Spark Your Passion for Chinese Brush Painting
What brings you here today?
Which best describes you:
See Where Your Brush Can Take You
Explore the diversity of past subjects and discover the possibilities ahead.
Start, Learn, Grow. Then Master.
Start step-by-step. Build your skills. Keep growing. Reach for mastery (if you want to).
We Paint Live-On-Line. Join Us!
We've built a world-wide on-line community of Chinese Brush Painters. Friday AM & PM. Jump on-board.
You'll fit right in from the first class.
Our proven, well-tested teaching method makes it easy to join in, follow along online, build skills, and feel like you're part of our community from day one.
About Mayee
Meet Mayee Futterman
Mayee Futterman is an award-winning Chinese Brush Painting artist, educator, and author with more than 30 years of experience. Her work has been commissioned and collected internationally, with major projects for Caesars New Orleans, the Los Angeles Center for Women’s Health, and BMW, where her Fluid Power design won an international competition for the M4 GT4. She has co-authored six instructional art books and has been featured on CNN and NTD TV.
As an educator, Mayee brings that experience directly into both online and in-person classrooms. Her lively, step-by-step approach makes Chinese Brush Painting accessible and fun for complete beginners while giving experienced artists plenty of room to develop their skills.
Mayee teaches at UCLA Extension, Huntington Beach Art Center, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Veterans Home of California, and through her worldwide Live-On-Line classes. She has taught more than 5,000 new and returning students, representing more than 25,000 person-hours taught.
In Their Own Words
Testimonials from Mayee's Students
Inspirational, Patient teaching, Course organization, Teaching excellence
"She has a magical way of getting us to fall in love with this art form.”
“Mayee is a thoughtful and methodical teacher who is well prepared and patient. She explains everything in advance and then demonstrates step-by-step as she leads students to do their own. In the course of this four week workshop, Mayee managed to teach us a highly skilled art form. She has a magical way of getting us to fall in love with this art form.”
Skill mastery, Hands-on learning
"I'm an artist and I learned so much."
"I'm an artist and I learned so much. I hope to take more classes with Mayee."
All skill levels
"It was accessible to all levels."
"It was accessible to all levels. The more experienced student would produce a more polished piece but a beginner could still participate and produce something very presentable."
Teaching excellence, Skill mastery
“...the most incredible painting instructor…
"Mayee Futterman is the most incredible painting instructor. Not only is she a gifted painter, but she has the rare ability to translate her skills into lessons that allow her students to develop similar skills. She is extremely well prepared with step-by-steop lessons and teaching aids. She is a great addition to the UCLA Extension staff. I would take any class she teaches."