After we learned about the aboriginal art of Australia we traveled north to the continent of Asia where we started learning about Chinese brush painting. We looked at slides and discovered how the Chinese “like to draw nature” and use “a lot of white spaces.” Another child said, “The paintings are not all filled in.”  “They used very little paint. They do a lot with a little. They are minimalists.” We watched videos showing artists effortlessly creating masterpieces and demonstrating the strokes. Then using bamboo brushes, black ink and rice paper children found the sweeping strokes of Chinese painting very liberating as they created their own masterpieces.