Chapter 3 Worrying about the country and the people
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Cousin Wen has been staring at Mao Geng's paintings, of course, his level of appreciation is limited, and after he has ambition, he naturally ignores the inaccuracy of Mao Geng's paintings, so the more he feels that his cousin draws well and paints like. At this time, I saw Mr. Jiang's face sticking to the portrait and pondering, and I knew that Mr. Jiang was also attracted by his cousin's painting skills.
Cousin Wen then said to Niu San:
"Brother Niu, look at this painting, your majesty is really just right, Brother Niu, look, how much this looks like your Brother Niu! Brother Niu, how's that? Isn't it alike? β
Niu San probably hasn't taken a few bronze mirrors in his life, where do you know what she looks like, I just think that the portrait painted by this little brother Mao is vivid and interesting. Niu San didn't mind that Brother Mao painted himself as fierce and vicious, as a utility, there were no tattoos on his face, but Niu San felt that as a sergeant of the Great Song Dynasty, he should never look like a scholar, but of course he should have a mighty appearance. Besides, even the erudite Mr. Jiang seems to appreciate this portrait a lot, and it must not be bad, so Niu San listened to the words of the little brother of the Wen family, smiled hehe, and said:
"You're right, well drawn! Resemble! Much like that! I like it! β
Mr. Jiang spent a long time studying the sketch, but he didn't figure out why, but the closer he got there, the only charcoal traces he could see. What surprised him was this never-before-seen way of painting, which opened his eyes.
Although the three portraits of Niu painted by the Mao family boy seem to be like non-like, they are still somewhat similar after all, anyway, there is an indescribable sense of realism. Compared with the portraits of other characters in the Great Song Dynasty that I have seen, this portrait seems to be stronger than Cheng dΓΉ, who looks like a person.
However, this Mr. Jiang himself also has limited knowledge of painting, and it can only be said that the Mao boy in front of him has some painting skills, which is true, but this unbelievable painting method seems to belong to the side door, Mr. Jiang thinks, I am afraid that he may not necessarily be able to enter the eyes of authentic painters.
Then I thought that this might be a secret legend of Taoism, and there is still such a portrait in the world! I am fortunate to have a glimpse today, and I am also lucky. This opportunity is also rare, it is better to continue to let him demonstrate this painting skill before this Mao family kid wakes up.
Mr. Jiang muttered:
"The Taoist way of painting is also interesting."
Mao Geng saw that Mr. Jiang was pondering the sketch, and his heart was no longer entangled in the failure in the sketch, but his mind became active, and it seemed that he was temporarily free of suspicion of spies, so he couldn't help but let go of his ideals, one of which was to think - whether to be a painter in the Southern Song Dynasty, it seems to be a good choice to be a literati. Suddenly, when I heard this Jiang someone talk about Taoism, I was suddenly shocked in my heart, but don't let yourself be a Taoist, being an alchemist is not within the scope of my career design.
As soon as he thought of this, Mao Geng said:
"Back then, the master just passed on a little bit --- --- that painting skill to me--- and --- other skills that were a little bit --- that skill, all of them were --- and that was a little bit of carving insect skills, and it wasn't to let the kid be that --- that Taoist."
This Mr. Jiang didn't care whether he was going to be a Taoist priest or not, but he was very interested in Mao Geng's strange painting skills, and said at the moment:
"Brother Mao's painting skills really have some origins, well, not bad! But Brother Mao, since you can paint a portrait of Niu San, why don't you draw a portrait for me? β
Mao Gengxin said Do I have the right to refuse, and then glanced at the cousin of the Wen family, and both of them felt that the crisis had passed, but it seemed that the portrait had to continue.
The reason why Mao Geng chose the portrait of Niu San, Niu San's similarity with the classmate in his previous life is of course the biggest reason, but the most important thing is that the appearance of the other candidate, Mr. Jiang, is too ordinary, and Jiang has no features, but the physiognomy is a combination of gloomy and obscenity, and it is really not something that this rookie in painting in his previous life can control.
But now, I still have to draw a sketch portrait of Jiang someone.
Next, Mr. Jiang was also cooperative, and most of the time he sat there motionless according to Mao Geng's requirements, allowing Mao Geng to scan with his eyes, but he had the consciousness of a model in later generations.
It's just that Mao Geng, a rookie in the painting world, Niu San's face was originally painted in his previous life, and his features are prominent, so he doesn't feel particularly difficult to paint, and a face like Jiang Someone, whose outline and structure are ordinary, is of course much more difficult. Mao Geng just had a little sense of painting, but at this time, he was distressed by Jiang someone's unprominent face and gloomy temperament. Fortunately, it's really good that Jiang someone's beard is still a little distinctive, although the usual outline is not easy to draw accurately, but the characteristic goatee is also a rare feature, Mao Geng even if he can't draw it in other places, but the goatee is drawn, and there are always three points similar.
Immediately Mao Geng had the problem of headaches, which was actually not solved in his previous life, that is, if the natural color of the human body is expressed in only black and white sketches, Mao Geng cannot use accurate grayscale to express these tones and textures. You can't say that you should take a black and white photo before you sketch it. In the final analysis, he is still a rookie in the painting world! In my previous life, I drew a few portrait sketches according to other people's black and white photos, and thought that I could go to the Southern Song Dynasty 800 years ago to show off, which is really a big mistake.
However, if you can't grasp it, it's better to hide it, for example, you might as well draw it a little blurry. Mao Geng decided to reduce the difficulty, and the portrait was written and painted as white as possible, because there was really no way to strictly pick out the details, although the tone of the writing was more refined, and it could even be said that writing was more difficult than sketching, but Mao Geng had no choice.
This painting is not very long. After the big outline came out, Mao Geng appeared, and this painting was bound to be out of shape. What's even more tragic is that the more I paint, the more I feel that this portrait has painted the feeling of a posthumous image, and Jiang someone's eyes in the portrait are very godless, which is the biggest failure, but unfortunately the eyeballs on the portrait can no longer be polished after being blackened, and the highlight of the future generations should not use erasers. Therefore, Jiang in the final painting looks dead, which is really not his intention.
Mao Geng sighed in his heart and muttered in a low voice:
"It's over!"
Mr. Jiang sat there, waiting for these two words. As soon as he heard that, his expression immediately turned relaxed, and he grinned:
"Let's finish drawing! I'll take a look. β
Mr. Jiang couldn't wait to come over, and then saw the portrait made by Mao Geng for himself, and when he saw the characters in the portrait, he only felt that the person in the painting was not good-looking, his face was hateful, and his face was gloomy.
Niu San, who came up almost at the same time, looked at the portrait, but didn't pay attention to Mr. Jiang's face, and only felt that Mr. Jiang's appearance was about to be drawn, so he said with a grin:
"Well, like, like Mr. Jiang."
Mr. Jiang was already depressed, and when he saw Niu San, a brainless product, he looked completely blind, and immediately said:
"Like what like! Niu San, you don't know anything. β
The cousin of the Wen family next to him just saw that Mr. Jiang's face was wrong, and when Mr. Jiang scolded Niu San, and then looked at the portrait, he also felt that the painting was a little wrong, and the cousin painted that Niu San was okay, and Mr. Jiang seemed to have painted Mr. Jiang poorly, and even he could see that this portrait lacked vitality. The little brother of the Wen family felt that it was his responsibility to strategically defend his cousin:
"The portrait that my cousin painted for Mr. Jiang is indeed not very accurate, although it depicts Mr. Jiang looking worried about the country and the people, but it seems to be too exaggerated. But it's still like it. What does Mr. Jiang think? β
When Mao Geng heard it, this cousin was a delicate person, and his words were really artistic! Originally, it was a dead look, but when it came to his mouth, it became an expression of worrying about the country and the people, hehe, I don't know if Mr. Jiang is willing to find this step down.
Mao Geng was no longer in trouble, and at this time he had to be careful:
"Mr. Jiang's bearing --- that --- extraordinary, it's a pity that the kid's painting skills are too poor --- that one, and he can't draw the --- Mr. Jiang--- that charm --- --- that one, and ask Mr. Jiang to --- that --- that one doesn't care about that one--- that one forgiveness!"
Mr. Jiang listened to this Mao family boy babble and spit out a string of that, and felt that the Wen family kid's statement of "worrying about the country and the people" was also a saying, Mr. Jiang hesitated for a while, and said in his heart that he really had a face of worrying about the country and the people! When to take a good look at the bronze mirror? Thinking of this, his face turned slightly cloudy to clear, and he said:
"Brother Wen said that my face is worried about the country and the people, so it can be regarded as worrying about the country and the people! The so-called 'high temple is worried about its people, and far away from the rivers and lakes is worried about its king', alas! I want to go south in the Song Dynasty, a large number of rivers and mountains fell into the hands of Jin Bing, and it is normal for people to worry about the country and the people, so it is nothing. Hehe, Brother Mao also painted carefully, I will put away this painting. β
He just asked Mao Geng to paint, he was a little drunk, he didn't mean to drink, the purpose was to explore Mao Geng's painting skills, now a painting in hand, you can slowly ponder it in the future, so there is no need to be too difficult now This kid surnamed Mao.
Mao Geng was amazed in his heart that Jiang easily took over the top hat of worrying about the country and the people, and after wearing it, he was quite at ease, and he couldn't help but reduce the impression of the scholars of the Southern Song Dynasty by half a point. However, there are many such people in later generations, the more they read and read, the less they want to be embarrassed, although it is not necessarily "the more knowledge, the more reactionary", but the more knowledge, the thicker the skin, it seems to be a general rule in the world.
When Mr. Jiang rolled up the portrait, Mao Geng mourned silently for the painting, not because it was a bit like a posthumous portrait, but because it was not finalized by spraying glue, as if the adhesion of carbon black on this kind of paper was not good enough, it was okay to roll once, if the number of rolls was too much, I was afraid that the carbon black would stick to the back of the paper, and then the portrait would not be able to be seen.
Of course, Mao Geng will not stop Mr. Jiang, Mao Geng is only concerned about what kind of placement he and his cousin will get in the next step. Mao Geng lived for almost 50 years in his previous life, according to many years of life experience, Mao Geng didn't dare to expect this gloomy Jiang someone to take care of himself, so he kept vigilant against him from the bottom of his heart, and hoped that Jiang someone, who was "worried about the country and the people", would not embarrass himself.
The cousin of the Wen family felt that his cousin should have extra points from Mr. Jiang for showing his painting skills, or because of this, he did not know whether he would bring additional opportunities to the two of them, so he had a little more expectation in his heart.
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