A novel by Tee Sang
Venice, 1518
Titian Asked Me to Teach Him to Paint
A watercolor artist travels to Venice with her cat, Sanmu. An encounter with the golden light of a painting takes her to 1518, where she meets Titian. She paints light with water and the white of the paper; he paints with oils. With an AI assistant at her side, she begins to see both his world and her own differently.
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This website contains 129 chapters. The story is unfinished. Updates on Fanqie have stopped, and the existing manuscript is now collected here.
The novel itself is available in Chinese only. This page is an English introduction.
This is a work of fiction; its historical figures and setting are adapted for the story. Collected on this website on October 14, 2026.