Handicapped Artist Creates Incredible Chalk Art
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All of us use chalk to draw hop-scotch squares or silly smiley faces but, very few know how to use it like Cong Langui, China's chalk art master. What is even more amazing is that he has garnered all this talent on his own, as a way to surmount the hardships, life has thrown at him.
Born in Shandong, China, Cong Lui was just sixteen when he was diagnosed with bone cancer and had to get his left leg amputated. However, he didn't spend time wallowing in self-pity, but instead, took comfort by painting replicas of world famous artworks. And, since he did not have much money to spend, he chose chalk as his medium and the pavement as his canvas.
At the age of twenty-one, the budding artist decided to leave home and explore the country. Over the years, the now 48-year old, has been to almost every province in China, except for Tibet and Xinjiang. He lives off tips that are handed to him by the numerous fans that gather to admire his work. And, while he has become an expert at some of the most famous works of art like the Mona Lisa, which he has re-created more than 300 times, he is constantly trying to improve and refresh his talent, by visiting museums in every city in visits.
While Cong aspires to study painting with mediums like oil, water colors and ink, he is unable to fulfill his dream, because he barely earns enough to keep him going from day to day - Despite that, when an earthquake rocked China's Sichuan Province in 2008, this generous man donated all his earnings to the Hubei Red Cross to help the victims. Pretty cool!
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- Lexi B.over 14 yearsI would love if you made a picture of me. But what happens when it rains?
- Lexi B.over 14 yearsHey i think that is very cool but what happens if you run out of chauck and it starts reading in the middle of the art picture. I would love if you drew a picture of me on the middle of the side walk.
- Nina G.over 14 yearsCong Langui is probably a really helpful person because when there was an earthquake that hit Sichuan Province in 2008 he donated all of his earnings to the Hubei Red Cross to help the victims. He probably had a lot of money to buy all that chalk to do all of those famous paintings.
- Claire L.over 14 yearsThis man is amanizing!!!!!!! How can he be doing this with bone cancer???????? If I were him and I had bone cancer I would probly be on the couch trying to get better. He is just amazing.
- Emily W.over 14 yearsI think it's really cool that Chang Lugui recreates famous artwork. When I look at the pictures above it looks like they could come out of a world famous museum. That's really nice of him to donate all his earnings to the Hubei Red Cross.
- Lydia H.over 14 yearsI feel very bad for him, it must be hard with no left leg. It is amazing how he can do such great art. I wonder if he is popular in China with his phenomenenal chalk artistry. Some day I hope I can do such wonderful work.
- Kelsey F.over 14 yearsI think it's great that someone lilke Cong can be able to draw llike that when you have bone cancer. It just makes me want to be like him. I love to draw myself but I can't draw anything like him. He is so creative with his drawings.
- yosersover 14 yearsI wish I could draw like that! His paintings look like the real thing! I think he should make up a painting and paint it!
- yosersover 14 yearsrockin:)
- sonicfan79over 14 yearsi think that that man is awsome and i love his art work . one kid can draw like him who is in my class ! ;)