Each Chinese person has his own office location, that is, the major tea houses. If you need to find someone in the teahouse, you can find it. If you happen to meet someone who is not there, you can spend some money to ask Xiao Er to leave a message for the person.

"Yes." Gao Weiqiang took the purse.

"You can go home after inquiring, you don't have to come. When the time comes, I will go back to Beijing with my senior brother and them. Zhao Ruxi admonished again.

"Thank you, girl." Gao Weiqiang arched his hand, turned on his horse, and turned his head to leave.

Zhao Ruxi entered the academy at this time.

A person raised his head and smiled at Zhao Ruxi: "Xiaoxi." ”

Zhao Ruxi exclaimed in surprise: "Sister Ruotong, why are you here?" ”

"Didn't I say I wanted to learn to draw from you? I got sick some time ago and didn't come. After my grandmother's birthday, I was supposed to come, but I owed a lot of classes at the college, and I have been making up for it all this time. Finally, I didn't have classes today, so I had time to come. ”

"Then in addition to Class Ding's classes, you will have time to paint in the afternoon?" Zhao Ruxi asked.

Xiao Ruotong nodded: "Well, yes." After the New Year, I may add classes. Mrs. Cui asked me to take the calligraphy class in Class A, B and C together. I thought it would be okay to go to class, so I agreed. ”

It turned out that she was just in a bad mood, and Princess Zhennan wanted her to relax, so she let her come to Bac Ninh Women's Academy to teach. At that time, I only took classes from the ordinary Banding class.

"It's good to be busy. You see I'm so busy that my feet don't touch the ground, and I don't know how happy my life is. Zhao Ruxi said.

When he said this, Wu Zong next to him laughed.

Everyone is painting and needs to be quiet, Zhao Ruxi didn't talk to Xiao Ruotong much, seeing that she had prepared the easel or something under the guidance of Kang Shilin, so he instructed her to paint.

Instead of the oranges and vases, there were white porcelain bowls, plates, vases, teapots, and several fruits of different sizes and shapes. However, the original cones and cylinders were placed in another corner, and Gong Cheng was painting them alone. Now that Xiao Ruotong is here, he has company.

After Zhao Ruxi left Xiao Ruotong's side, Wu Zong put down the paintbrush in his hand, beckoned to her, got up and walked in the direction of the garden.

Zhao Ruxi understood and followed him to the back garden.

Zhao Ruxi could see the solemnity of Wu Zong's expression. Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous: "Senior brother? ”

Wu Zong didn't know what he was thinking, and when he heard her call, he came back to his senses and asked, "Senior sister, if we want to learn to draw portraits and paint like you, how long do we need to learn?" ”

Zhao Ruxi blinked, thinking about his intentions, and said, "If you are in a hurry, I can also speed up." ”

In fact, the steps of drawing a sketch vary from person to person. Some people take six or seven steps, some people take two or three steps, and some people don't have steps and do whatever they want. It's not the steps that matter, it's the final image that matters.

Those who spent 3,000 taels of silver to sign up to learn to paint were all screened by Kang Shilin. With the old man's turtle-haired personality, those who have no talent for painting, no certain painting fame, and crooked personality will not be selected.

Therefore, there is nothing to say about the painting talent of this group of people, and their painting skills are also very strong, and the use of lines is even more difficult to throw Zhao Ruxi a few streets. What they lack is only the concept of three-dimensional painting and the technique of using light and shadow to express light and shade in Western painting.

Therefore, after painting cones, cylinders, fruits, and vases, Zhao Ruxi can actually let them start painting portraits directly.

But in order to show that their three thousand taels of bouquets were worth it, Zhao Ruxi was stunned and planned to let them go through all the steps for modern beginners to start learning painting.

Anyway, there are not many of these people who have serious things. What they pursue is the ultimate embodiment of the art of painting. Let them learn a little more finely, and learn a little more carefully, which is also in line with their wishes.

Zhao Ruxi had already asked Liu Quan, the housekeeper of Suiping Bofu, to find the most famous carver in the capital and carved two human heads with white marble, preparing to let them paint white marble statues after sketching multiple objects.

After painting the stone statue, she will find a few models among the subordinates and ask them to draw the portraits of the characters.

"No, we're not in a hurry." Wu Zong glanced at her meaningfully, "What if we want to be slower?" ”

"Huh?" Zhao Ruxi's little brain turned, thinking of the Dali Temple training class that had not started for so long, she asked, "Is there some trouble in the class ordered by the emperor?" ”

She didn't wait for Wu Zong to answer, and said, "It's naturally okay to slow down." In fact, after drawing multiple objects, we also need to draw white marble heads. After drawing at least two white marble heads, let's start painting the real heads. ”

"You also know that the skin of the elderly and children is different, let's draw children first, and then the elderly. Then you can also find different types of characters to draw. After drawing it like this, our class will have to open for at least another two months. ”

In modern times, it takes at least half a year to learn sketching, from beginner to proficient, and some people may not be able to draw well in half a year. Even if this group of people has a strong talent for painting, they have a foundation in painting, they are still obsessed with painting, and they can paint from morning to night, but it is not too much to learn sketching for three months.

There must be a difference between a class of 3,000 taels and a class of 1,500 taels. What does the word "lean" mean? That must be reflected in the three thousand two classes.

"Three months, another long time for that class." Wu Zong frowned and pondered.

This time, Zhao Ruxi completely understood what he meant.

She waved her hand and said, "Senior brother, don't go around the bush, tell me directly, how long will they study before they feel that the 1,500 taels are not lost." I promise to schedule my teaching as you say. ”

She smiled: "The fine ones have the fine study method, and the rough ones have the rough study method." They don't need to be like us, to paint portraits that can be collectibles; They only need to draw eight or nine points of resemblance to be able to find out the culprit. What I painted in Dali Temple is actually a simple style, which is still different from a real sketch, which is more detailed. ”

The depression on Wu Zong's face was suddenly swept away, and he returned to his usual brightness: "Then it's no problem." I see, you should give them two months' lessons. ”

"Done." Zhao Ruxi said briskly.

"That's fine. You're ready to prepare, and the class will start in about five days. You don't have to worry about paper, our Dali Temple will be ready. You need more charcoal, and you can prepare the easel and cooking cakes. ”

"Thank you, brother." Zhao Ruxi said gratefully.

In this era, paper was relatively expensive, and it was not a small amount for so many people to draw. This money came from Dali Temple, and it was also a favor given to her by Zhang Changshen and Wu Zong.