Art and Culture Stories

Art and culture have been an integral part of human life. The following articles are English reading comprehension material which you can use to enrich your vocabularies particularly those related to painting, dancing, and music. Because I like painting with watercolors very much, many of the articles will be about watercolor. The artworks that I have created in recent years are based on my observations on nature (landscape, seascape, forest) and human activities when I travel around guiding tourists. I consider painting as a hobby. It has not been a profession because of my other works in writing travel stories and guiding tourists. However, I might decide to devote my whole time in the future to this beautiful art media.

Ubud the center of art and culture of Bali

The Watercolor Painting of Two Birds Singing by the Lake	The Watercolor Painting of A Farmer Harvesting Watermelon	Colored Pencil Drawing of Two Dolphins Swimming in the Blue Ocean
Watercolor Painting of Green Snake	Watercolor Painting of Sisters Fishing at a Wooden Jetty	Watercolor Painting of A Beautiful Girl Sitting by The Stream
Watercolor Painting of a girl after shower	Learning English and Art	J-Melo the window to Japanese Music

Learning English by Watching The Culture Express Program of CCTV 9 - CCTV 9 is a state owned TV station of the People’s Republic of China. It broadcasts in English. Besides presenting news, sports, and economic programs, the TV station has a special program for art lovers. It is called Culture Express.  Through this program, TV audience can see various information about art and cultural events such as painting exhibition, opera and dance performance, as well as music concert. The program often features life story of famous artists from China too. Most of them have given significant contributions to the development of Chinese art and culture.