children's book Maria's Loose Tooth illustrations by Yong Chen

watercolor painting by Maggie Deng, a proud student of Yong Chen

Watercolor painting by
Maggie Deng

Maggie Deng's watercolor learning experience:
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If I am an artist, I think I would like to paint the natural pictures. I think the natural pictures are beautiful and make me feel peace and relax. I think painting these kind of pictures can be against war, cigarettes, or pictures about animals and their protection environmental problems. Putting them into magazines, newspapers or exhibitions will help to somehow solve these problems and reduce the crime in our community. If I am an artist, I will like to create pictures for books. I also like to create pictures for products such as wrapping paper, greeting cards, and calendars.

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