Growing up around the art, Chen Wei-lung has always loved to paint, and as a child showed great interest both in performing as one of the generals and in painting their faces. At first he started secretly studying the basics from his father. Then, on his own, he would practice with small plaster-of-Paris masks and study photographs.
從小就愛繪畫的陳威龍，由於耳濡目染，對扮演家將和描繪臉譜產生濃厚興趣，剛開始偷偷跟著父親從打底學起，然後自己灌製小型石膏模，看著臉譜照片臨摹練習。