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Japan: a grandpa is a hit on YouTube with his drawing lessons

Japanese Harumichi Shibasaki’s videos attract more than 1.4 YouTube users. His subscribers particularly appreciate his warm and calm style.

Over 1.4 million subscribers on YouTube

Harumichi Shibasaki is a 74-year-old man from Japan. The septuagenarian has become popular on the web thanks to his videos of paint. Followed by more than 1.4 million subscribers on YouTubethis watercolor enthusiast learns how to handle a brush to create a work of art.

Drawing and painting lessons

His channel, “Watercolor by Shibasaki”, offers drawing and paint. The Japanese broadcasts a series of practical tutorials to learn easily and quickly to paint with watercolors. He is followed by people all over the world, who appreciate his calm and warm style.

A drawing enthusiast since childhood

M. Shibasaki is the only son of a farming couple in Chiba, near Tokyo. Passionate of drawing since his childhood, he studied fine arts at the age of 18, before teaching them in turn. This grandpa makes his videos from his house in the countryside, with a telephone and a lighting device.

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