eight lecumen roadside pendulum During the recent period of selling paintings , an old lady selling cartoons on drum street has attracted many netizens' attention. A simple clip, several A3 drawing paper and the most ordinary pencil rubber, the whole day can spend tens of cartoons. The old man told the Beijing Youth Daily reporter that the family's bedridden wife and the son of dementia need support. "I do not need the help of the government, nor can I do anything. I want to sell pictures and earn more money to go home." Many netizens, after seeing the news, made a special trip to find her to express their intention to buy a picture.
old people on the street selling cartoons
yesterday afternoon, the Beiqing newspaper reporter saw in the East Street of Gulou west mouth, an old man sold on the scene of the twelve Chinese Zodiac cartoon. Unlike the traditional style of the twelve zodiac, it is all cartoon images. On the ground, the templates of the twelve zodiac paintings have been painted, and zodiac animals are treated as cartoon images. A fat rat with his hands on his stomach, a little snake wearing a doctor's hat. It looks very cute.
the old woman leaned on the pillar near the sidewalk and sat on the ground and began to paint it on the spot. The tools she used were very simple, with clip on her legs, white paper on A3, pencils and rubber in plastic boxes. On the paper, the words of the mouse and the tiger have been written on the paper. Although there is a template, the old man does not look at the template when he draws the picture and draws it in hand, and can draw a picture in about half an hour. After
took out white paper, the old man sketched out the rough appearance with pencil first, the inappropriate place erased with the rubber, then repainted. After the outline is painted, pencil is heavily traced. Then the lively cartoon image fell on the paper.
a lot of people come to buy a picture of
the cartoon image has also attracted a lot of tourists, especially young people, from time to time, people stop to watch or ask for prices. The old man has a stroke of 10 yuan with his hand. High school student Xiao Xin and his friend bought an old man's cow. He said that he had seen the news of the old man selling paintings in his circle of friends. "The cartoon image of old people is very cute, and unlike other beggars, she sells paintings through her labor, and we are willing to help."
because of the weekend, too many tourists pass by, and many people buy it. The paintings made by the old man will soon be in short supply. Although there were more than a dozen paintings on the ground, the old man said he did not sell it. "Someone and I ordered two sets of Chinese Zodiac paintings. Yesterday I gave me money. I haven't finished drawing it. This is a good picture for people."
two hours or so, the old man sold nearly ten paintings. Several college students who came here specially heard that they had not drawn and were disappointed, but quietly left the money to leave.
the old man is called "making money to support the family"
the old man tells the Beiqing Bao reporter that her surname is Wang, and she is 82 years old. "My wife has heart disease, rectal cancer, he has been bedridden, and my son is mentally retarded. I did not paint two days a day. Before I painted in Guangzhou, I came to Beijing half a month ago. I didn't live in Beijing. I stayed in a hotel in the evenings, and I spent one day in a day. Every 20 days, I'll take the train back to my hometown to see my wife and son. "
Wang Lao She said that he had sold paintings in other places and knew the way in Beijing. The only thing to worry about was to sell the painting place, because many streets did not sell paintings. "I do not want the government to help, too much money is useless. I hope I can spend more money on painting and spend enough money on it. "