For months, people have told inspiring stories about their battle against COVID-19 in newspapers and videos. 65-year-old Zhao Wei (complete) 65 eggshell painting works related to COVID-19 since January. She is willing (donate) her creations to museums to let more people know the stories.
a traditional Chinese folk art, painting on eggshells has a history of more than 2.000 years. When a baby is born, friends and relatives will send eggs (color) red as good luck gifts. From a variety of egg options, she chose duck eggs and chicken eggs this time, can offer her more space to describe stories.
Drawing on a curved surface is quite different from doing so on flat piece of paper, " Zhao said, (note) that the pigments (颜料 ) cannot be too dry nor too wet. Each of his paintings (feature) vivid details. The wrinkles on doctors' protective suits and naughty expressions in children's eyes can be (clear) seen on the painted eggshells. "Although I cannot go to the frontline and save (life), I can tell the heroic stories through drawing and inspire more people to defeat the coronavirus," said Zhao
