4 Weeks in Taipei with Master Yim Mau Kun

4 Weeks in Taipei with Master Yim Mau Kun

Note: Occasionally we have overseas students joining local students at the Twin Bridget Studio. International student admission is decided on a case by case basis depending on student needs and studio capacity. We recently had Aqeel from India and Osamu from Japan...
A Discussion on Oil Painting Color

A Discussion on Oil Painting Color

As we’re in the initial stage of planning for a book on oil painting, I came across correspondence with an American artist friend via e-mails through translation by my daughter Iris.  The conversation reveals some fundamental differences in the concepts of...

On Art Diversification and Representational Art

Note: This is originally published in the second edition of the artist’s drawing book “Drawing by Mau-Kun Yim” in 2000. Since the publication of the first edition of my drawing collection in 1993, I have received many inquiries about a new edition. After many years of...

Charcoal Drawing Demonstration

Mau-Kun Yim and Nitram Charcoal teamed up again on this demonstration video of charcoal drawing, showcasing how the artist used a full range of Nitram Charcoal’s products to create this...
How to paint oil portrait from life

How to paint oil portrait from life

The portrait is a painting style that was established during the Renaissance and its earliest example was the Mona Lisa. Since then all major Western painters whose work featured people have been masters of portrait painting as well. Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael and...