Body 155 Artists and Engineers
Xu Wen stayed here all day.
In the afternoon, he went to buy pen and paper and began to try to depict the dragon wood carving.
He had drawn such drawings before, but they were all done sequentially, that is, they were drawn first, and then the wooden objects were made according to the patterns. The former is the basis of the latter, and before it is officially completed, the pattern only exists in his mind, and he needs to rely on his own imagination and some other things to complete.
Today is the first time he has traced a complete figure from a pattern, which is similar to his previous work, but also very different.
The object he was trying to copy was ready-made, and it was right in front of him. Therefore, what he paints must have a reference, it must be consistent with the reference, and it must not deviate from it.
This wood carving is very large, and when an object is large enough to a certain extent, its dimensions become blurry and difficult to judge.
When Xu Wen sawed wood and planed the surface before, he actually had a deep experience and very accurate judgment of the values, but this ability was suddenly not so effective in the giant carving in front of him.
But the Yunlong wood carving hangs above the temple gate, far away from him, and even if he has tools in his hand, he can't measure it, so he can only rely on visual estimation.
This difficulty is very large, and Xu Wen has failed to draw several times before.
The result of his painting does not need to be compared at all, you can see that the lines are running around, and the structure of the figure is completely distorted, and it is a mess.
Xu Wen crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it aside, and the paper ball bounced a few times, hit the wall and stopped.
He stared at the ball of paper for a moment, then stood up and picked it up, then looked up again at the wood carving in front of him.
This wood carving is so difficult to copy just by copying, how did Sun Boran control its size when carving?
As a royal craftsman, he must have done much larger works, some of which he could not complete by one person, as far as he could see in the other world, and needed to organize a team of craftsmen to complete it collectively.
This reminded him of the association he had when he saw the Kirhe Mansion on the road.
In his own time, there was a plethora of machines that could assist people in accomplishing more work. In this era, when mechanical strength is insufficient, more manpower is needed to supplement it.
How to coordinate large-scale projects or large-scale works, and what is the basis for this?
Xu Wen stood under the wood carving, which seemed to be a pure land, and there were pedestrians not far from him, and the rising smoke blurred the distance between people. But no one came to him, and no one even looked at him.
At this moment, he seemed to be standing in another separate space, the river of time flowing from him, and countless messages washing over his brain.
Planning activities require plans, and construction projects also need plans, and the core of all plans is drawings.
In this era, the craftsman's ability to draw drawings is actually very strong, for example, the craftsmen's drawings drawn by this group of people who are related to his master are accurate in shape and clear in line, which is almost a physical restoration of the original work.
Of course, these drawings are drawn as drawings, which are very different from the drawings, and can only be used as a style reference, and there is no way to restore them in the same way.
But judging from the wood carving in front of him, compared with Sun Boran when he was young, in addition to the difference in style, the biggest difference is actually here.
He went from being an "artist" to being an "engineer".
Admittedly, his artistic style is still very distinct, but what is even more inconspicuous hidden underneath this is his ability to preside over the project.
One of the foundations of this ability is the drawing of drawings.
I kind of want to see how Sun Boran's current drawings are drawn......
He hadn't even seen Sun Boran now, so of course it was impossible to see his drawings. As a royal craftsman, these things are still secret.
But in this regard, Xu Wen certainly has his advantage - a huge advantage.
He didn't leave right away, but stayed here until dark.
He didn't see Fang Fan, nor did he see any little novices. Come to think of it, the City God Temple is not a monk's temple, how can there be any small novices in this kind of place.
Fang Fan was talking nonsense, he didn't even think much about it and believed it.
Xu Wen smiled, packed his things, and returned to Yuemuxuan.
He went out alone for a day and didn't come back, and Master Yao didn't ask him what he was doing, so they just prepared a meal and waited for him to come back.
The bright lights, the steaming meal, and the gentle smiling face of Master Yao made Xu Wen feel a little moved.
Lu Cheng didn't go out for a day, he buried himself in practicing the techniques that Xu Wen taught him on the road, and when he came back, he showed him the finished product.
Master Yao has a good vision, Lu Cheng is actually very talented in this regard, but he used to be impetuous and dull.
This year, his personality has changed a little, he is much more down-to-earth than before, and his skills have improved greatly. I don't know what I've been touched by in the past few days, and I'm more focused. At the end of the day, he really let Xu Wen see obvious progress, which surprised him a little.
Xu Wen praised him a few times, and Lu Cheng grinned, a little silly.
In addition to working this day, he served the master, and at this time he also wanted to serve Xu Wen in the same way, but Xu Wen was startled and quickly refused.
After tidying up, he said goodbye to the others and returned to his room, and as soon as the door closed behind him, he took a deep breath and said, "Qiuqiu." β
The black cat silently jumped down from the top of the cabinet next to him and appeared in front of him.
Xu Wen didn't speak, but it seemed to naturally feel his mind.
Then, the golden swirls swirled and twisted, and Xu Wen's figure disappeared from the room out of thin air.
Xu Wen returned to Xu's house.
This time, he didn't stay in the Xu Mansion to use the stagnant time to study, but directly pushed open the red door and walked out.
The feeling of walking out of Xu's house was very strange, as if he had broken through some barrier, and in an instant, the faint fragrance of oleander, the fishy smell of the flowing river, and the laughter of the crowd in the distance came to his face, as if a wonderful harmony directly pulled Xu Wen back from the world of the class to the present, giving him a real sense of reality.
When he went to the Banmen World, it would take him a few days to get used to it, but when he came back here, he came back.
After all, this is the world he was born into, his true roots and hometown.
ββAt this moment, Xu Wen felt this very clearly.
He froze in place for a moment, then exhaled softly.
The purpose of his return this time was very clear, and he picked up his mobile phone at this time and was ready to call a taxi.
As soon as the phone was taken out of his pocket, the ringing and vibration rang one after another.
Xu Wen picked it up and looked at it, and two text messages and a phone call came together.
He picked up the phone first, it was Luo Yifan's. As soon as he heard Xu Wen's voice, he couldn't wait to ask, "Have you asked your master?"
Most of the time Xu Wen spent in the Banmen World and Xu Mansion was stopped for the outside world, which means that in fact, he broke up with Luo Yifan for only one night. called so soon to urge, this old gentleman was really anxious.
However, Xu Wen didn't hate his urgency and urging at all, he thought for a moment and responded, "I've asked." You're over there now, and I'll look for you. β
"I'm here, come over quickly!" Luo Yifan said busily.