIN PAINTERS
INTERNATIONAL ONLINE. AND
YOU CAN JUST GO TO THE
FORUM, THERE'S ALL KINDS
OF LESSONS AND VIDEO,
LITERALLY ANYTHING YOU
WANNA KNOW, WE WILL DO A
LESSON ON AND SHOW YOU HOW
TO DO IT. >>BECAUSE IF
YOU'RE NOT LEARNING,
THAT'S THE END. WHEN DO
YOU STOP PRACTICING? WHEN
THEY THROW THE DIRT ON THE
GRAVE. THAT'S THE STOP-
THAT'S THE END. SO
YOU'RE ALWAYS PRACTICING.
>>AND WE'VE
JUST SEEN SO MUCH SHARING
OF INFORMATION WITH THE
DIFFERENT TEACHERS ONLINE
THAT JUST SHARE WHAT THEY
KNOW WITHOUT RESERVATION.
IT'S A REALLY REALLY
GREAT THING TO HAVE THAT
KIND OF CAMARADERIE WHICH
THERE WOULD BE NO WHERE