In the end, the decision to quarrel was that the two of them drew a stick pen drawing on the same subject on the spot.

No one objected to this decision.

Because it was Master Cao Lao Cao who put forward this opinion.

The old gentleman had a serious personality when he was young, and was known for his old-fashioned and square among the painters of the older generation, but as he got older, and now that he was too old, his temperament became a little childish, and he agreed to the proposal of the competition.

"The painter's affairs are solved by painting. Those who win stay, and those who lose shut up. It's a simple idea, and I like it. ”

Cao Xuan knocked on the crutches and made the final decision.

As soon as he spoke, those in the crowd who had been frowning and unhappy and wanted this nonsensical farce to get out of it quickly stopped expressing their opinions.

The reason for choosing a pen drawing is simple, it is probably the least time-consuming and tool-intensive painting.

Pen and ink drawings, in a broad sense, are classified as a type of sketch because of the use of monochrome ink in the five or six major categories of painting.

Since the beginning of the eighteenth century, the publishing industry of fiction in Switzerland, England and other places has flourished, and is often used as an illustration for storybooks or some comics.

As long as a person has a fountain pen, an ordinary A4 paper can draw, and theoretically, primary school students use a pen to scribble on the textbook are a kind of pen drawing.

Many of the people present are masters of Chinese painting.

However, under modern art education, there is no one who can't do the basic skills of drawing and sketching.

Only Gu Tongxiang looked at his grandson with some concern.

Gu Weijing gave his grandfather an affirmative look and signaled that his grandfather was at ease.

With the arrangement of the accompanying officials on one side, someone has already taken the paper.

Seeing that Cao Lao was reluctant to leave, he was interested in seeing the comparison between the two hairy young men, and brought Cao Lao a chair to rest his legs.

"Lin Tao, you come to give a sample to the young man."

Lin Tao is Cao Lao's second apprentice, and now he is a professor at CAFA, he is almost seventy years old this year, and he is also a well-known painter when he takes it out alone.

Moreover, he is not only a great painter who is good at Chinese painting, but also a great painter who has entered the room with Western painting.

"There is not much time, let's be simple, take local materials, draw the outline of the Shwedagon Pagoda with a pen, and the time limit is five minutes."

Lin Tao picked up the pen, took off the cap, and said to Gu Weijing and Tanaka Masakazu.

Pen drawings can be drawn very slowly, if you need to spread a large area of gray tones and shadows, you need to use a very fine art pen or a needle pen specially used for painting, and a pen with a short line to pull.

However, if the basic work of painting is solid enough, and the subject matter of painting is a building or natural scenery whose basic structure is not complicated, it can be very fast.

A British artist who graduated from the Slyder School of Fine Arts, University of London, used to wait for a taxi to make change, and draw a pen drawing to tip the driver.

But in any case, five minutes, this time is definitely not a lot of time, not only to test the painting skills, but also to test the psychological quality.

If you can't finish the drawing or make a mistake, you won't have a second chance, and it will be impossible for you to type with a pencil and copy it with a pen.

If your hands are shaky, your basic painting skills are not solid, or you simply sneeze when you are unlucky enough to pull the line, you will be eliminated directly.

"I'll give you two a sample first, and make a demonstration."

Since it is a pen drawing competition, and it is such a short period of time, it is sure that everyone has to draw the same content to compare.

Lin Tao took off the cap of the fountain pen and pressed the timing button.

Gu Weijing stared at the pen in Lin Tao's hand without blinking, this was the first time he had seen this kind of old professor who was famous in the world painting.

Lin Tao did not act disapprenant because he was demonstrating to the two juniors, and he was not shocked.

The moment he pulled out the cap of the pen, the temperament of the whole person changed.

Focused, confident, and radiant.

Lin Tao used local materials to draw the Shwedagon Pagoda in front of him, as well as one on his left and two on his right, with a total of three sub-pagodas.

"Rustle."

All you could hear in the air was the sound of the tip of the pen rubbing against the paper.

Each straight line is as precise as a ruler, and the intersection of each curved line segment that represents the shape of an object is not offset in any way.

And never hesitate during the period, one stroke.

In addition to the movements of his wrists, Lin Tao just glanced up at the Shwedagon Pagoda from time to time, and the movements in his hands did not stop at all, as if he didn't need to think, he remembered the perspective of the building in front of him in his heart.

Gu Weijing felt that even with the blessing of [Menzel's experience], he would only be able to do this step at most.

Painters who can become famous really have their own real materials.

"Okay, so be it. Although it is not yet a work, the basic appearance of a pen drawing can be calculated. ”

Lin Tao finally stopped his pen, looked at the draft of the paper in front of him, nodded, and showed it to everyone around him.

A large tower, three sub-towers have jumped on the paper, although there are still a lot of light and shadow and details to add, but professional old painters can see that the foundation of the whole work has come out.

As long as you carefully add some gray and white steps and corresponding painting patterns, it is a good work.

And time is too fast,

The time on the timer on one side will be less than three minutes.

"Be confident."

Many people thought of this idiom in their hearts, and they didn't know who was the first to applaud, and the crowd soon burst into applause.

"You don't need to draw shadows, you don't need to draw sub-towers, in five minutes, you can draw the outline of the main tower of Shwedagon Pagoda like me, and the structure is not deformed."

Lin Tao nodded to the people who applauded around him, and then unceremoniously tore the drawing paper in his hand in half and crumpled it into a ball under the regretful eyes of many people.

An artist of his stature would not let any paintings that were not satisfactory to him flow.

"Excuse me, Elder Cao, I have a presumptuous request, can we let our sister and brother give it a try?"

Sakai Katsuko in the crowd raised her hand, today she saw an excellent painter of the same generation like Gu Weijing, and she saw the handwriting of an artist like Lin Tao, which made her a little can't help but see the joy of hunting.

"You can go if you want, don't pull me."

The corner of Sakai Tsunamasa's eyes twitched, and he imperceptibly moved a few small steps towards the side and back, away from his sister's position.

Since Cao Lao was interested in watching these children's competitions, none of those master artists left.

These people together have won more international awards, and they can hold a special exhibition of art masters for them alone.

Sakai Tsunamasa couldn't go crazy at this time.

How good you are in the limelight, how embarrassing it is if you smash up.

"Yes. Yes...... Katsuko Sakai: Right, I've seen your sketches and worked hard. You're good, even if it's the 80s, there are not many children in the 90s who can compare with you. The future of Asian painters will depend on you young people. ”

Cao Lao actually nodded appreciatively towards Sakai Katsuko.

The painters born in the 80s can now be regarded as uncles, and in Cao Lao's mouth, they are still like children who have not grown up.

Coax~

The crowd erupted in a chatter.

"You've done hard work, you're good."

It is an exaggeration for a young painter to get Cao Lao's sentence that he has struggled for ten years less.

But if you are thick-skinned, you can print this sentence on the cover of your portfolio.

No matter how you paint, at least for the sake of Cao Lao's face, it is not difficult to apply for a top 50 art academy in the world.

Such a good thing made some artists who have been famous for a long time cast jealous glances at Katsuko Sakai, and secretly felt sad that they didn't meet this kind of old-timer who liked to support people when they were young.