Xiong Xuan Melancholy's small-island studio

announce:

Today is October 25th 2025, on Hao's birthday, I --- Melancholy (Xiong Xuan) announce myself with two of my recent drawings--- Demo 2 and Street-Musicians 2. I am a pencil drawing artist, working with pencil only, at my small-island studio. I announce that drawing is a independent way of expression, independent from painting and sculpture, it is a lone genre by itself. It is a new way. Leonardo Da Vinci draw beautifully, and Michelangelo draw beautifully, and Raphael draw beautifully too. They are my teachers, I learn from their work, by looking and by copying to study after these masters. I learn a lot from these earlier masters, I am so appreciate, but I also realize how different I am from any of them, including all contemporary artists now a day. I draw with cross-hatching, which started from etching, I extreme it push it to the end. My drawing is tonal, not line-drawing. And the way I do cross-hatching is gradually, the shadows show up a little by a little, not do the darkest dark right away, different from some charcoal artists. I notice Leonardo's figure drawings based on analyze and understanding, rather than direct observation, which is very beautiful, but misleading for learners. I realize that I am my own kind, I am a lone artist. What I am doing with my work is opening a new time: New Renaissance, which means learn from great masters, but create something new, something personal, is more emotional expression, just with drawing. I know, I have become a great artist, by now, I know i made it, I know I am a great artist now. I am so limited, but infinite also. i see something great from something subtle, turn daily work to be noble and meaningful. I will keep drawing, I will keep my word, no matter how reality turns out. My art is like a green apple tree. 

Musicians-5 footprints 2025