[The current copy of the painting - "The Old Church on a Thunderstorm" has been completed! 】

In the studio,

Gu Weijing held an oil painting knife and gently wiped the candle shadow projected between the windows of the old church on the canvas.

The steel pieces of the knife were rubbed across the canvas, mixed with damp paint, and a candle flame the size of a soybean diffused a dense red, adding a bit of psychedelic color to the whole painting.

He took a few steps back, taking in the completion of the copy.

The trumpet oil painting knife subconsciously flipped and jumped between his hands, as if a magician was performing fingertip magic as he pleased.

"Comfortable."

This is the biggest change Gu Weijing felt when painting oil paintings after he acquired the skill of knife painting.

Like a professional esports player with an expensive mechanical keyboard, a long-distance runner gets a pair of resilient carbon plate running shoes.

Whether it's cleaning paint or mixing colors, wherever you can use an oil painting knife, there's a sense of smoothness.

Gu Weijing could even use it to deal with the candlelight at the end of the final picture.

In principle, this fine and precise blending of color dots is by no means the strong point of the knife.

If the knife is too shallow, the pigment is not fully mixed, and it is easy to show dirt.

If you go too hard, you'll scrape all the paint away.

It is difficult to grasp the weight and depth of the light, between the millimeters.

Using an oil painting knife to mix the color dots is a bit like you wielding a nine-ring knife to the kitchen to cut tofu.

In fact, the best way to deal with this kind of picture is to use a thin erase method, using a brush with a hard bristle brush such as a bristle brush to pat the canvas, or simply put it directly on the finger.

The finger is the most direct and dexterous drawing tool for a normal person.

Dip your finger in the paint and apply, this method is primitive, but it is a good way to mix the paint over.

Not only beginners like to dip their fingers in paint.

The same goes for the masters.

Leonardo da Vinci, Titian, Geya, Turner and other great figures who have glorified the entire art history in the record liked to use their fingers to apply paint to neutralize the light and shadow of color.

On the contrary, there are very few people who use painting knives.

The advantage of the knife painting method is that it is bold, the picture has a unique aesthetic tension, and the painting is fast.

If you want to paint a picture entirely by dipping your fingers in paint, you have to paint until you grow old.

However, the legendary knife skills provided by the system are simply too powerful.

Gu Weijing was even able to cut out a plate of Wensi tofu with a nine-ring broadsword, which was faster than cutting it with a professional kitchen knife.

This is the generational gap that comes with proficiency.

As he finished, a system chime sounded in his ears.

[The similarity of this copy - 33.7%, you have obtained a primary treasure chest.] 】

"Last week, the similarity of one of my highest copies reached 24.9 percent...... Well, even if the oil painting knife is not suitable for such a scene, it has brought an increase of nearly ten percentage points, which is terrible. ”

Gu Weijing smacked his lips.

This should be the limit of the drawing knife.

After all, in non-professional knife painting, no matter how skilled the oil painting knife is, it is only an auxiliary tool after all, and it can bring ten percent improvement, which is already considerable.

He thought as he thought about opening the primary treasure chest.

You have earned 314 Oil Painting XP! 】

[Current Oil Painting Technique: Professional Painter 1st Order (1202/5000)]

A hint like this flashed on the virtual panel in front of me.

"It's a pity that this time it's oil painting experience points that are drawn, not knowledge cards."

Gu Weijing shook his head slightly disappointed.

He is now opening a primary treasure chest, and he has already opened a pattern.

The knowledge cards that pop up in "Old Church" for the first time are the best rewards in the primary treasure chest, similar to the orange that comes out of the box in the first pack of mobile games.

In general, the content provided in the beginner chest is oil painting experience.

In the past half a month, Gu Weijing has copied many paintings of "Old Church".

Two of them did not receive the award because they were not focused enough and did not reach the basic passing mark of 20% similarity.

Everything else is basically between 20 and 25 percent.

In addition to the original "Royal Court Dance Gait Diagram", only another knowledge card of the "Purple and Blue Macaw Feather Specimen and Skeletal Anatomy" by an ornithozoologist named Nagil Marven named Nagil Marven was opened.

The rest of the beginner chests are all oil painting experience points ranging from 100 to 100 points.

This is also very good, but it takes thousands of dollars to exchange dollars, but in terms of preciousness, it is still not as valuable as a knowledge card that can be found but not sought.

Gu Weijing glanced at his panel.

There is a bonus bonus for beginner chests that copy "Old Church" to increase the proficiency of oil painting.

On his current experience panel, the oil painting technique is about to become his most proficient skill.

Gu Weijing finished sorting out his painting tools, turned on his mobile phone, and found Mr. Sloth in the address book.

"Are you there?"

He clicked send.

"Yes, Detective Cat Lady, how are you preparing for the podcast salon that will be recorded in the evening?" In the face of his inquiry, Mr. Sloth's reply message was as quick as ever.

Evening?

Gu Weijing glanced at the clock on the wall.

When I got home, Professor Lin Tao had taken a class, and he had spent a few hours copying an oil painting, and it was already late at night.

Counting the jet lag, this anonymous art podcast host, Mr. Sloth, should be European.

However, this is not a remarkable discovery.

This is originally an English podcast, and although Mr. Sloth's true identity is mysterious, it is certainly a high probability that he lives in Europe.

"Ms. Detective Cat, how do you appreciate the five fan submissions from our salon?"

Elena Manor, Europe.

In the sauna,

When the detective cat sent the message, Anna had just finished her upper body yoga training every afternoon, and according to the plan of the body therapist, she would have to take another sauna for half an hour.

She was draped in a light veil, her long wet hair falling over the back of the oak bench behind her, and the thrilling curves of the frosted glass door panels covered in moisture loomed in the face.

Anna took a small sip of light salt water, and as she lowered her head to type, a drop of crystal sweat dripped from the tip of her upturned nose and disappeared into the light gauze neckline.

In the light overhead, her figure was as white as snow.

Anna never wanted to hide her beauty.

Many people with disabilities in both legs, because of long-term inactivity, are either skinny or obese and bloated.

Muscle atrophy of varying degrees throughout the body is almost unavoidable.

But she maintains a very perfect body curve.

Not only is Anna a very good medical team working on her, but she herself has been a strict to almost cold attitude since she was a little girl, controlling her diet and fitness day after day according to the training plan.

After being suspended by Oil Painting magazine, she even took the initiative to increase the amount of physical training every day.

It's not just the self-discipline that comes with tutoring,

It is also Anna's way of battling the tragedy of fate.

She loved the feeling of her body being stretched, stretched, and sweating wet her clothes again and again.

This made Anna feel like she could take life into her own hands.

She didn't know why Detective Cat contacted her at this time, and now she hadn't reached the agreed time for the podcast salon to record.

Anna wonders if there's something wrong with the detective cat.

"These five are great, and yours are really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

Gu Weijing gave a small compliment.

"Great?"

Seeing this news, Anna was even more worried.

She felt that although the five paintings were past, they were definitely not great.

She wondered if the detective cat had seen the reason.

It's not really a question of appreciation, it's a matter of life circles and cultural differences.

Gu Weijing found that these five paintings contained three works of the first order of occupation, one work of the second order of occupation, and one work of the third level of occupation with oil painting techniques.

This level is enough to participate in art exhibitions.

For a mass-oriented art podcast viewer, it is indeed a high-quality product.

In addition, Gu Weijing has a gentle character in traditional oriental culture, although he can clearly see the shortcomings of these works with the assistance of calligraphy and painting appraisal skills.

In the face of Mr. Sloth's inquiry, he will still choose to answer politely and politely.

Why don't you give someone a staircase?

In turn, both Anna and Director Tonks. The works they come into contact with on a daily basis can really be said to be famous paintings, and they are all handwritten by the masters in all directions.

The bar for judging whether or not it is "great" will naturally be higher.

And, there is another important reason.

The traditional social culture of the East is the culture of gentlemen, while Europe and the United States are more inclined to the culture of the strong.

You are awesome, I admire.

You drew poorly, I sprayed you without negotiating.

Westerners think Easterners are hypocritical, and Easterners think Westerners have no brains.

At least Anna thinks that Curator Tonks would never call these five paintings "great."

"Detective Cat, do you have an outline for your speech, Curator Tonks is not a good guest, if you really don't know much about oil painting, you don't know what to say at all...... There's still some time, maybe I can give you some advice? ”

Anna thought about it, but still frowned and suggested.

"I'll give you some advice."

Anna is taking care of the other person's self-esteem by saying this, and more bluntly - if you really don't understand, or I will teach you what to say?

She didn't really want to do that.

Even if you take the analysis of these five works that you give to the other party like an endorsement and read it according to the script, you may not be able to show foreign appearance when you record it.

Anna is a girl with a lot of respect for art.

If the detective cat has good aesthetic ability, she will naturally be very happy.

But if the detective cat doesn't see the reason, especially the four oil paintings and watercolors in addition to the sketches, they don't know how to appreciate it at all.

She understands too.

After all, it's a web illustrator from Algeria.

Anna doesn't ask too much, she just hopes that she can accompany the other party to improve her aesthetic appreciation ability little by little, and Puyu also needs a famous artist to polish it.

However, this kind of behavior of providing the other party with an outline of the speech is suspected of fraud.

"No, thank you for your kindness, but I think I can do it myself."

Seeing that the detective cat rejected her suggestion to help, Anna was a little relieved, but also more worried.

After all, it is the first time for the other party to participate in this kind of big-name level art dialogue, and it is normal to perform poorly.

"I do have something I want to ask you, can I entrust you to help me find it, is there a suitable draft?"

Gu Weijing said his purpose for contacting Mr. Sloth this time.

After seeing the magic of the drawing knife.

Gu Weijing felt that his legendary skill [Knife Painting Method] was now a bit too wasteful as an auxiliary means to paint traditional oil paintings.

The reason why he was able to make money with the trumpet of the detective cat was because of the perfect skill of [Menzel's basic experience in painting].

The Knife Drawing method has an even higher rating on the system panel.

The problem is that pure knife drawing, not a universal illustration skill like sketching, is too narrow.

It's hard to find a suitable assignment online.

He thought of asking Mr. Sloth.

Such a manuscript assignment must be rare, as long as the commission is within a reasonable range, Gu Weijing can accept it.

"Absolutely, I'm honored. It's great that you finally want to paint something more professional. ”

Mr. Sloth didn't mention any rake.

The uncle seemed glad that he was finally not obsessed with just drawing simple anime illustrations on the Internet.

"What type of illustration would you like to receive?" Movie posters, book publishing or ......"

Mr. Sloth asked.

"I'd like to try my hand at the oil painting genre." Gu Weijing typed.

"Oil painting, of course." Anna was pleasantly surprised to see the detective cat's reply.

Online illustration is like a saliva song, and traditional oil painting is like a symphony.

Detective Cat has such good sketching and modeling skills, drawing anime illustrations all day long, just like a piano master who is obsessed with accompaniment to square dances.

Anna has always felt that the other party is not doing his job.

At this time, she was happy to see that the other party was willing to try the subject of oil painting, whether she could paint it well or not.

"What kind of painting do you prefer, classicism? Impressionism? Hyperrealism? Why not try to participate in art exhibitions, there are several art exhibitions in Paris, London, Singapore and Hamburg this year. ”

Anna typed fast.

"Uh, knife drawing...... Is that okay? ”

"Knife drawing?"

Looking at the detective cat's reply, Anna was silent for two seconds, her brow furrowed slightly.

"If you want to learn the painting of oil painting, I can recommend it to you as a good teacher. But...... Draw a knife, with all due respect, ma'am, are you sure you haven't been deceived by someone else? ”

There is a great deal of controversy in painting circles about knife painting.

Whether it's Zhihu in Dongxia, 2ch forums in Japan, or Q&A sites like Quora in Europe and the United States, or any forum about art.

It's easy to find a similar question – "Why is knife drawing so annoying/denigrating?" ”

In the mainstream world of art criticism, professional painters will immediately bring an unfathomable smile to their faces when they hear that a person is good at painting with a knife, and then exchange a tacit look with each other.

Basically, he met a professor in the mathematics department of the university who dropped out of high school, but claimed that he had not proved Goldbach's conjecture in many civilian subjects.

It's not that there's anything wrong with the knife painting itself, it's that there are too many scammers in the knife painting industry.

Knife painting belongs to the category of oil painting, but unlike traditional oil painting, you don't need to be proficient in what art foundation.

It takes time to learn traditional oil painting from the basics, and just the preliminary sketch modeling is enough for a person to learn for several years.

Knife painting is not required.

Theoretically, if you just pick a shovel and stir it in the paint twice, you can also paint it with a knife.

This breeds a lot of scam space.

This Louis is difficult to learn.

Learning to draw professionally is a long process.

Not only does it take a teacher to lead you through the door, but it also takes a long time of practice to develop a sense of familiarity with oil painting knives, which are far more difficult to control than brushes.

Any knife painter who can paint well-known in the world will definitely not spend less energy on the way to painting a knife than a normal person who paints traditional oil paintings.

But on the Internet, you can often see what "zero foundation, one month to learn, two months to master, three months to make a lot of money." The slogan of the painting knife.

This is obvious.

The point is, there are still many people who feel that they can make a lot of money by finding another way.

It doesn't matter if you pay the tuition fee and cultivate yourself, but after three months, a bottle is less than half a bottle, and there are really many people who feel that they are more or less artists.

It's annoying.

(End of chapter)