Many people have their own hobbies, such as painting or photography. These two things can record the past. Looking at them several years later, you will have different sighs, or sigh that time flies, or miss the beauty of the past, or witness the changes of the times.
There is a 57-year-old uncle in Siyang County, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province. It took 12 years to copy the urban changes and famous buildings in my hometown with a pen. Up to now, more than 3,000 paintings have been completed.
Zhangyan's paintings and pictures come from the Internet.
This uncle is called Zhang Yan and has rich painting experience. He used to do propaganda work in the county, and later he was admitted to the fine arts department of a commercial school to study painting. After graduation, he was assigned to a candy factory to be responsible for design work, and then he started his own business and started art remedial classes ... Anyway, his work in these years is related to painting, and he also loves painting very much.
Zhangyan likes painting since he was a child. He picked up a brush at the age of 1 1. After 46 years, he still doesn't want to let go.
What prompted zhangyan to like painting was the "picture book" of that era. When zhangyan was a child, the picture books that children read the most were "picture books", but because his family could not afford them, he borrowed them from other friends.
Zhangyan sketch, pictures from the Internet.
1974, borrowed a "picture book" about the Three Kingdoms. He was so obsessed with this book that he couldn't help but pick up a pencil and copy it. After more than 20 days of repeated copying, he finally copied this not-so-thick "picture book".
When my friends saw the Picture Book copied by zhangyan, they all thought it was very good. They borrowed from him one after another, and also found "picture books" from other places for zhangyan to copy.
Zhangyan was very encouraged by this. He paints well! Since then, I have been looking for sketches everywhere to copy. 18, he was admitted to the Fine Arts Department of Huaiyin Commercial School to study painting. After professional study, he had the idea of making a living by painting.
Zhangyan sketch, pictures from the Internet.
It is an unintentional move to record the changes in my hometown with a brush. Over the years, zhangyan has been insisting on sketching in the canal scenery belt of the county town and honing his pen-and-ink painting skills.
Such a daily sketch, there are often some people walking around to see his paintings, and one person appreciates zhangyan's pen drawing very much. As long as he paints here, the man often comes to see it.
One day, this man chatted with zhangyan and gave him advice. This painting is very good, but the framing seems too simple. Why not take more photos on the streets of the county? Maybe there will be a surprise.
This suggestion inspired zhangyan. He dug up his old paintings from home and found that even if he shot in the same place, he could see the changes in this place. Why not use a brush to record the changes in the county seat?
From then on, he began to record the changes and the beauty of his hometown.
12 years later, he painted more than 3,000 works, recording the bit by bit changes in Siyang County in recent years, and painted more than 200 pieces every year; In order to take photos, zhangyan traveled almost every street in Siyang County.
Now he has bound more than 3000 paintings into 15 volumes. Although it looks a bit crude, it can make people feel like traveling through time and space. Looking at the bridge from narrow to wide, he saw an abandoned Tang king outside the city unconsciously become a magnificent cultural center. ...