ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Guan Daosheng

Okay kiddo, let's learn about Guan Daosheng! He was a famous painter from China who lived a really long time ago, even before your grandparents were born!

Guan Daosheng loved painting nature and birds with lots of colorful paints. He was really good at using his paint brushes to make the feathers on the birds look fluffy and soft. He also liked to paint trees and flowers that he saw in his garden.

He even taught other people how to paint, just like your teacher teaches you how to write or count. Some of his students became famous painters, too!

Guan Daosheng's paintings are really special because he liked to use ink and colorful paints together in a special way that made the pictures look really pretty. People still look at his paintings today and think they are very beautiful!