The Yorkshire Group of the Chinese Brush Painters' Society was re-formed in 2006 and held its first workshop on Sunday 2 April 2006.
Workshops that were planned from that date are listed below. To see further details of what happened at these workshops, please see the appropriate Newsletter (members only).
Workshop dates – 2023
Sunday 15 January – Winter landscapes – Nick Hornigold
Saturday 4 February - AGM and zentangle workshop – Soo Matthews
Saturday 25 March – KC Chan – flowers and birds
Saturday & Sunday 22 & 23 April – Landscapes in 4 seasons ; Figure painting - Xiao Bai Li (Easter Sunday is 9 April)
Saturday & Sunday 20 & 21 May – Paintings by Ren Bonian; Abstracts - Shuhua Jin (Coronation is 6-8th)
Saturday & Sunday 17 & 18 June – The Dragon Boat Festival, Calligraphy; Chinese Opera - Fei Tan
Saturday & Sunday 22 & 23 July – Painting on gold; Fruit in baskets - Anne Allan
Saturday & Sunday 12 & 13 August – Rabbits - Nick Hornigold; Bamboo - Anne Allan
Saturday & Sunday 2 & 3 September - Dragons - Paul Maslowski; Happy Buddha - Claire Seaton
Saturday & Sunday 21 & 22 October - Water crash technique - Anne Allan; Fish & Lotus - Fiona Carroll
Saturday & Sunday 11 & 12 November - Calligraphy - Tina Dennis; Landscape - Nick Hornigold
Sunday 10 December – Hand-made books and Book binding - Anne Allan
Workshops 2022
Sunday 16 January - cancelled
Saturday 5 February – cancelled – holding by email and post
Saturday 26 March - cancelled
Saturday & Sunday 23 & 24 April – cancelled
Saturday 14 May – Nick Hornigold
Sunday 12 June – Anne Allan
Saturday & Sunday 23 & 24 July – Maggie Cross
Saturday & Sunday 13 & 14 August – Kaili Fu
Saturday & Sunday 3 & 4 September - Anne Allan
Saturday & Sunday 1 & 2 October - Shuhua Jin
Saturday & Sunday 12 & 13 November - Qu Lei Lei & Anne Allan
Sunday 11 December - Tina Dennis
Workshops 2021
Workshops were planned for 2021, the hall was reserved and tutors booked, but all were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic restrictions. The only workshop was on Sunday 13 December with Nick Hornigold as tutor - winter landscape.
Workshop dates – 2020
Saturday 4 January – Maggie Cross - Fans
Sunday 19 January - Lion in the gongbi style - Anne Allan
Monday 27 January at Otley Rugby Club – Fei Tan – gongbi painting and calligraphy
Sunday 9 February – AGM – Stella Yeung – Concertina sketchbook
Saturday 7 March – Anne Allan - Painting on cork
All the following workshops were cancelled until further notice in light of the coronavirus outbreak..
Sunday 29 March – Nick Hornigold
Saturday & Sunday 25 & 26 April – Xiao Bai Li
Saturday & Sunday 30 & 31 May – Qu Lei Lei – to be confirmed
Saturday & Sunday 20 & 21 June – Kaili Fu
Saturday & Sunday 25 & 26 July – Julia Martin
Saturday & Sunday 15 & 16 August – Shuhua Jin
Saturday & Sunday 5 & 6 September – Virginia Lloyd Davies
Saturday & Sunday 17 & 18 October – Maggie Cross
Saturday & Sunday 28 & 29 November – Paul Maslowski & Claire Seaton
Sunday 13 December – to be arranged
Workshop dates 2019
Saturday 5 January - Narcissus & Amaryllis - Maggie Cross
Sunday 20 January - Landscape in the style of Zhao Yong - Anne Allan
Sunday 10 February – Pyrography – Lisa Shackleton
Sunday 3 March – Gongbi with crinkle technique – Anne Allan
Saturday 23 March – Dragons - Nick Hornigold
Sunday 27 & 28 April – Landscapes & Experimental - Xiao Bai Li
Saturday & Sunday 18 & 19 May – Landscapes of Dong Qichang & Experimental - Shuhua Jin
Saturday & Sunday 1 & 2 June – Qu Lei Lei
Saturday & Sunday 20 & 21 July – Kaili Fu
Saturday & Sunday 24 & 25 August – Maggie Cross
Saturday & Sunday 7 & 8 September
Saturday & Sunday 19 20 October - Julia Martin
Sunday 2 & 3 November - National AGM - Qu Lei Lei - Stella Yeung: Workshop with Qu Lei Lei
Sunday 8 December - Xmas Workshop
Workshop dates 2018
Saturday 6 January 2018 - Maggie Cross - Snow
Sunday 21 January 2018 - Nick Hornigold - Pine with cranes
Sunday 11 February – AGM – Stella Yeung - Origami
Saturday 3 March – Anne Allan – gongbi squirrel or tiger - cancelled
Saturday 17 March – Delayed Christmas workshop - Bookbinding & Mounting – Anne & Vanessa
Sunday 18 March – Yan Wang - cancelled
Sunday 21 & 22 April – William Cai – Peonies & lotus; landscape
Sunday 26 & 27 May – Shuhua Jin - Landscapes; Bamboo & Lotus
24 June – Qu Lei Lei - Calligraphy with bamboo & wisteria; Small landscapes
Sunday 21 & 22 July – Maggie Cross – Willow pattern; flowers
Sunday 18 & 19 August – Kaili Fu – English landscape; Figure in the meticulous style
Saturday & Sunday 1 & 2 September – Jane Dwight – Sunsets & Gladioli (cancelled)
Saturday 1 September - Anne Allan - Squirrel or tiger in the gongbi style
Sunday 2 September - Nick Hornigold - Lotus & Water lilies
Saturday & Sunday 13 & 14 October – Xiao Bai Li - Flowers from life; portraits
Saturday 3 November - Nick Hornigold - Chrysanthemums & Orchids
Sunday 4 November - Yan Wang - Birds
Sunday 9 December - Stella Yeung - Origami boxes
Workshop dates 2017
Saturday 7 January - Iris with butterflies; Narcissus - Maggie Cross
Sunday 22 January - Water buffalo; Cockerels; New Year cards - Anne Allan
Saturday 11 February - AGM – Howard Asher – Playing with Geometrics & colour theory
Saturday 4 March – Nick Hornigold - Dogs; Spring landscape
Sunday 19 March –– Anne Allan - Gongbi - Peacock
Saturday & Sunday 1 & 2 April – Shuhua Jin
Saturday & Sunday 6 & 7 May– Qu LeiLei
Saturday & Sunday 13 & 14 May– Wang Li (Helen) from Xian
Saturday & Sunday 24 & 25 June – Maggie Cross
Saturday & Sunday 15 & 16 July – Kaili Fu and Li Xuzhuang
Saturday & Sunday 2 & 3 September – tba
Saturday & Sunday 30 September & 1 October – Xiao Bai Li
Saturday & Sunday 4 & 5 November – Jane Dwight
Sunday 10 December – Christmas buffet lunch
2016
Sun 10 January – Flowers in gongbi style – Anne Allan
Sat 23 January – Landscape – Nick Hornigold
Sun 14 February – AGM and Silk painting – Lisa Shackleton
Sat 5 March – Calligraphy – Vivian Ng
Sun 20 March – Back to Basics – Vanessa Cooper & Anne Allan
Sat & Sun 16 & 17 April – Calligraphy & line drawings; Four Gentlemen - Qu Lei Lei
Sat & Sun 21 & 22 May- - Landscape; Plants - Shuhua Jin
Sat & Sun 18 & 19 June – Misty lotus; Painting with a hake – Maggie Cross
Sat & Sun 16 & 17 July – Traditional Blue Green landscape; Fish & dragon - Kaili Fu
Wednesday 10 August - Painting workshop at Hai Shuet Yeung's Gallery, Grimsby
Sat 17 September - Roses in 3 styles - Anne Allan
Sat & Sun 1 & 2 October – Crinkly landscape & eagles; Sunflowers & peonies - Xiao Bai Li
Sat & Sun 29 & 30 October – Vegetables & climbing plants with birds and insects – Pauline Cherrett
Sat & Sun 19 & 20 November - Landscapes in winter; 3 Friends of winter - Marion Dearlove
Sat 3 December – Chinese 3D paper folding – Stella Yeung
2015
Sunday 11 January – Goldfish and cockerels - Ping Kelly
Saturday 24 January – Maggie Cross
Saturday 21 Feb – AGM – composition and papercutting with Brian Morgan
Sunday 8 March – Lotus in the gongbi (meticulous) style - Anne Allan
Saturday 28 March – Nick Hornigold
Saturday /Sunday 11/12 April – Shuhua Jin
Saturday /Sunday 23/24 May – Qu Lei Lei
Saturday/Sunday 20/21 June – Angela Reich
Saturday /Sunday 18/19 July – Kaili Fu (new dates)
Saturday/Sunday 5/6 September – Xiao Bai Li
Saturday /Sunday 3/4 October – Pauline Cherrett
Saturday /Sunday 7/8 November – Maggie Cross (changed dates)
Saturday 5 December – Christmas Buffet Lunch – Chinese knotting – Stella Yeung
2014
Sunday 12 January – Buildings & Boats in the Landscape – Nick Hornigold
Saturday 25 January – Flowers/blossom and bird/s in gongbi style – Anne Allan
Saturday 22 February – Reading Chinese characters – AGM – Brian Morgan
Sunday 9 March - Figures in the gongbi style - Anne Allan
Saturday 22 March - Hares and rabbits - Nick Hornigold
Saturday 12 April - Misty landscapes - Sue Brant
Sunday 13 April - Human figures, poetry-inspired and calligraphic paintings - Gang Sui
Saturday /Sunday 10/11 May - English landscapes; eagle and horse - Xiao Bai Li
Saturday /Sunday 31May/1June - Wisteria with goldfish; calligraphy for paintings - Angela reich
Saturday 21 June – Lotus - Qu LeiLei
Saturday /Sunday 19/20 July – Roses and honeysuckle; bamboo and panda -Jane Dwight
Saturday /Sunday 23/24 August – Traditional landscape; magnolia and lychees with birds - Kaili Fu
Saturday 20 September - Orchids, morning glory and insects - Ping Kelly
Saturday /Sunday 4/5 October - Peonies, lavender and insects; landscapes in scroll format - Eric Ng
Saturday 8 November - Cranes and pine in the meticulous style - Anne Allan
Sunday 9 November - Autumn - Nick Hornigold
Saturday 13 December – Christmas Buffet Lunch - Fans - Vanessa Cooper & Anne Allan; Discussion of paintings - Jeremy Lenighan; sale of paintings - Lawrence Brown
2013
Sunday 13 January – Snowy Landscapes – Nick Hornigold
Saturday 26 January – Flower and butterfly in the gongbi style – Anne Allan
Saturday 16 February – AGM – Calligraphy – Brian Morgan
Sunday 10 March – Reading Chinese characters - Brian Morgan
Saturday 23 March (Easter is Sunday 31 March) – Yan (Morica) Wang (cancelled)
Saturday/Sunday 13/14 April –Landscape; Flower & birds -Xiao Bai Li
Saturday 11 May – Mounting paintings – Brian Morgan; Orchids – Vanessa and Anne
Sunday 12 May – Fish – Yan Wang
Saturday/Sunday 1/2 June – Flowers, small birds & frogs - Maggie Cross
Saturday 22 June- Bamboo and birds – Nick Hornigold
Saturday/Sunday 13/14 July – Misty landscapes & animals - Kaili Fu
Saturday/Sunday 24/25 August - Insects & morning Glory; Cockerels & chicks - David Dong
Saturday 21 September - Anne Allan - Cats in the gongbi style
Saturday5 October- Horses - Nick Hornigold
Sunday 6 October - Large colourful flowers- Anne Allan
Saturday/Sunday 9/10 November - Painting a variety of topics in both fan and rectangular compositions – landscape, bonsai, flowers, birds, etc -Pauline Cherrett
Saturday 7 December – Christmas buffet lunch – Papercutting – Brian Morgan
2012
Saturday 8 January 2012 - Flowers in the Lingnan Style - Nick Hornigold
Saturday 21 January 2012 - Flowers in the Gongbi Style - Anne Allan
Saturday 4 February 2012 - AGM followed by Calligraphy for Paintings - Brian Morgan
Sunday 4 March - Freestyle animals - Yan Wang
Saturday 17 March 2012 - Misty Landscapes - Sue Brant
Saturday/Sunday 14/15 April 2012 - Bamboo/pots -Pauline Cherrett
Saturday/Sunday 5/6 May 2012 - Plum blossom; Landscape - Swee Tan Caseley
Sunday 10 June 2012 - Tiger in meticulous style - Anne Allan
Saturday/Sunday 7/8 July 2012 - Freestyle orchid and chrysanthemum; Fine ladies in gongbi style - Kaili Fu
Saturday/Sunday 18/19 August - Landscapes - Eric Ng
Saturday 15 September - Dragon and phoenix - Nick Hornigold
Saturday/Sunday 6/7 October - Panda and lotus; figures in freestyle - Li Jia
Saturday/Sunday 10/11 November - Local landscapes; birds - Jane Evans
Saturday 1 December - Kitemaking - Brian Morgan
2011
Sunday 9 January 2011 - People - Bi Keqin
Saturday 22 January 2011 - Fish in the meticulous style - Anne Allan
Saturday 5 February 2011 - AGM followed by 'Back to Basics' - Brian Morgan
Saturday 5 March 2011 - Abstracts - Beth Peart
Sunday 20 March 2011 - Papercutting - Brian Morgan
Saturday/Sunday 16/17 April 2011 - Birds - Jane Dwight
Saturday/Sunday 7/8 May 2011 - Fruit; calligraphy - Yan Wang
Sunday 5 June 2011 - Dog in meticulous style - Anne Allan
Saturday 18 June 2011 - Dogs - Nick Hornigold
Saturday/Sunday 9/10 July 2011 - 3 friends in winter; sunflowers - Maggie Cross
Saturday 16 July 2011 - Wisteria - Qu LeiLei
Saturday/Sunday 20/21 August 2011 - The painting styles of the 4 monks - Marion Dearlove
Saturday 24 September 2011 -Free and easy and mounting paintings - Vanessa Cooper
Saturday/Sunday 15/16 October 2011 - Big birds; misty landscapes - Kaili Fu
Saturday/Sunday 12/13 November 2011 - Flowers and birds from life; English landscapes - Xiao Bai Li
Saturday 3 December 2011 - Christmas buffet lunch; Papercutting using blades - Brian Morgan
2010
Saturday 9 January 2010 - Easy landscapes and backing your paintings - Nick Hornigold
Saturday 16 January 2010 - Peony with butterflies in the gongbi (meticulous) style - Anne Allan
Saturday 6 February 2010 - AGM follwed by Folk art workshop - Jean Beever - or Free and Easy
Saturday/Sunday 20/21 March 2010 - English landscapes Chinese style - Xiao Bai Li
Saturday/Sunday 17/18 April 2010 - Li Hong Ping (an artistwho is coming over to England from Xian). This was cancelled and replaced by - Bamboo and pandas - Nick Hornigold (Saturday) and Chrysanthemums and roosters - David Dong (Sunday)
Saturday/Sunday 15/16 May 2010 - Tigers; butterflies and fucshia - Jane Dwight
Saturday 5 June 2010 - Magnolia and bird in the meticulous (gongbi) style - Anne Allan
Sunday 20 June 2010 - Painting poppies - Jean Beever
Saturday/Sunday 10/11 July 2010 - Cherry blossom and The Sage with pine tree; Flowers and landscape - Shuhua Jin
Saturday/Sunday 21/22 August 2010 - Flowers and birds on unsized silk in freestyle - Kaili Fu
Saturday 12 September 2010 - Painting cards and winter scenes - Jean Beever
Sunday 26 September 2010 - Painting workshop - Hai Shuet Yeung at his studio in Grimsby
Saturday/Sunday 16/17 October 2010 - Landscapes; Horses and camels - David Yi Dai
Saturday/ 13/14 November 2010 - Cats - Nick Hornigold
Sunday 14 November 2010 - Peonies - David Dong
Saturday 4 December 2010 - This had to be cancelled - snow
2009
Saturday 17 January 2009 - Splash technique - Qu Lei Lei
Sunday 22 February 2009 - AGM followed by lantern making - Brian Morgan
Saturday/Sunday 7/8 March 2009 - Landscape; Flowers - Eric Ng
Saturday 18 April 2009 - Horses - Nick Hornigold
Sunday 26 April 2009 - Improve your brushstrokes; Bamboo and orchid - Fiona Carroll and Anne Allan
Saturday/Sunday 30/31 May 2009 - Crane with pine tree; Snow landscape by Wu Tong - Shuhua Jin
Friday 19 June 2009 - Hai Shuet Yeung - visit to his gallery and restaurant in Grimsby with painting workshop
Sunday 5 July 2009 - Calligraphy workshop - Xin Jiang
Friday 7 August 2009 - Still life - Xiao Bai Li
Saturday/Sunday 22/23 August 2009 - Flowers and birds - Kaili Fu
Sunday 20 September 2009 - Painting kites & eagles - Nick Hornigold
Saturday/Sunday 3/4 October 2009 - Flowers; fish - Maggie Cross
Sunday 25 October 2009 - Improve your brushstoles - Plum blossom and roses - Nick Hornigold and Fiona Carroll
Tuesday 17 November 2009 - Winter landscape - Qu Lei Lei
Sunday 6 December workshop 2009 - Christmas buffet lunch and card-making workshop - Jean Beever
2008
Saturday 19 January 2008 - Blue and green landscape. - Qu Lei Lei
Sunday 24 February 2008 - AGM followed by Calligraphy and Paperfolding workshops led by Brian Morgan and Feng Li.
Saturday/Sunday 29/30 March 2008 - Background wash techniques and composing a picture; exotic orchids and hummingbirds in freestyle or outline style - Maggie Cross -
Saturday 12 April 2008 - Calligraphy workshop - Jiang Xin.
Sunday 18 May 2008 - Painting birds - led by members of the Committee.
Saturday/Sunday 21/22 June 2008 - Landscapes - traditional and modern - Xiao Bai Li
Monday 21 July 2008 - Lotus with Crane or Musician in the meticulous style - Wang Li & Yu Xi Ling
Saturday/Sunday 26/27July 2008 - Flowers with birds, fish and animals; landscapes. Additionally Pauline will discuss composition and will cover different formats - traditional folding fans, palace fans and screen cards - Pauline Cherrett
Saturday 2 August 2008 - Character figures and peasant/folk art - Li Wen Tao, Gao Qiu and Fan Ying
Saturday/Sunday 23/24 August 2008 - flowers, birds and insects - Kaili Fu
Saturday13 September 2008 - colourful landscapes - Zhao Yong
Saturday/Sunday 27/28 September 2008 - Flower and bird; landscape - Shuhua Jin
Saturday/Sunday 18/19 October 2008 - National AGM followed by a demonstration by Xiao Bai Li on painting portraits from life at The Crescent Hotel, Ilkley. On Sunday Xaio Bai will lead a workshop showing the participants how to paint portraits from life.
Saturday 25 October 2008 - Landscapes and bamboo - Zhao Yong
Saturday 8 November 2008 - Workshop at Lotherton Hall organised by Antonia including a guided tour of the Chinese artifacts
Saturday 13 December 2008 - social event and card-making - Jean Beever and Fiona Carroll
2007
Monday 29 January 2007 - Painting a camelia and a chaffinch in meticulous (gongbi) style - Anne Allan:
Saturday 17 February 2007 - AGM followed by making traditional Chinese Lanterns - Brian Morgan:
Saturday/Sunday 24/25 March 2007 - Flowers and birds; Landscape - Swee Tan Caseley
Sunday 22 April 2007 - Tigers - Nick Hornigold
Saturday/Sunday 12/13 May 2007 - Flowers and birds; Animals - David Yi Da
Saturday 9 June 2007 - Figures in gongbi style - Wang Li:
Monday 2 July 2007 - Faces in freestyle and in half-freestyle - Wang Li:
Saturday 21 July 2007 - Mounting workshop - Brian Morgan:
Sunday 9 September 2007 - Beginning Chinese Brush painting - Anne Allan
Saturday 29 September 2007 - Untutored workshop (Pauline Cherrett was unable to attend)
Saturday 27 October 2007 - Misty landscapes - Sue Brant
Saturday/Sunday 10/11 November 2007 - Birds, flowers, landscapes and people - Xiao Bai Li
Saturday 8 December 2007 - Using calligraphy and small designs to create cards - Fiona Carroll and Jean Beever
2006
Sunday 2 April 2006 - Plum blossom and chrysanthemums - Liu Wing Chen (Esther)
Sunday 28 May 2006 - Fish - carp and goldfish - Nick Hornigold
Friday/Saturday/Sunday 23/25 June 2006 -Landscape; Flowers, including pine, plum blossom, chrysanthemum, orchid, bamboo and morning glory - Eric Ng
Saturday 22 July 2006 - Painting a flower and bird in meticulous (gongbi) style - Anne Allan.
Sunday 10 September 2006 - Bamboo and orchid - Esther Liu
Saturday 16 September 2006 - Figures - Qu Lei Lei
Sunday 8 October 2006 - Wisteria - Margaret Lloyd
Saturday/Sunday 4/5 November 2006 - Poppies and irises; Autumn leaves and ideas for cards - Maggie Cross.
Saturday/Sunday 2/3 December 2006 -Misty landscape; Lotus - Eric Ng.
