The original wood carving finch was incomplete, and only about one-third of the part remained, and what Xu Wen had to do now was to complete the remaining two-thirds.

Now the supplementary part has been completed more than half, and it can be perfectly spliced together with the original part to form a whole.

But at this time, Xu Wen took a step back, looked at them with a frown, and slowly put down the tools in his hand.

The two parts of the wood sculpture are side by side, and he feels a strong sense of disobedience.

They were supposed to belong to the same whole, but now it seems that the two sides are completely out of harmony, how awkward to look at.

Is it because the final part hasn't been done yet, or is it because of something else?

It was difficult for him to judge now, he only knew that what continued like this could not meet his requirements, let alone Lian Tianqing's.

Xu Wen shook his head, put down the part that had been done, picked up a piece of boxwood log again, and began to remake the carving.

The wood is preliminarily treated, rough embryos are outlined, finely carved shapes, and finely carved details.

In a way, sculpture and painting also have something in common.

Xu Wen skillfully did it step by step, the carving knife flew briskly and skillfully in his hand, and the sawdust fluttered and fell.

Eighteen Tricks is the foundation of carpentry, and all techniques are based on changes on this basis.

Xu Wen has mastered poplar skill, and has not encountered any obstacles in the process of carving.

But while the process was still in progress, he stopped.

This time, his sense of disobedience was even stronger, and he felt it even closer to completion.

No, it's not right to do this!

Xu Wen put the half-done one on the table, side by side with the previous one, next to Sun Boran's original work.

Although he has not yet reached the end, now the part he has completed is very fine, half of the face looks no different from the one next to him, and the hair and clothing lines are very fine, as if the wind has flowed, which is the result of the basic skills have been quite perfected.

If there is no original work, just looking at the two parts he has done now, they can be regarded as masterpieces. But when it was placed with the original, it felt wrong.

Where is the part?

The overall form follows Sun Boran's style, and the details of each part look perfect, how do you feel different?

Xu Wen stared at the three wood carvings on the table and never looked away.

After a while, he scratched his hair vigorously, raking it into a mess, and it was rare to be a little agitated.

It's normal to have problems, just change them, but now he just can't see where the problem is!

Xu Zhai's time is stopped, but this does not mean that Xu Wen will not be tired.

Wood carving is a delicate job that requires a long period of concentration and is actually very intensive.

After two consecutive wood carvings, Xu Wen's spirit felt obvious fatigue.

He stared at the original work and the supplementary part for a long time, but he still didn't see the clue. So he let out a long breath and left the workbench, ready to go and rest for a while.

The place where he rests and sleeps now is still the very narrow bed, Xu Wen is not short, and he sleeps on it half-footed, which is very uncomfortable.

However, he usually sleeps when he is very tired, and he can fall asleep in five seconds by lying on the pillow, and he does not feel too uncomfortable.

Half an hour later, feeling a little cramped, he stood up and moved the bed so that his legs could rest against the wall. But this method can obviously only treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and he is still full of those few wood carvings.

Because he was too tired, Xu Wen finally entered a half-asleep state dimly, and when he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind and sat up suddenly.

He lifted the quilt and got out of bed, strode over to the workbench, picked up a piece of boxwood again, and began to work on the shape and carving.

However, this time, he did not carve the supplementary part of the drawings he had drawn, but began to imitate the engraving according to Sun Boran's original work!

From the time he began to flip through the patterns that Lian Tianqing had collected to the other parts that he had tried to complete the bait, Xu Wen was already quite familiar with Sun Boran's works.

The position of every wrinkle on Jiang Taigong's face, the curved shape of the fishing rod, the velvet grass blades on the side of his clothes and the bamboo branches brushed off his head, and the half-opened fish mouth in the water...... He could trace everything with his eyes closed.

As a result, he now carves so delicately and quickly that he doesn't need to stop and think about it at all.

He was actually very sleepy before, and he couldn't even open his eyes when he was lying in bed.

But now he was holding a knife and a wood with a knife, as if all the weariness had disappeared from his mind. His hand was still unusually steady, his gaze was still incomparably focused, and every line that emerged from under the tip of the blade seemed to carry a flowing rhythm.

This time, Xu Wen did not stop, but completed all the wood carvings in this part from beginning to end.

Taigong, who only had half of his body left, sat at the water's edge, holding a fishing rod, swimming with hidden fish, looking into the distance on the shore - almost exactly the same as Sun Boran's remaining original work, not even a single clothing pattern was wrong.

Xu Wenchang exhaled a long breath and placed his newly completed work side by side with Sun Boran's original work on the table.

Sure enough, the "identical" is still just almost, and the carving is the same object, and the difference between the two is even more obvious.

In contrast, Sun Boran's works are more vivid, whether it is a person or a fish, or even a blade of grass and a branch behind it, there is an indescribable sense of vividness, as if they really exist.

No wonder Lian Tianqing has collected so many of Sun Boran's paintings, this craftsman who Xu Wen didn't even know his name before is indeed a real master!

And the one carved by Xu Wen is obviously much more blunt. You may not feel it when you look at it alone, but when the two are placed together, this sense of freshness is obviously much less.

Xu Wen clearly remembered Lian Tianqing's words, for craftsmen, skill is the foundation. All performances are based on craftsmanship.

In the same work, his expression is not as good as others, that is, his skills are not as good!

But now, Xu Wen has mastered Yang Muqiao, and there is no shortage of basic skills, but what is missing?

Or the development and change of skills.

The result of this change is the actual finished product, that is, the personal style.

Xu Wen let out a long breath and stared at these two very similar wood carvings, contemplating carefully.

Eighteen skillful and eighteen different carving techniques are scattered in his mind for a while, merged for a while, and carry out a kaleidoscopic combination.

Finally, his eyes lit up, and he put down his tools and turned back to take a book from the shelf.

The first volume of "Hundred Arts Collection" is the one that Luo Yifan lent him.

He turned several pages in a row, and the first technique of Cheng's wood carving appeared in front of him.

Xu Wen leaned over and bowed his head and read it again.