[Coffee Talk] Unending self-discipline - interview with master Chien Chong Wei

**The interview is in Mandarin, please remember to turn on the caption**

This coffee talk is going to be an interview. If you are following my YouTube channel, you might have seen the recent video when I interviewed several watercolor masters I admire. I mainly ask them about their views on personal style. Because of this rare opportunity, I thought to do a full interview with every master.
The first watercolor master in this interview is Chien Chong Wei. He needs no introduction. I started to follow him in 2013. I liked his work back at that time. Throughout the years, he has become an international master who won numerous awards and has given workshops all over the world. So it is a great honor to have a conversation with this master.

[Cafewatercolor]

The whole interview is in Mandarin. Remember to turn on captions!

[chesapeake]

"You tend to like something that you lack." So true!

[yijumiller]

His attitude towards art contest is well balanced and mature.

[akashyaligar]

Thank you so much Eric. This interview was of very high standard

[TaraTodorova]

Thank you so much for this interview!❤

[astudent]

Thank you for this interview; most interesting. I also very much liked your English rendition in Chien Chung Wei's "Painting Nature" video. The tone and pace matched very nicely with the teaching nature of that video. It was most helpful. And I do dearly hope you and Chien Chung Wei will produce more such videos.

Many thanks again

[createwithwatercolor]

Great interview. I am a fan of CCW and his work. This video is a true gem and packed with wealth of information. Thank you Eric, I appreciate you reaching out to these amazing artists and translate their thoughts in English for us, who do not know Mandarin. Great job ❤

[gabrielasolis]

¡Tremendamente inspirador! Muchas gracias por la entrevista.

[gommedecrayon]

Un grand merci, c'était très intéressant !

[sandradonofrio]

As you might expect I got a lot more the second time viewing. CCW is tough. I admire that in an artist. Thank you, Eric. So much to absorb. I’ll be watching again. This video is a treasure.

[caravagio]

Congrat Erick, excelent interviw especially because you were very wise to let Chen express his thoughts and not yours

[StephenMarkTurner]

Wow, definitely one of my favourite painters. Thanks for this, and especially for the CC, as it is usually absent from videos featuring him.

[rosine]

Merci Éric pour cette interview, c'était passionnant. Il est passionnant. Et plein d'humour. Il me semble qu'il est bon d'admirer, d'être inspiré et de tenter de copier les maîtres mais pour ma part je ressens parfois que le moment est arrivé où je dois détacher mon regard du travail d'autrui pour juste être dans ma propre sphère, me concentrer pleinement sur mon modeste travail sans autre influence que mon désir ardent de faire de mon mieux et progresser.. faute de quoi je risque de me décourager et renoncer à force de me comparer à des personnes qui ont un meilleur niveau.
Je suis fan de vous deux depuis La France.
Merci infiniment Éric pour cette vidéo.

[Vespaziano]

Excelente entrevista! muito obrigado !

[gregorynemick]

He has done great demos on yt. Love how confident he is with his brush handling

[Neorhim]

That's real artists stuff. Reflexions on perfection and imperfections. Search for better. For higher. Search of ourself. Thank you Eric to share your journey with us all.

[marlan]

My number one favorite artist. Thank you for interviewing and providing subtitles. Greatly appreciated! Now we can understand why he can create masterpieces!

[paulsheldon]

I really enjoyed this interview with it’s wonderful insight into the mind of Master Chien! Thank you both.

[Richard.in.lascruces]

Loved this interview ... lots to think about and thanks for all the work it took to get it to YouTube ...

[annaarty]

Thank you! Awesome! I also think you have to have fun and like painting, but I have that when I have planned the painting really well and it came up as I wanted it. I have similar view on painting as master Chien Chong Wei I guess. So thank you very much for the interview