STORYLINE:
Miss Yang Xiaoyu, a young artist in Hunan Province, China demonstrates how to paint with a live fish. She says the painting process is not complex and can be completed in several minutes if the fish is pre-arranged. This method of painting has a long history in China but only a few people nowadays master this traditional Chinese painting skill.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Mandarin) no name given, video shooter:
"How long does it take to create a painting like this?"

SOUNDBITE 2 (Mandarin) Miss Yang Xiaoyu, artist of fish paintings:
"If fish is pre-arranged, it can be very quick to paint, only several minutes in general."
"Original documents show the initial purpose of this type of painting was to archive different kinds of fish."
"I try to combine these fish pictures with traditional Chinese painting which makes the whole painting looks more beautiful. By this way, it can be an attractive art work rather than only boring records so more people will like it."
"You see, you cannot draw fish scales as real as this nor they have much attractiveness without the company of artificial painting. So I think only combination can make the best of them."