grapes in toilet

Originally published on Douban https://www.douban.com/note/807225061/?_i=9573720c9_Q8or

Look at some of Houkusai's paintings, and the front waves, the back waves, some ships, and the English translation of the painting name.

I remember a little feeling of being sent to the amateur Chinese painting class when I was a child. In the summer of the 1980s, children were sitting at a table, and paints and brushes were neatly placed in the upper left corner of the table. As an interlude, like the eraser incident, my paint box was stolen twice in a row by the children in front of me, to no avail. In short, it was a hot afternoon, lying on the table trying to imitate the grapes in the Chinese painting. The teacher taught, stroke by stroke, how to delicately dip in the unmixed color, infiltrate the brush to the right position, and then outline a grape in one stroke, and then gradually complete the shape of the whole bunch of grapes. It seems to be very skillful, but I learned it all at once. I feel that the grapes are watery and shiny. When I think about it now, it is like the first time I learned to use starch to wash away the stains on the grape skins. sheen. Even though many children have been praised, I know that this is my first time here, unlike other children who just painted like the master without listening to what the teacher said. So, I proudly took the homework and left the get out of class. My mother looked a little dumbfounded and said, why do you draw like this. At that time, I was not influenced by her, I still felt excited and satisfied, and even felt that I had some talent.

Okay, shit, I should put down this Katsushika Hokusai booklet.