Erhu and oil painting 二胡与油画

两个多月没写部落格了。因为两个多月前，开始学了二胡。有一天突然兴起学二胡的念头，上网找了一找，万万没想到在新山还能找到二胡老师，而且还不止一位，实在让我很意外。找到了老师几乎马上就去报了名。从兴起念头到报了名，只是很短的时间。这就是我。说做就做呗 ^_^

开始上课前，在Youtube找二胡的video，有几个video做了简短的二胡曲教学，第二次的万万没想到，video 里拉二胡的男生，就是我的老师！！ 哈哈，好好笑。

上了第一堂课，我更深深地爱上了二胡，学二胡，绝对是一个正确的决定 ^_^ 我手指短，学吉他不行。。。 学二胡，勉强还可以。不过我觉得，会比其他人学二胡难一些。。。 但是我天资聪颖（吐吧！），拉得还不错，老师给了我很多称赞，我高兴得都要飞上天了~哈哈~~~ 老师说我学得很快，是他教过的学生中学得最快的 :D 高兴死了~~~！！！

每学会一首曲，我就好有成就感，好高兴，即使是简短的曲。所以从第一堂课开始我就几乎天天练习。一天不练就不开心，无时无刻都想着练琴。做梦都梦见拉二胡哦! 而且梦了有四，五次那么多，有点走火入魔了。哈哈~

在学二胡之前的几个月，我着迷着另一样事物，油画。花了三百多块钱，买了一堆的材料，在网上看了些video,读了些资料，就这样开始画。出来的画还挺不错D。 哈~同样的开心！！看着自己画的画，其实自己也很惊讶，会在那里想，我是怎么做到的。

现在大部分时间给了二胡，火热的迷恋着二胡两个多月，现在该分一点时间给油画了吧。我不能放弃或忽略画画。不要脸的自认画的很不错=p 一定要继续加油！！！

I haven't been writing blog for over two months, because I started learning erhu. One day out of nothing, I felt like learning erhu, so I went online and did a search. I was actually really surprised that I could find an erhu teacher in JB, and there are not only one erhu teacher here! Once I found the teacher, I registered myself almost immediately. It was only a very short period of time from having the thought of learning erhu to registration. That is me. Just do it!

I watched some videos before the erhu class started. There were a few videos of a young boy demonstrating some short erhu songs. I would never have guessed that boy would be my erhu teacher! Surprised again! LOL...

I fell more in love with erhu after the first lesson. Learning erhu is an absolute right decision ^_^ I have short fingers, can't really learn guitar... still ok for erhu. But I feel that it's still a bit more difficult than other people because of the length of my fingers. However, I am talented (go ahead and puke =p ) , I am not bad at all with erhu~~ Teacher praised me a lot, I was on cloud 9 all the time~! He said I am the fastest learner amongst all the students he had taught~ Happy ~~~!!!

It is so satisfying whenever I learnt a song, even if it's a short one. It makes me really happy. I practiced nearly everyday since the first lesson. I am not happy if I didn't get to practise, I think about playing erhu all the time..I even dreamt about playing erhu! hahaha.. and it wasn't once but four or five times! LOL... I am obsessed...

Few months back, before I started learning erhu, I was crazy with another - oil painting. Spent over $300, bought myself a bunch of oil painting material and started painting. And they aren't bad at all! my paintings~~ Equally happy~ I am actually quite amazed by myself whenever looking at my own paintings. I really wonder how did I ever do it. LOL...

Now I've given most of my time to playing erhu. Crazily in love with erhu for over 2 months, I guess I should give some time to oil painting now. I can't neglect or give up oil painting. I must gambatte with erhu painting too!

First try - painting a cherry
第一试-樱桃

It turned out not bad at all :D

I thought I will screw up the shadow, but it turned out pretty well~
我以为影子会被我画糟，谁知道结果还挺不错~

Dry brush technique first try
一种新的油画手法，“干刷”第一试。

Again,I thought I will screw up, the baby's hat part. But it turned out well!
我又以为我会画得很糟，宝宝的帽子不容易画，结果出奇的好 :D

Drawing a kitty - step by step guide from a library book
尝试跟着一本书的指导画出来的猫咪。

Tried Renaissance style painting of an angel. Failed. Odd looking. Nose too long. But I do like the mouth and hands
文化复兴时代式的画法-天使-失败的作品。天使的五官太奇怪了，鼻子太长。但是我喜欢他的嘴巴和手。

Should draw based on a clearer picture.
必须根据一些更清晰的画来画。

Bob Ross style of landscape painting - failed, mountain became pyramid
失败的作品，山都变成金字塔了。

Another dry brush technique - at this point, I was doubtful it'll look like Leonardo.
另一‘干刷’画，画到这里我很怀疑我的画会像Leonardo.

But it's getting more lookalike as I continued!
继续下去，Leonardo 的样子开始出来了！

Tata! Leonardo! I'm so proud of myself!
噹噹！Leonardo 出现了！我为我自己感到自豪~！

This is me playing Amazing Grace after 5 lessons :
上了五堂课后拉的曲。

After 2 months :

两个月后：

I simply love erhu!!!! 我好爱好爱二胡！！！