As long as he could find time, one would always see him sitting in front of the white clay board, drawing line after line with his charcoal-stained black hands.
To better practice drawing, Saturday would get up early every day, start a fire to prepare meals, and then use the meal time on Sunday to line up his sketches on the white clay board.
This extraordinary dedication moved Chen Zhou deeply.
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Upon realizing Saturday's passion for drawing, Chen Zhou decided to take a day off from forging and specifically wrote a beginner's sketch manual for him.
The manual included not only basic lines and shading techniques but also discussed the importance of perspective and light and shadow.
It almost contained all of Chen Zhou's knowledge of sketching, even teaching Saturday how to practice still life.
Chen Zhou believed that as long as Saturday could persist in his practice, progressing step by step, one day he would surpass him by far in sketching.
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