Thanks to a classmate who could speak English interpreting for him, Liang learned that he was supposed to buy some small sheets of drawing paper and some charcoal, to practice drawing plaster of Paris statues, something Liang had never done. The teacher arranged for Liang to sit by himself at the front of the class to draw pictures of statues of half a head, or of a lone hand, or of a nose.
透過一位會說英語的同學幫忙翻譯，老師知道他沒畫過石膏像，便要同學帶他去買小張畫紙和炭條，然後安排他坐在前面的小板凳上從頭學起，畫那些掛在牆上的局部石膏像：半個頭、或是一隻手、一個鼻子。