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Become a painter
"I started painting last night, and it was two o'clock in the morning." The 65-year-old Sun Xinguan himself did not expect that he would be fascinated by jinshan peasant paintings. This matter also has to start from two years ago, "At that time, I heard my sister say that Zhangyan Town had a public welfare course painted by Jinshan farmers, and I went to participate in it with the mentality of trying it out. ”
Sun Xinguan is a native of Zhangyan Town, with a sister on the top and a brother and a sister on the bottom, and later married to Zhuxing to defend the village. "When I was a child, my family was poor, I went out to work early, but now the conditions are better, I have a retirement salary, and my daughter has started a family." Sun Xin, who has been busy for half a lifetime, wants to do something she likes, when she encounters the Jinshan peasant painting.
Her sister Sun Lianguan and younger sister Sun Huiguan also applied for a peasant painting class, and the three sisters became classmates. The lecturer was Cao Jingen, a farmer painter in Jinshan, "For students with zero foundation, it is difficult to get started, so I start from the basic theoretical knowledge." In Cao Jingen's view, the most important thing is the ability to create independently, and each painting must have a theme, rather than simply copying.
Learning peasant painting opened the door to Sun Xinguan's new world, and one class for two hours a week could not satisfy her curiosity at all, "On the weekend, I asked Teacher Cao to go to his studio. Sometimes when painting encounters any problems, ask directly on WeChat. "At the beginning of the creation, Cao Jingen let the students be familiar with what to paint, Sun Xinguan turned the Zhangyan in his childhood memory into the material for painting, her first painting, the painting was Zhangyan Small Bridgehead, and later painted the Peace Hotel, Zhangyan Park...
Speaking of painting belongings, Sun Xinguan took out a professional art bag containing drawing boards, cardboard, paints, and brushes. Sometimes when she goes to her daughter's house, she will take the bus and subway with the bag on her back, and the passengers will think that it is her grandson's when they see the tool kit carried by the old man.
This year is the second year that the three sisters have studied painting. Some time ago, Sun Xinguan accidentally injured her foot, walking around and turning, even so, every Wednesday, she still insisted on riding an electric car to class. Such an enterprising student made Cao Jingen, who is a teacher, quite moved, "From not painting and coloring, until now one painting is better than the other, the inheritance of Jinshan peasant paintings needs such enthusiasm." ”
The efforts of the three sisters, Cao Jingen are all in the eyes, paintings, he all take pictures stored in the mobile phone. "You see, this is the Chinese New Year's Eve meal of Sun Lianguan's paintings, and this is the garbage classification of Sun Huiguan's paintings..." When Cao Jingen talked about the topic selection, he taught students not only to paint the rural life in the past, but also to keep in line with the times, and the construction of new rural areas, current affairs and hot spots, etc., can be recorded with Jinshan peasant paintings.
This made Sun Xinguan realize that there were too many things to paint, "I had a lot of subjects in my head, and I couldn't wait to paint them all." Speaking of his vision for the future, Sun Xinguan said that he hopes that his works can be exhibited and he can become a painter.
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