After he lost his hands, over a period of time, he slowly learned to take care of himself and write with a pen. He loved painting since he was a child. After he learned to use a pen, he began to teach himself Chinese painting and calligraphy. He sought advice everywhere and copied a large number of ancient works. His works have been well received by some local calligraphers and painters.
In 1982, he began to learn interior painting of snuff bottles from Zhang Zenglou and Zhang Zengqi. The painting inside the snuff bottle is a unique flower in China. It is called a "miraculous and unique" art masterpiece by world art connoisseurs. A small hook pen is inserted into the snuff bottle with a spout the size of a mung bean to paint. It's hard for normal people to master, and it's even harder for him without hands. However, with his strong perseverance and love for the art of interior painting, he overcame many difficulties. After dozens of years, he learned little by little to use his two residual arms to hold brushes for interior painting, and finally slowly mastered the technique of interior painting. And he drew a very high level of inner-painted pots.
In March 1989, Mr. Wang Xisan, the founder of Hebei style interior painting and a famous interior painting master, heard about it and went to Shenxian County in person to visit him and his interior painting tobacco bottle, and gave him careful guidance. In the same year, Mr. Zhang Zhihui learned about it. He was introduced to the famous flower-and-bird painter Sun Qifeng, a professor at Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts. Since then, his interior painting level has made great progress. In September 1989, he won the special award in the "Xi San Cup" Interior Painting Grand Prix held by Mr. Wang Xi San. Dozens of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations at home and abroad have reported on him. On September 1, 1990, CCTV made a report on him in the China Style column with the titles "China's Unique" and "A Heart of Ice in a Jade Pot". According to reports, in August 1991, his work participated in the International Disabled People's Exhibition and Energy Festival held in Hong Kong and was praised by international people.
In February 1992, Yang Guoying participated in the Singapore Art Exhibition at the invitation of Mr. Lin Wenhu, Chairman of Singapore Thai Star Stamps and Coins Company. Later, he went to Penang, Malaysia to participate in the teacher-student exhibition of Xu Beihong Studio. His hand-free inner painting stunt caused a sensation throughout Singapore and Penang, with newspapers such as Lianhe Zaobao and The Straits Times vying for front-page coverage. Singapore TV station, German TV station, etc. also interviewed and reported on him, and he became the center of the news for a while. Mr. Kim Fai, President of Singapore, cordially received him at the Presidential Palace and spoke highly of his interior painting art. He was cordially received by the Governor of Binzhou in Penang. When he saw his interior painting works, he was very amazed and praised him endlessly, which made Yang Guoying's first personal interior painting art exhibition abroad a great success.
Yang Guoying's interior paintings are mainly landscapes, and he also has high attainments in animals, figures, flowers and birds. He imitated Zhang Zeduan's "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" of the Song Dynasty, which is very popular among tobacco pot collectors. On the basis of inheriting and developing the characteristics of Hebei School's internal paintings, he also absorbed and drew lessons from the styles of the three major schools of Beijing, Shandong and Guangdong. He studied hard and absorbed the strengths of all, and gradually formed his own artistic style. The characters have clear lines, elegant colors, simple style, and the animals, flowers and birds are meticulously painted. His landscapes use a variety of chamfering methods such as hemp draping and axe-cutting. His brushwork is delicate, the ink is beautiful and smooth, the coloring is elegant, simple, lush and beautiful, and the artistic conception is profound. His style is unique and unique in the world of Chinese domestic painting today.
Unprecedented to be able to do interior painting without hands, Yang Guoying paid a huge price for his own misfortune, studied hard for dozens of years, and put in tens or hundreds of times more effort than ordinary people. After going through countless hardships, he finally stepped onto the ladder of interior painting art and became an interior painting artist. His works have participated in the National Achievement Exhibition of Disabled Persons for many times. In 2008, his works won the silver medal in the Interior Painting Excellence Competition of the Interior Painting Committee of the China Arts and Crafts Association. He is a researcher at the Chinese Art Research Center, an executive director of the Council of the Hebei Disabled Persons Calligraphy and Painting Association, and a member of the Hebei Province Interior Painting Association. Member of the Research Association, Chairman of the Hebei Province Shenzhou Disabled Persons' Federation Physically Disabled Association, and Vice Chairman of Hengshui Municipal Disabled Association.
The interior-painted snuff bottles are unique in China, and Yang Guoying's handless interior paintings are also unique in China. They are unique among the best, making his interior-painted snuff bottles even more precious and highly valuable for collection. So far, Yang Guoying has created more than a dozen fine interior paintings, which have been sold in the United States and Singapore. Collectors of tobacco bottles in Malaysia and other countries collect them as treasures. His inside-painted snuff bottles are not just exquisite works of art, but the crystallization of the play and reproduction of a man's huge potential abilities.
Yang Guoying was born in February 1964 in Xiwei Village, Mucun Township, Shenzhou City, Hebei Province. She has loved writing and drawing since she was a child.
His left eyeball was removed due to illness, and he later lost his hands in an accident. The two disasters caused him to suffer mental and physical torture and pain since he was a child. However, the adversity did not make him depressed, and he determined to learn inner painting and excel in inner painting and calligraphy. Achieve results that impress the world. In September 1989, he won the special award at the "Xi San Cup" Internal Painting Grand Prix. On September 1, 1990, CCTV reported on him in the Shenzhou Style column with the titles "China's Unique" and "A Heart of Ice in a Jade Pot".
Yang Guoying's interior paintings are mainly landscapes, and he also has high attainments in animals, figures, flowers and birds. He imitated Zhang Zeduan's "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" of the Song Dynasty, which is very popular among tobacco pot collectors. He is currently the vice chairman of the Disabled Artists Association of Hengshui City, Hebei Province.