A Master of Bamboo
During the Song Dynasty, there lived a famous painter named Wen Tong. His paintings of bamboo were so lifelike that they seemed almost alive.
To learn how to paint bamboo well, Wen Tong planted many bamboo plants in front of and behind his house. Throughout the year, he carefully observed the growth and changes of the bamboo. So, whenever he picked up his brush to paint bamboo, he already had a very vivid and realistic image of bamboo in his mind.