The word sketching comes from a famous saying of Teng Changyou in the Five Dynasties period, "Painting without a teacher, but writing creatures", which means to paint directly with the object, and there are a variety of classifications such as "landscape sketching", "still life sketching" and "portrait sketching" according to the different objects depicted.

Since ancient times, Chinese painters have said that they "learn from nature", but they often just enjoy the famous mountains and rivers, and then return home and then write from memory. However, Hu Jinquan's sketch arranged for Li Yi and them was different, and he asked the two to take out the finished product directly against the natural landscapes and trees.

Previous Young Painter Competitions are generally held in three stages, the first stage is registration.

The registration period is often as long as a month and a half, and the painters who intend to participate in the competition must attach two of their own works at the same time as registering, and then the jury of the competition will finally select 120 people to enter the next stage of the competition according to the level of the works.

The second stage is the on-site painting, which is not the most difficult, but it is the most crucial stage.

At this stage, the competition is not limited to the subject matter, and the painter can choose the subject he is best at painting according to the materials he collects on weekdays, and then participate in the competition of the corresponding classification. The duration of this stage of the game is 12 hours.

After that, the third stage is to designate the physical sketch. This stage of the competition is the most difficult, but the results are not counted in the awards, and only when there is an excess of the number of people in the corresponding award level, the works at this stage will be distinguished.

For example, there are only two first prizes in each category, and if there are three works that are not very different in level, then the one with the worst sketch work in the final stage will be reduced to the second prize.

In the same way, the second and third prizes will be judged according to this rule, but judging from the previous awards, there is almost no need to use this rule.

Because not to mention the first prize, even if it is the second and third prize, many times it is not fully assessed.

It is precisely because of this strict and fair award mechanism that the Young Painters Competition has been held for 17 years, which lasted for 34 years.

And the final result also proves the authority of this competition, because the probability of those painters who have won the first prize or even the second and third prizes in the past is indeed much higher than that of other similar competitions.

It is precisely because of this virtuous circle that many people regard it as a shortcut to fame, and more and more masters have signed up for the competition, which has directly led to the collapse of Li Yi's other brothers and sisters. Their best result at that time was only an Excellence Award, and among the 120 people who were able to participate in the second stage of the competition, except for the first, second and third prizes, the rest were Excellence Awards!

"Over the years, many people have called for the cancellation of the third stage of the competition, believing that since it has nothing to do with the final award, this stage is a waste of everyone's time. Actually, it's not, because the people who say these words, they don't know the purpose of setting up the third stage of the competition at all! ”

Zhong Qi blinked, thought for a moment, and asked in a low voice:

"Mr. Hu, I heard that some people have been preparing for many years in order to participate in the competition, or even more than ten years of hard work on only one painting, is there such a situation?"

Hu Jinquan nodded and said with a smile:

"Yes, there will never be a shortage of people in this world who want to speculate, which is why I say that the third stage is very important, because the work at that stage can not only see the true level of a player, but also see his potential in the future."

"But ......"

"I know what you want to say, but you have to understand one thing, the judges of the competition are also people, and they also have relatives, friends, nephews, and descendants, and many times, some human relationships are not so easy to push."

"So many years ago, everyone tacitly opened a mouth, if you want to win the award, it is impossible for us to release the water, but you can really reach the level of being able to win the award in some way, otherwise, do you think that my and your master's eyesight is really so bad, and the apprentice selected can't even win a third prize?"

"But Mr. Hu, you know that this is the case and let me and Li Yi go to win the first prize, isn't this obviously cheating people?"

Hu Jinquan shook his head with a smile,

"First of all, people who can use that method generally can't get the first prize, if they can really get it, it proves that his own talent is also very powerful, although there are also people who would rather ruin this talent for fame and fortune to win the award, but after all, it is only a minority."

"Second, after so many years, everyone has seen clearly which people are cheating and which people are really cultivating the next generation, so the rules of this session will change."

"Oh? How to change? ”

Zhong Qi's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he remembered a possibility.

"Increase the competition works of the second and third stages, and the results of the works of the third stage will also be included in the total score!"

"Increasing the number of entries? How much? ”

"Two paintings in both stages, and each one accounts for 25%!"

"I used to have one painting, but now I have four paintings, which is too ruthless, right?"

Zhong Qi gasped.

"Ruthless? Hehe, those people treat everyone as fools, and they have gone too far and too much over the years, this time, let them really hurt once! ”

Hu Jinquan glanced at the two of them, and the corners of his mouth twitched,

"Otherwise, how could your master and I have set such high goals for the two of you? Do you really think we're chasing ducks to the shelves? ”

Li Yi and Zhong Qi wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads in unison, and then nodded.

Hu Jinquan smiled coldly,

"The situation has been explained to you, you won't be able to win the first prize when the time comes, you two can do it yourself!"

The place Hu Jinquan chose for them to sketch was Shidu, a famous leisure tourist resort near Yanjing.

Shidu Scenic Area is a tributary of the Daqing River, Juma River, which cuts the northern end of the Taihang Mountains and forms a river valley, with a total distance of about 20 kilometers. Because there were a total of ten ferries crossing the Juma River in this river valley in history, it was named "Shidu".

In addition, Shidu Scenic Area is also the only large-scale karst landform in northern China. Karst is karst, which is a general term for the geological action of water on soluble rocks (carbonate rock, gypsum, rock salt, etc.) mainly by chemical dissolution, supplemented by mechanical actions such as water erosion, latent erosion and collapse, as well as the phenomena produced by these actions, also called karst landform.

The karst landform of Shidu belongs to the surface karst form, and its mountain body is the highest and steepest in the northern section of the Taihang Mountains, and it is also the most typical karst landform karst peak forest canyon.

The peak cluster is a stone peak connected by the base at the bottom, the peak forest is formed by the further dissolution and evolution of the peak cluster to the depth, and there is another solitary peak, which is an isolated limestone peak in the karst area.

Starting from the Shimen of Yidu, until the Longyan Buddha of Shidu, plus the eight scenic spots from the 11th to the 18th Du, the beautiful and strange scenery corridor stretches for nearly 100 miles, so this section of the road is also called the Baili Gallery.

The Juma River, which flows through Shidu, is the only unpolluted Qingshui River in North China, so Shidu is also known as the Little Guilin in the north.

Hongchen drove off the highway from the exit of Liulihe, drove for about half an hour, and began to really enter the Shidu Scenic Area.

Soon, the car drove past Erdu, and on Li Yi's left, a continuous towering mountain cliff suddenly appeared. This cliff, as if it had been carefully cut and modified with a giant axe, was as smooth as an upright plane facing them!

Looking at the babbling and flowing Qingxi below the cliff, which was only a few meters wide, and then at the mountains in the distance on the right hand, Li Yi's eyes showed an unbelievable look, could it be that this place that was several miles wide was once a river?

"In ancient times, it should have been a river, otherwise the cliff would not have been washed like this, but although this scenery is shocking, it is not easy to express...... Mr. Hu, how many times do we go to sketch? ”

"Sandu, and this time for sketching, Li Yi's task is to paint these cliffs, as for you, there is a lotus pond in our residence later, and you can paint lotus flowers for me with a pen. This time, each person handed me two works for 48 hours, and if I didn't meet the requirements, I would add 5 hours of basic practice every day after I went back! ”

Hearing this, Zhong Qi rolled his eyes, it was already 10 hours, and it was the real 10 hours after deducting the meal break, if it was added by 5 hours, I was afraid that there would be no time to sleep.

However, he didn't worry too much about this, because the theme of lotus flowers is too common, and anyone who learns to write has worked hard, but Li Yi is afraid that he will be unlucky this time.

The mountain cliff, which stands majestically like a knife and axe, stretches for several miles, looks very shocking. However, it is very difficult to really draw them, because these cliffs are almost identical, and there is often not a single grass on the cliffs, so the lack of variety, the lack of other scenery that can be integrated into the elements, is the most tricky to deal with.

"When you heard that you were asked to draw lotus flowers, you thought you were fine? Hehe, the requirement for you this time is to draw a new idea, but what is this new idea, whether you say it or not, it is up to your master and me to decide. ”

Zhong Qi was worried about Li Yi, but unexpectedly, Hu Jinquan suddenly poured a basin of cold water on his head, and his heart became cool and cool in an instant, since your old man said so, does it mean that no matter how good or bad I paint, success or failure is only between you?

"Actually, you have another choice, this time in the resort we chose, there should be gardenias and pomegranate flowers, you can paint one of the same, as long as the painting is not too bad, I will let you pass."

Isn't the drawing too bad to pass? Zhong Qi's brows furrowed, combined with Hu Jinquan's performance during this time, he heard a strong taste of conspiracy from these few words! (To be continued.) )