Painter Do Quoc Vy, Elizabeth Pensson, and some visually-impaired pupils and their works
Painting by imagination
Nguyen Thi Hue, 16, is a senior member of the provincial Blind Association. At the age of six, Hue moved there from her native land of Ngoc Ky commune (Tu Ky) to go to school. Although the blurred vision does not allow her to see the contours of things, Hue still likes painting very much.
Hue’s first pictures were spontaneously drawn with awry images and colors but still helped her feel more comfortable as she could realize her hobby.
Fortunately, Hue’s hobby has been encouraged and promoted since a drawing class under the project “Beyond vision” (supported by Elizabeth Pensson, a Swedish cultural activist) was opened at the provincial Blind Association in 2011.
“After attending the class, I have known much more about shapes and colors, such as color mixing and how to create new colors from basic ones. I’m very interested in those things and have painted a lot more than before. I love painting mountains and seas the most. I have never seen such sceneries, but I can imagine them,” shared Hue.
Similar to Hue, most of over 20 pupils of the class paint by imagination, because the world in front of their eyes is just a black or dimly bright and dark screen.
Contemplating their paintings without knowing in advance, viewers will never think they are visually-impaired people’s works. Every picture is colorful with lively images, arousing many feelings.
The pupils also express their dreams through the paintings. Hue wishes someday she could visit famous landscapes, where there are mountains and seas, to experience the beauty of nature.
Unlike Hue, Pham Thi Chuyen likes drawing human images the most because they are what she knows and sees most clearly. Her dream is to become a professional painter or get a job related to painting. The dreams may or may not come true, but Chuyen, Hue, and more than 20 visually-impaired pupils have had really happy times.
Game of beauty
The person deserving credit for having led the drawing class over the past more than two years is Do Quoc Vy, a lecturer of the University of Industrial Arts (Ha Noi). He guides the pupils once a week.
The way to learn painting of the visually-impaired pupils is rather special but not too difficult or unfamiliar. They draw on netted boards, similar to Braille writing.
During first classes, the teacher had to give the pupils each color and explained what the color was and things often painted with it. Then, the colors were arranged in a certain order, the pupils remembered and picked the ones they liked.
At first, they usually colored outwards the boards, drew images slantingly, causing them to make corrections many times. Both the teacher and pupils remained patient to gradually complete the pictures, some of which took one day, some even weeks.
The class’s first fruit introduced to the public was an art exhibition held at the provincial Blind Association in December 2013.
The pupils’ works will be displayed at an exhibition of visually-impaired pupils’ paintings in Sweden this May.
Under the project “Beyond vision”, a number of Swedish visually-impaired pupils are expected to arrive in Hai Duong in October 2015 for exchanges with the pupils there.
The biggest present they have received from the “game” is the confidence to express themselves to integrate with the world. That gift will accompany and be helpful to them for life.
VIET HOA
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