Drawing inspiration

An artist is now using an interactive online-education platform to teach people how to sketch with colored pencils, Chen Meiling reports.

With four cats, two computers, a shelf loaded with colored pencils, several wooden boards and closed curtains, Meng Xianglei often stays in his studio for hours, with time seeming to stop when he is drawing.

A graduate of the Academy of Arts and Design of Tsinghua University, Meng, 33, is well-known for his realistic figure paintings.