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Japanese 'grandpa' artist becomes surprise YouTube hit with watercolor classes

A "grandpa" YouTuber posting videos mainly about watercolor painting techniques is becoming an unlikely hit with viewers both in Japan and abroad. Painter Harumichi Shibasaki's most popular video has ...
Global Times

Japanese grandpa draws in following as art YouTuber

Japanese art instructor Harumichi Shibasaki poses with a finished watercolor painting. Photo: AFP Japanese art instructor Harumichi Shibasaki paints with watercolors at a shrine. Photo: AFP Harumichi ...
朝日新聞社

Elderly artist’s YouTube lessons now popular in home country

To his many fans in Japan, Harumichi Shibasaki is treated like a rock star for his videos that teaches how to paint with watercolors in an easy-to-follow manner. Overseas in the United States, the ...
Mint

Meet the man whose art tutorials have taken over the world

Harumichi Shibasaki was nearly 70 when he began making YouTube art tutorials from his quiet home in the Japanese countryside. Five years on, he has 1.4 million subscribers. Unlike the ...
Business Times

'Like a dream': Japanese grandpa draws in following as art YouTuber

HARUMICHI Shibasaki was nearly 70 when he began making YouTube art tutorials from his quiet home in the Japanese countryside. Five years on, he has 1.4 million subscribers. Unlike the ...