After I introduced myself first time in a Chinese church in the campus, Missouri State University, one day, Nov, 2013, 5 Chinese students wanted to learn Chinese painting from me.
Ji Xiaoruo is the youngest, she is 8 years old. She was born in Canada and her parents are American Chinese.
To be honest, I did not realize that Dr. David P. Manuel and his wife Mrs. Manuel would come to the classroom that I worked in, so that I did not prepare anything for the good meeting, except I worked for about whole of the night and painted two little paintings, and carried 2 books, 2 DVDs and 2 al...more
I was lucky enough that Dr. David P. Manuel, the President of Drury University and his wife Mrs. Manuel came to the classroom that I worked with the group of American art teachers in the Conference of Southwest District Art Teachers Association. They checked my art works and heard me introduce some...more
Ms. Kell Strichlin, an art teacher or maybe the accountant of the Southwest District Art Teachers Association, came to the classroom I worked and gave me a beautiful little paper bag.
Inside is a card and some kind words to me.
When I opened it, I could not help smile.
Ca...more
Ms. Ann Kynion has very bright smiles and a kind heart, as soon as I finished my work, she asked me whether I needed her to send me back home, because Mrs. Wanda had entrusted her to look after my traffic.
I was lucky enough that I met my former classmate Mr. Zhu Bin in a church Oct 19, ther...more
After finishing the work, Ms. Tina Hyde, the Designing Editor of Missouri Art Magazine names Show Me Art Newsletter of Missouri Art Education Association introduced herself and she wished me to send her the photos of us to her and to deliver them to their members.
I did enjoy the talking of ...more
After sharing something about Chinese paintings, music and poetry with a group of American art teachers who are interested in Chinese arts in Conference from Southwest District Art Teachers Association in Drury University.
All of us are very happy, we took a photo together.
If y...more
For thanking the organizers of the Conference from Southwest District Art Teachers Association and from Drury University, specially, I painted two paintings before I came to the conference on Nov 7 and Nov 8.
Then I sent them and my books, DVDs and albums of paintings to Mrs. the president ...more
Chinese painting is the combination of poetry, calligraphy, painting and stamps, also, it has a natural connection with music. Just because the time is too long, much music has been lost, as an art student who wants to do something to study, succeed to and develop Chinese painting, since 2005, I st...more
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