A 73-year-old grandfather may seem like an unlikely social media sensation, but Japan’s Harumichi Shibasaki is defying stereotypes. The painter’s YouTube channel, Watercolor by Shibasaki, features a ...

To his many fans in Japan, Harumichi Shibasaki is treated like a rock star for his videos that teaches how to paint with watercolors in an easy-to-follow manner. Overseas in the United States, the ...

Move over Bob Ross, there’s a new lovable painting teacher taking the Internet by storm. A white-haired Japanese man named Harumichi Shibasaki has taken social media by storm with a series of low-key ...

This grandfatherly Japanese painter is sparking a viral amount of joy on YouTube. Harumichi Shibasaki has been creating, studying and teaching the art of oil and watercolor paintings for decades, but ...

Shibasaki Harumichi has a YouTube channel where he makes all sorts of drawings and paintings — and teaches viewers how to make them, too. Fans have given him an affectionate nickname: Grandpa-sensei.

A "grandpa" YouTuber posting videos mainly about watercolor painting techniques is becoming an unlikely hit with viewers both in Japan and abroad. Painter Harumichi Shibasaki's most popular video has ...

Harumichi Shibasaki was nearly 70 when he began making YouTube art tutorials from his quiet home in the Japanese countryside. Five years on, he has 1.4 million subscribers. Unlike the ...

ISUMI: Harumichi Shibasaki was nearly 70 when he began making YouTube art tutorials from his quiet home in the Japanese countryside. Five years on, he has 1.4 million subscribers. Unlike the attention ...

A 73-year-old grandfather may seem like an unlikely social media sensation, but Japan’s Harumichi Shibasaki is defying stereotypes. The painter’s YouTube channel, Watercolor by Shibasaki, features a ...

Japanese art instructor Harumichi Shibasaki poses with a finished watercolor painting. Photo: AFP Japanese art instructor Harumichi Shibasaki paints with watercolors at a shrine. Photo: AFP Harumichi ...

Unlike the attention-grabbing antics of most top YouTubers, the grandfather has won hearts with his calm, soothing manner, which fans say makes them feel "warm and peaceful". He has also built a ...