Lin Yi-li’s dot painting

Down’s syndrome sufferers Lin Yi-li (林伊儷) resides at Yunlin Orphanage (內政部雲林教養院) is blind in the left eye and has 0.1 vision in the right eye. Even though she is virtually blind, her love of painting has won her awards in painting competitions. Due to her poor eyesight, Yi-li needs to lower her head to the paper in order to see what she is painting. Even with such difficulty and strain, Yi-li still insists on first sketching the painting in pencil and then painstakingly applying colored dots.

Yi-li’s painting style has changed over the years, from her original large areas of block color to her present dot style. In the past, Yi-li went through a period where she became rather tired and weary of painting, a time when even the constant encouragement of those around her was unable to change her thinking. It was not until after professor Lin Qian-hui (林千惠) from National Changhua University’s Special Education Department (國立彰化師範大學特殊教育學系) came to see Yi-li’s work did things change. Professor Lin believed that with such talent, it would be a great pity if Yi-li gave up painting, and decided to organize an exhibition to encourage Yi-li. Yi-li received a great morale boost, once more picking up her paintbrush and producing painting after painting, leaving onlookers gasping with admiration for her work.

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Lin Yi-li’s dot painting (by CJ Enews)
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(以下是中文對照)

唐寶寶林伊儷　「點」繪繽紛畫作 ( 中正E報 )

在內政部雲林教養院，有一位院生林伊儷，患有唐氏症的伊儷，左眼全盲，右眼視力僅剩0.1，在幾乎看不清楚的情形下，她卻熱愛畫畫，還有過得獎的經驗。由於視力的緣故，伊儷必須貼著紙才能看得清楚，如此吃力，但伊儷仍有原則的先用鉛筆打稿，再一點一點用彩色筆點綴上色。

而伊儷的畫風也有所改變，從早期的色塊，慢慢融合點繪的方式，到現在整幅圖畫都以點繪為主。不過，曾經有一段時間，伊儷對於畫畫感到厭倦，眾人的鼓勵都無法改變她的想法，而在國立彰化師範大學特殊教育學系專任教授林千惠看過伊儷的作品後，得知伊儷不再畫畫，就以開畫展來鼓勵伊儷繼續創作，伊儷也受到鼓舞重拾畫筆，繼續畫出一幅幅令人讚嘆的作品。

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