After graduating from high school, Yang tested into the graphic arts department of National Taiwan Academy of Art (today the National Taiwan College of Arts). But he remained mainly interested in drawing and painting. Alas, besides the drawing and painting classes at school, he had no money to get a private teacher, so he had to learn a lot of things by trial and error and find his own creative direction.
高中畢業後，陳陽春考上當年的國立藝專美工科，但他的興趣還是在繪畫，然而除了學校的繪畫課程，他也沒錢在外面拜名師，只有靠自己不斷地觀摩學習，勤於創作。