Modern Express News (reporter Xu Mengyun) "A few strokes, Guan Sheng shen appeared. "There is a specialization in the art industry, and I admire it." "A stroke of God." In the video comment area of the Douyin blogger "Yishu Loves To Draw", netizens praised his chalk drawing skills. Recently, the Modern Express reporter contacted the blogger "Yishu love painting", in real life, he is an art teacher in Putian, Fujian Province, he said: "As an art teacher for more than 20 years, I did not expect to accidentally upload chalk paintings to Douyin, which can gain the likes of so many netizens." In the face of the praise of netizens for "the stroke of God", Teacher Lin said that thanks to the enthusiasm of netizens, he is not a "stroke of God", but the painting is more serious.
△ Teacher Lin
Because of a chalk painting of Guan Yu's portrait, he was named "God" by netizens
"Please take my knees" "Teacher, you should apply for a job at the Central Academy of Fine Arts." "Teacher, you are really a wonderful pen, a chalk to seal the gods." "Are you the hand that was kissed by an angel?" How was this painting that impressed countless netizens born? Teacher Lin said: "Guan Yu's image is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in Fujian, I usually see the wood carving of Guan Yu's portrait, I am more familiar with his portrait, and when painting, I also refer to his portrait pictures and polish it for three or four hours. In addition to Guan Yu, Teacher Lin also created other portraits of other characters in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin", all of which are vivid.
A simple light bulb was drawn by Mr. Lin to create a naked-eye 3D visual effect, and the transparency of the glass was vividly displayed. For objects such as glass, ceramics, etc., Mr. Lin has his own unique painting experience, the luster of the ceramic vase he paints, there is a feeling of fake and real, he said: "Because the blackboard background is black, chalk only draws the highlight part, it will appear more textured, usually will pay more attention to metal, ceramics and other textured objects, think about how to use chalk to present." ”
It was an accident to be on fire in TikTok, but he would stick with it
Since the release of the first video in May 2020, Mr. Lin has released 182 works, gained 1.477 million fans, and received 894,000 likes. He said: "I didn't expect netizens to like chalk painting so much, and I will continue to draw." Talking about why he sent the work to Douyin, Teacher Lin told the Modern Express reporter that during that time, he was taking online classes at home, and he would make a video of the work and send it to students to learn, and then he would send the done video to Douyin.
From the beginning of the line plane works, to the current three-dimensional works with strong chiaros and dark contrasts, Mr. Lin's chalk drawing technique is also constantly improving. He said: "In the last three or four years, I have started to create chalk paintings as works. I like the strong chiaroscuro contrast of the chalk drawing, which can give people a strong sense of impact. He felt that chalk drawings and pencil sketches had the same magic compared to each other, paying attention to light and shadow, but the difference was that chalk drawings focused on how to draw brightness.
Among the many works, it can be clearly found that the frequency of portraits appears very frequently, which Lin said is related to his personal preferences. He prefers to paint portraits, "a portrait chalk painting takes about three or four hours, the longest one is five hours, compared to male portraits, female portraits are more difficult to paint, because women's faces need to be processed more smoothly, it takes a long time to polish." "Don't look at each chalk painting is very beautiful, Teacher Lin revealed that paintings only need one chalk to paint.
After 26 years of teaching, he plans to give a chalk drawing system course
Mr. Lin is an art teacher at Xianyou County No. 2 Middle School in Putian, Fujian Province, and has been teaching for 26 years. "Students know that I post chalk drawings online, and sometimes I draw simple chalk drawings in class, such as flowers and birds, masks and other simple objects," he said. "After class, the students are reluctant to wipe the blackboard, and they will go to the blackboard to copy the chalk.
Compared with 26 years of teaching, Mr. Lin's painting age is longer, and his pure painting skills can be traced back to the first time he picked up a paintbrush when he was a child. He told reporters that the enlightenment of painting came from his cousin, who saw the oil paintings painted by his cousins when he was a child, which was very realistic. When I got home, I picked up the crayons at home and started scribbling. Later, because he liked it, he insisted on painting, and finally studied art education and studied professional painting. His love of chalk drawing came after he became a teacher.
Now Mr. Lin has his own painting studio, and most of the works are currently completed here in his spare time. There were many small blackboards in the studio, and the finished works were orderly leaned against the wall. Simple cabinets put together, a few sticks of white chalk, a blackboard wipe, and a mobile phone holder on it, this is where Mr. Lin draws, and when there is no class, he will draw here for hours. "Some satisfactory pieces, I will save them with plexiglass. Now the studio's little chalkboards are piling up more and more. ”
Drawing chalk has become an important part of Mr. Lin's after-school life, he said that since the Internet is on fire, many netizens have left me private messages and comments, hoping to learn chalk painting with me. "At present, there is no systematic teaching of chalk drawing, and I plan to give a systematic course to teach everyone to draw."