Many people think that if you want to learn to draw, you must start from primary school. Only through the continuous accumulation of adolescence can we finally become a famous painter. However, Shen Bingshan began to learn painting formally at the age of 53. It's not that he doesn't want to study early, but because he loves painting too much, so he will have his own unique arrangements for this matter. The reason for all this is that at the age of 26, he suffered from eye diseases. The failure of the operation caused blindness in both eyes.
In fact, Shen Bingshan had great enthusiasm for painting when he was a child. While other children were still running around playing, Shen Bingshan gave up his naive happiness and studied calligraphy and painted orchids under the guidance of his father. However, his father died of illness, which had a great influence on Shen Bingshan. Not only emotionally, he misses his father, but his family also lacks financial resources. He only finished primary school and had to drop out of school and go home.
After that, he taught himself to paint, but he was jealous of his talent. At the age of 26, he lost his eyes. It hit him hard. Losing your eyes means that you can't see the flowers in the world and the famous mountains and rivers. How can he create a painting?
After the ups and downs of his mood, Shen Bingshan has recovered his calm. He decided to become the first master of painting for the blind in China. In order to achieve this goal, Shen Bingshan made a strict plan for himself and made enough preparations. And this preparation is twenty-seven years.
During these twenty-seven years, Shen Bingshan studied chess first and then dulcimer. Why learn these two things? Because chess pays attention to layout, while dulcimer pays attention to rhythm.
Shen Bingshan learns chess first to improve his memory. He should be aware of all the children he left behind and those left behind by others; Secondly, he should learn to lay out his ideas. In addition to "watching" the chess game in his mind, he should also think of three steps and five steps, which requires him to lay out in his mind. In this way, it is naturally useful for his paintings.
Learning dulcimer is because Shen Bingshan is blind. When he put pen to paper, there was no way to grasp the lines so accurately. How can we know all this clearly? Nature returns to nature with verve, and controls the effectiveness of painting with verve.
These two things are difficult for normal people to learn, let alone blind people. Shen Bingshan studied for twenty-seven years, during which he made unimaginable efforts and won thunderous applause. He won the second place in the national chess competition for the blind. In music, he also won many awards. He also developed a new musical instrument-Hu Bing, which was approved by China Academy of Sciences. It was not until these achievements made him feel that he could get support that Shen Bingshan began to paint.
At the age of 53, he told his family what he thought, which naturally worried him. However, Shen Bingshan had a well-thought-out plan and worked hard for 27 years to realize his ideal. Sure enough, he didn't break his word. He really became an unprecedented excellent blind painter in China, and his works surprised netizens.
At this time, the role of learning chess and dulcimer will come into play. He folded the rice paper according to the chessboard of chess, and only needed to reach out and touch the broken line to know how to lay it out. One disadvantage of blind people's painting is that they can't modify and fill pens. At this time, the rhythm of music gave him unlimited inspiration. His works "Lotus Picture" and "Lotus Impression" won the special prize in the disabled art exhibition.
1990, he painted on the spot at the international rehabilitation conference for the disabled, which made many international friends applaud for a long time. When someone wanted to buy his works at a high price of millions, Shen Bingshan waved his hand and refused. He said that his paintings are just to tell everyone that we China people will not bow to fate, not to sell money.