According to the Qianjiang Evening News reported on April 6, Pan Jianhua of Deqing, Zhejiang Province, at the age of 16, followed his cousin to the south and north to start working as a small decoration worker, and now he has been a painter for more than 40 years. In the summer of 2019, he saw the relevant enrollment brochure of the China Academy of Fine Arts, drew four pictures and sent them to the designated mailbox, and did not expect to really receive the admission letter of the seminar.
The 58-year-old Pan can afford to hold a paint brush and a brush in his hand, and people in the village and town have come to him to learn to paint, and the hotel murals will also be handed over to him.
[I was a well-known painter and was very good at painting "eraser paintings" on wooden furniture]
When I first saw the skinny little Pan Jianhua, I thought he didn't look like a decorator at all, but like a quiet reader.
He said that he had not read any books, 42 years ago, at the age of 16, he followed his cousin to do decoration work, to the painter master as an apprentice, "at that time the furniture was made by carpenters, painters to paint, pay attention to the point of painters also have to paint." ”
He remembers the most popular combination of Chinese and Western wooden bed, there are nine plates on the bed fence to paint, most of which are flowers and birds such as Meilan Zhuju, which Pan Jianhua said is called "eraser painting" locally. "Eraser painting is still quite troublesome, the wooden board is first painted white, gray or milk yellow, and when the paint is dry, it is polished over and over again with sand skin, and then the specially treated pigment powder is applied to the wooden board, and finally the place where the color is not needed is wiped clean with an eraser or tire skin, and the remaining color can become a pattern."
"I started very quickly, and I was able to draw my own erasers in half a year. I remember playing a big wardrobe at that time, the price of the contractor's packaging material was 30 yuan, after I left the division, when the painter's salary was 2.7 yuan a day, the income was OK, and I had good craftsmanship, it didn't take long to get out of the school, I began to take apprentices, and at most there were 4 apprentices under my hands. ”
He smiled and admitted that his craft had always been well-known in the local area, "raising a family, raising a wife, raising children, and when he earned money, he thought about building a house, and the family could live more spaciously." ”
Who would have thought that at an old age, Old Pan could still put down the paint brush and pick up the paintbrush.
[Admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts Seminar, I don't dare to tell my wife what the tuition fee is]
"It turns out that there is no pension insurance in the countryside, and the money earned must be saved." The conditions in our village are not bad, and I can make money, but I didn't dare to spend so much money on painting before. Pan Jianhua said that painting is a very luxurious thing, and now rural people can have "retirement wages" when they reach the age, and Pan Jianhua's family has been demolished, and finally there is no need to make money for "big houses".
At this time, an opportunity came to him.
In 2016, Pan Jianhua met Teacher Huang Jianshi, who was teaching at Deqing County University for the Elderly at the wedding banquet. Lao Pan still remembers Huang Jianshi's encouragement and help: "Teacher Huang said that I was very talented and let me go to the university for the elderly to study, even as a hobby." After that, Pan Jianhua came to the Chinese painting class of Deqing University for the Elderly to study flower and bird painting, and began the enlightenment of Chinese painting in his 50s, and slowly entered the door.
Old Pan is really talented. In the summer of 2019, he saw the relevant enrollment brochure of the China Academy of Fine Arts in the circle of friends, drew four paintings and sent them to the designated mailbox for further study, but he did not expect to really receive the acceptance letter of the Advanced Training Course of The China Academy of Fine Arts' Flower and Bird Painting Variant Copying and Creation.
"This matter is still quite sensational in our village, and many people have come to ask me, is it really the Chinese Academy of Fine Arts?" It won't be scammers cheating money. ”
"The tuition fee is not cheap, it costs 25,000 yuan to complete the course, and I did not dare to tell my wife the truth at that time, saying that as long as 10,000 yuan, my wife did not object." He said that his wife still hopes that he will become a painter, in the end, the painter can make money, painting is costly.
"Before I studied painting at the university of the elderly, she lost her temper and tore up a lot of my paintings. Now it's supported. ”
[In the village and town, people come to him to learn painting, and the hotel murals will also be handed over to him]
Today, Lao Pan still arranges a small studio for himself in the house he rented. The conditions are not good, the old bottom of the writing desk as a painting table, the old brown bed is piled up and down with paintings, the wall is also hung with his works.
"Sometimes I don't have confidence, so I use a little bit of paper to draw first, draw it several times, feel a little counted, and then use better paper." If you are satisfied with the painting, put it away. The best, just frame it, enter an entry or exhibition. ”
In a year and a half of study, he learned more skills at the China Academy of Fine Arts, and also made a lot of friends, some students from various calligraphy and painting associations, have a strong foundation in calligraphy and painting, "after half a year of study, I burned the original study works, I can't see it, I want to draw better paintings." ”
His paintings have also been recognized by more people around him, "In the village and in the town, some people have come to me to learn painting, and I have not collected expensive, and I teach very seriously." ”
What made Lao Pan happiest was that the hotel asked him to paint and let him paint murals at the same time, "It took eight days to paint seven paintings." Lao Pan said that this is not only the painter's craftsmanship polished over the years is recognized, but even the skill of painting is recognized, "I also have a little confidence, maybe it is feasible to make a living by drawing skills." ”
But Lao Pan said that he still had some ideas, "When I went to the Academy of Fine Arts, one day a week I couldn't do work, and many people who rushed to work would not look for me to work." After class, painting is a manual work, and after a day of hard work, I don't have the strength to practice with a paintbrush anymore. It would be even better if I could have a way to be more economically relaxed and practice painting before I retire. ”
[Source: Jiupai News Comprehensive Qianjiang Evening News, People's Daily, etc.]
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