Chapter Eighty-Three: Yun'er Learns to Paint

Painting is what Yun'er likes the most in her life and can't let go of the most. The four arts of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, the most suitable for Yun'er are calligraphy and painting. I am not interested in playing the piano, and I am impatient in playing chess, because Yun'er is impatient.

Yun'er is not against music, and she also likes the tunes played by the pipa and guzheng, but she doesn't have that talent, she feels that she enjoys listening to it, and then it's gone. In fact, in addition to calligraphy and painting, Yun'er also likes poetry. The content of calligraphy is poetry, which gives people ample room for imagination. When Yun'er could speak, she began to recite Tang poems and Song lyrics. The pedantic father chose some easy-to-understand and catchy poems for his pigtailed daughter, not so that she could write poems in the future, but for Yun'er to inscribe on her paintings. Mr. Xuefu is five cars and eight buckets, but he doesn't write poetry, it's not that he doesn't like it, he can't write, he doesn't want to write. Almost all rulers were afraid that someone would oppose them, and Song Jiang almost lost his life when he wrote a poem. It's just a poem, but is it a human life? But that's just the way it is.

Lan Lan first asked Yun'er to draw a random picture, wanting to see what level she was at at the moment, and then teach her according to others. The result scared Lan Lan a lot: Yun'er's basic skills are quite solid, and the creative inspiration comes quite quickly, and it doesn't take too much time to draw a picture at all. And the penmanship is fine, and the flow is done in one go. The level of painting has long surpassed that of her senior year.

"Yunyun, you're amazing!" Lan Lan praised sincerely.

"Lanlan, you're too polite."

"I've probably been polite to you about other things, but I've never been polite to my students. Painting requires talent, and it can be seen from the picture you painted that you have a high talent and a deep foundation. I build yƬ you changed from gongbi painting to freehand flower and bird painting, your character is not very suitable for painting gongbi. It's not just your quick temper, it can be seen from the freehand flowers and birds that you love us here. I can help you with a few tricks on freehand flowers and birds. ā€

Lan Lanhua is straight to the point, bold and atmospheric, and has a very good temper with Yun'er. "The famous landscape painters of your time have four kings and four monks, the four kings belong to the orthodoxy of the painting world, more conformist, the four monks are against eating the ancients, the creation of the straight heart, the pen and ink brushwork have been innovative, and the influence on later generations is also great. In particular, the freehand flowers and birds of the Bada Mountain people have influenced many flower and bird painters in later generations. Today's Chinese painting is completely different from your time, it's not that the level of painters there is not high, you think that after more than 200 years of time, the efforts of generation after generation of painters must have made progress, right? During this period, he also accepted the realistic and perspective painting methods of Western painting. In addition, the guiding role of painting theory in art academies for painting lovers cannot be ignored. I'm just telling you a very rough summary of 200 years. Let's start from the very basics, you don't have to practice your basic skills, how about we start writing and learn freehand flowers and birds? ā€

"Great! Thank you so much! ā€

"When learning to paint, you should remember three words, one is 'read', reading a good model. Carefully appreciate and analyze, from the theme and idea of the work to the composition and charm, from the special shape to the change of brush and ink, from the use of color to the relationship between virtual and real; The second is 'taste', which is to taste the feelings to be expressed in the work, and the third is 'pro', which is to copy the fan paintings. Copying can be 'whole' or 'festival'. The whole is to copy the whole of a fan painting with good composition, and the festival is to copy the wonderful parts of the fan painting. After finishing it, compare it with the original work repeatedly to find out your own gaps. That's easy to understand, right? ā€

Yun'er hurriedly nodded: "Understood." ā€

"Very good, Yunyun's comprehension ability is quite strong, which means that he has a good understanding."

"Thanks for the compliment."

"Let's draw chickens in a freehand way."

Yun'er hurriedly picked up the pen and spread the rice paper in the same way as Lan Lan.

"You see, this chicken hatches from an egg, and its body is roughly oval, and its head is oval. The torso is flanked by left and right figure-of-eight wing claws, with four toes with three in the front and one in the back. ā€

"It is best to use a large white cloud pen to draw chickens, with medium ink and a slightly thick ink on the tip of the nose. The thick ink is used to paint the head, wings and buttocks, and finally the cinnabar cockscomb. I'll draw it all over again. ā€

Yun'er's expression was happy and excited. She used to draw gongbi drawings that she learned from her father. When she first arrived here, Lan Lan took her to the bookstore, and she immediately liked Mr. Xu's album, which also had the specific process of how to draw chickens. The characteristic of freehand painting is simplicity, and it is lifelike with a few strokes. It is very suitable for Yun'er's character.

Lan Lan: "When you draw chickens, you can use one head and multiple body method, or you can use one body and many heads. The center of gravity must be between the feet or on one foot, otherwise it will look unsteady on the feet. ā€

Yun'er used the blue method to draw a chicken by herself, and it was very similar.

"Wow! Yunyun, you're amazing! Lan Lan put her thumb under Yun'er's nose.

"It's also an oviparous sparrow, and the drawing method is really similar to that of a chicken. The pen used to draw a sparrow is the same as that of a chicken, but the difference is that the sparrow can fly and the color of its feathers is different from that of a chicken. First, use a big white cloud pen to adjust the ochre, and draw the sparrow's head with light ink on the tip of the pen; The second step is to draw the back and wings, with a solid brush in front and a virtual brush in the back. Got it? ā€

"Understood." Yun'er doesn't stop on the ground.

"The third step is to ink the wings and tail feathers. The nib is inside, and the belly is outside. ā€

"Finally, the chest and abdomen are painted with light ink, and the dorsal spots, mouth, eyes, cheeks, and paws are painted with thick ink. If you see it, you can draw it yourself. ā€

Yun'er memorized all the steps and essentials of Lan Lan and drew her own sparrow.

"Wow! Yunyun, your comprehension is too strong, better than what I painted. ā€

"Lanlan, are you laughing at me?" Yun'er pretended to be aggrieved.

"Laughing at you? Wood has, wood has! I swear, if you laugh at you......"

"Don't swear! I believe in you! Yun'er's face turned red.

"Okay, okay, let's draw swallows again. According to the way the sparrows and chickens are drawn, it can be extended to swallows that resemble them.

"The first step in drawing a swallow is to use a large white cloud pen to tone medium ink, and the tip of the pen is thick ink to draw the head; The second step is the back of two strokes, we must pay attention to its virtual reality, and we must do it in one go; The third stroke should draw the proximal wing with a square pen and draw the scissor tail with the trend. The scissor tail of the swallow is different from the place of chickens and sparrows; The fourth step is to use light ink to groove the chest and abdomen, and use light cinnabar to paint the blush. Wait for the ink to dry a little before applying blush. Do you draw it all over again? It doesn't matter, this one needs to be practiced more. ā€

Yun'er drew it according to Lan Lan's drawing method and steps. Because Yun'er has a deep foundation, even if it is not a fine brush, it is easy to draw. Lan Lan is another compliment, this is one of Lan Lan's teaching methods, encouragement is the mainstay.

Seeing that Yun'er has a deep understanding of what she said today, Lan Lan will not talk about it, and finally: "Chickens, sparrows, swallows, and quails that are very similar to them are all very similar." In fact, the main part of the body of the big rooster, old hen, various birds, bamboo chicken, golden pheasant, and peacock is oval. These are all inferences, even ducks, geese, and cranes are all oval, but the difference in appearance is large. Then you must practice more in the future, practice makes perfect, and skill makes fresh. There is an ancient saying called the oil seller, and his classic quote is 'no other, familiar with the ear.' Nothing else, it's cooked, and it's only when it's cooked that it's handy. I have here a set of CDs of Professor Xu's lecture on freehand flower and bird painting techniques, and you can watch it yourself. Will it be put on a dish? It's not going to be okay, Lihui, just look for her, get out of class. ā€

Yun'er affectionately hugged Lan Lan's arm and said sincerely: "Lan Lan, you are so good." ā€

Lan Lan coughed, and said seriously: "How can I Zhong Lanlan He De, having a big disciple like Yunyun is really fortunate for three lives, good!" ā€

"Hahaha......"

"Giggle......

"By the way, I forgot one, if you learn to draw chickens, you must be familiar with it, so familiar that you don't have to think about how to draw it, and you must not draw a few strokes for a cat, a few strokes for a monkey, and then a few strokes for an elephant. In this case, nothing will be drawn, and terrifying species such as cats, monkeys, and elephants can be created. ā€

Lan Lan's words were used by Yun'er as a golden rule to abide by and enforce. When she returned to the room, Yun'er spread out the rice paper and painted. When I'm tired of painting, I look at the disc given by Lan Lan.

Teacher Xu's class is a little deeper than Lan Lan. It's not that Lan Lan's level is not enough, it's that she is facing Yun'er, who doesn't seem to even have the level of early Chinese, and speaking too advanced theories may turn from understanding to confusion. Or come to "dry goods", just talk about how to paint, what charm, artistic conception or "familiar" after the talk.

In the evening, Wang Ye and Mr. Zhong came back from a Beijing suburb called "Sijiqing", and the first thing they did when they entered the house was not to bathe, but to ask Yun'er first: "How is it?" Is there anything uncomfortable? ā€

"No, no, Yun'er started to learn to draw with Lan Lan today."

"Is it acceptable?"

"It's okay, Yun'er still understands. Have you had dinner? ā€

Seeing that Ling Juan was not in the room, the prince said, "Who am I?" There is a rich woman with a net worth of hundreds of millions behind her, can she still be hungry? Rest assured, we ate at a vegetarian restaurant owned by Buddhists. ā€

"And a vegetarian restaurant?"

"There are also vegetarian roasted sea cucumbers and vegetarian bear's paws in the vegetarian restaurant. I wondered, even if the sea cucumber and bear's paw there are made of corn or starch, don't the people in this dish still want to eat real sea cucumber and real bear's paw? ā€

"You want to be narrow, he may want to eat this, but he must understand, how can the sea cucumber made of cornmeal taste the same as the real one? He just ate sea cucumbers and saved money. ā€

The prince laughed: "Reasonable, reasonable." ā€

After washing and bathing, go to bed. Wang Ye hugged Yun'er and apologized: "You should have been pampered with me, but when you got here, you found that you were happy." Some time ago, I went to the street every day to buy samples, and then I sat every day to select goods, and there was that Wang Dong in the middle. ā€

"Master, isn't it, we each have our own missions, Yun'er is doing it for herself, why don't you care? Yun'er really can't enjoy the days of pampering. I haven't been waiting for you for so long......"

"Don't be stupid, I just think about that again, I can't ignore your body and your life, right? It's okay, it's okay, I'm not a hairy guy, it's okay. Look at how big and round the moon is outside. I just thought that you could give birth to the child smoothly and smoothly, and then we would learn what we should learn, buy what we should buy, and go back. ā€

"Yun'er knows that you are very worried about Fujin, and I don't know if we have no news to bring back, whether the emperor and the queen mother will think of anything else. That's too bad for Fujin...... Lord Wang, Yun'er misses her mother, father, and Xuan'er very much. Yun'er's voice was choked.

"I know, I know, you've never been away from your parents for so long, and a year has passed quickly. When I was in charge of transporting grain and grass, it was much more difficult than that. It often rains heavily on the way, and there is no shelter from the rain. The wheels are stuck in the mud and can't be pushed; There are also times when you catch a blizzard. That's it, there are enemies coming to grab food, and there are sudden flash floods, landslides, and mudslides, and it's good to survive. The prince patted Yun'er and fell into memory.

"How many years have you spent on the battlefield?"

"Even if I started at the age of nineteen and reached the age of thirty-six, I have been on the road of grain and grass intermittently for more than ten years. At that time, I thought, when will such a day end? It took almost 20 years since I became married to Fujin before you entered the mansion, in fact, the days I spent with her before were less than two years combined. There is still more than a year to go to prison in between......"

"What are you? Have you ever been in jail? ā€

"Don't think it's glorious to be a prince, between life and death, honor and disgrace. The regent has always been worried about occupying Fujin and has no chance. It just so happens that Brother Hauge is in prison, so as a brother, you should always see him, right? As a result, I was charged with "poisoning Haoge" and arrested in the prison of Zongren's Mansion, and then the regent went to the General's Mansion to insult Fujin. Before he could enter the house, Fu Jin kicked the mandarin duck sword across his neck and kicked the door out. Threatened the regent to send her to the prison of the Zongren Mansion to accompany me, and the regent agreed. At that time, there was a huge prison, and I and Fujin were in it, and I didn't know if I could get out, and I didn't even have a jailer to deliver food......"

"And what do you eat? People can't even survive ten days without eating. ā€

"It was Master who saved us. Teach us the exercises of not having to eat. We've been there for over a year, and it's hard to get out alive if it weren't for Dolgon's fall from his horse and his death. You can skip eating, but it's dark and damp, and rats, bugs, fleas, and worms crawl everywhere, and there's no good place to bite up and down......"

"Lord Wang!" Yun'er was so sad that her tears couldn't stop falling. I really don't know that the emperor's son has to suffer like that! Suddenly satisfied with his reality. I thought, wasn't Fu Jin guarding the empty house during the more than ten years that the prince was not in the palace when he went to the battlefield? No wonder the prince has a deep affection for Fujin, such a woman must be respected by anyone.