A Sketch of a Tibetan Dancer by Ye Qianyu on show. [Photo provided to China Daily]

"They look nervous and unnatural. Their true emotions and thoughts are hidden, which appears really dull.

"Life and sketching are inseparable in my practice. The sketchbooks are my database of people's forms and my diaries of the various images of life.

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