"Gu Weijing is a very talented young man. Everyone is from the Dongxia cultural circle, and if you can take him, it can be regarded as a master-apprentice incense. ”

Cao Lao explained aloud.

Cui Xuanyou was reluctant to accept Cao Lao's words.

"That's right...... But in my opinion, this picture is already very good. The colors are smooth and the brushwork is neat, which is worthy of being a young man valued by Master Cao. I think there will be a new star in the Asian painting world in the future. Look at this simple color block, the horizontal and vertical lines are staggered and overlapping in the composition......"

Cao Lao silently listened to the other party's touting of this painting for a few minutes, and Lao Yang wanted to interrupt several times, but Cao Lao stopped him.

The old man didn't say anything, just thanked him politely again at the end, and hung up the phone.

"Heh, just listening to the tone, those who understand know that this is the painting of the child in Burma, and those who don't know think that Zhang Daqian and Mondrian have their souls possessed. If you don't want to teach, you won't teach, and no one will force him, who is he Cui Xuanyou playing for? ”

Lao Yang laughed angrily when he heard it.

painting circles,

scolding your work in private is to look at you.

This kind of private occasion to ask others for advice, willing to criticize you, is really good.

And blowing other people's immature paintings to the sky is either perfunctory or killed.

Cui Xuanyou's set of words is very common,

It's also very "official".

It is commonly found in the euphemistic and polite rhetoric adopted by artists in order to cope with all kinds of forcibly vassal elegance to come to the door to appreciate their "masterpieces" and difficult to deal with local bosses.

But in front of Cao Xuan, he still did this,

Is this really when Old Man Cao is already old and confused?

"Well, understandable. In the matter of learning art, it is love to be willing to teach, and it is duty not to be willing to teach. ”

The little old man waved his hand.

Cui Xuanyou made it clear that he didn't want to point fingers.

Cao Lao didn't have much to do.

"He doesn't want to give me, so I'll teach it myself. The painting style of Chinese and Western fusion has clever methods and stupid methods. Since there is no shortcut, the only way to do this is to practice honestly and stupidly. ”

The little old man shook his head.

If there is no Zhang butcher, it is not necessary to only gnaw on hairy pigs.

With Cui Xuanyou's successful experience in teaching Xiao Cui, he can certainly save a lot of trouble.

However, in the case that people don't look down on Gu Weijing, Cao Lao also has an alternative.

"Stupid? Are you referring to ......"

Lao Yang asked curiously.

"Do you know line sketching, when I was young, I went to the old magic capital to visit Mr. Xu Beihong, and he mentioned an idea to me......"

Cao Lao seems to be stuck in the memories of the past.

line drawing sketch,

This way of painting practice was born out of the ideas of the masters of modern Chinese painting.

As early as the early 20th century, Mr. Xu Beihong and other predecessors of Chinese painting began to advocate that the artistic path of Dongxia should not rest on its laurels, but should take the road of integration of China and the West.

The final product of the transformation is line drawing sketching.

A line drawing sketch is similar to a stick figure sketch,

It is a fusion of Western Quick Sketch painting and Chinese Gongbi painting "straight to take" and "straight to take the form of the god" painting understanding.

It is a kind of Western-style skeleton and oriental spirit of Dongxia's unique sketching method.

Compared to traditional sketches,

It replaces the accumulation and laying out of large areas of gray shades in sketches with pure and extreme lines, blends and takes the traditional Chinese gongbi painting white strokes with the divine meaning of brushwork, and pursues the most concise lines to summarize the outline characteristics of people and buildings as the ultimate goal.

This is a pioneering way of artistic practice in recent times.

The line drawing sketch can not only alienate or make use of light and shadow, but also not deviate from the essence of Chinese painting with the theme of "line", which greatly simplifies the original complicated and complicated painting process of sketching.

"It turns out that you want Xiao Gu to practice line drawing sketching, which is hard work."

Lao Yang pursed his lips slightly.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with the solution proposed by Cao Lao, but line drawing sketching was a method developed by a number of great painters who studied both China and the West in the last century.

There shouldn't be any problems either.

But it's really stupid.

Lao Yang is also an art major and knows the hardships of this kind of painting.

Line drawing sketching is similar to drawing a sketch using the white drawing technique of Chinese painting, although the large area of shadow and tone in the sketch is removed.

But also because of conciseness,

The control of the pen is more demanding, and the effort is actually more consuming.

Oriental painters, when painting white drawings, it is common to ponder the curve of a skirt on a lady's picture all morning.

And a line sketch has hundreds or thousands of lines, to say the least.

This kind of painting practice, like a calligraphy lover dipping water on the felt over and over again, is very boring.

For young people who are not quiet enough, it is even more torture.

Lao Yang is neither optimistic that Gu Weijing can have this calmness, nor is he optimistic that he can suffer from this.

To practice line drawing, you can only polish one stroke at a time to develop your proficiency in brushes.

It's the so-called water mill kung fu.

And it's hard to say when it will be finished.

Some people may be able to draw a taste after one or two hundred pictures, and some people may be just getting started after three or five years.

"If you want to paint well, how can you do it if you don't want to endure hardship?" Cao Lao said calmly.

……

Gu Weijing received a call from Lao Yang.

"Gu boy?"

As soon as he connected, he heard a little old man with a somewhat hoarse voice coming from the phone.

"Old Cao, is that you?"

Gu Weijing didn't expect that Elder Cao would contact him personally, and his heart skipped a beat.

"I saw that painting, and the idea is a little interesting...... Cao Lao said lightly.

"Thank you, Mr. Cao."

Being praised by Cao Lao, Gu Weijing is still quite excited.

At the very least, there is nothing wrong with his style.

"Don't be too happy, I'm not here to praise you."

Cao Lao's tone became stern: "Let me ask you, the reason why you want to paint fusion paintings is because of the Singapore Art Biennale?" ”

"Yes, that's right."

Gu Weijing didn't dare to pretend in front of the old gentleman, and honestly admitted it.

The main objective reason for him to try this style is to go for easy awards.

"Opportunistic! It's not a good habit to not honestly improve your drawing skills, and you want to run before you learn to walk. ”

Mr. Cao Xuan first criticized in a rather severe tone.

Although Cao Lao liked his courage in his heart, he would not give Gu Weijing a chance to be proud and complacent.

"Your painting is only worth looking at. I can only use eight words to evaluate the work itself, the heart is higher than the sky, and the life is thinner than paper. The picture performance is a mess, not in the middle and not in the foreign, such a fusion painting really makes people laugh off their big teeth. Just because of your ability, you also want to win awards? Pipe dream. The little old man reprimanded.

Gu Weijing was a little astringent.

He knew that Cao Lao's words were not good, but they were all the truth.

"Please teach me Mr. Cao."

He respectfully pleaded for advice.

"Teach you? Hmph, that's not easy to say......" Mr. Cao Xuan snorted, "Let me ask you first, do you really want to paint fusion paintings?" ”

"Of course."

"If you only regard this style of painting as a shortcut to winning an art exhibition, I advise you to die of this heart early, this road is not easy to follow, and it is not a shortcut you use to take shortcuts."

Cao Xuan's tone didn't mean anything joking.

"If you really want to paint this kind of painting, you have to give me a solid picture. Regardless of whether or not you can draw something you like before the art exhibition, I won't allow you to change your path. Without this mentality, trying to try this difficult style is just irresponsible recklessness. ”

"The choice is yours, you can think it over and then tell me the answer."

"You regret it now, I don't blame you."

The little old man's voice came from the microphone: "But I don't want to hear it, after you practiced for a while, you told me again that this road is too difficult." I don't want to go. ”

"Cao Lao, I want to paint."

Gu Weijing didn't hesitate too much.

This style of painting is very suitable for the Singapore Art Exhibition, and it is also suitable for He to have a systematic himself.

Whether from a short-term benefit or a long-term perspective,

The fusion painting style is a painting method that he will not regret.

"Good! Courageous. ”

The old gentleman's tone was full of relief, "In that case, I have two suggestions on how to bridge the discord between oil painting and Chinese painting. ”

"Speak, please."

"First of all, in the big picture, I suggest you look at how the relatively mature East-West fusion art styles are doing."

"Do you mean Zao Wou-Ki or Wu Guanzhong?"

"No, I'm referring to court paintings from the middle of the Qing Dynasty onwards."

Cao Lao explained: "When modern art masters like Zhao and Wu began to paint and try to integrate styles, their art concepts were already quite mature. Relatively speaking, you are still too immature at present, and it is too difficult to learn and copy directly. ”

To learn Romanticism, first learn Turner, learn Critical Realism, learn from the Russian painter Varisi, learn from the Separatist learn from Klimt, and learn Aesthetic first look at Edward Jones.

Trying to understand what an art style looks like when it first begins to develop is less difficult for a student who is just trying a new style.

In the Qing Dynasty, Lang Shining was the representative of the new style painting of the court, in fact, in the process of birth, there was a little sense of necessity.

Lang Shining and other European painters originally planned to recommend pure oil paintings to the Qing court, but Emperor Kangxi didn't like it and didn't buy it.

In the era of feudal dynasties, regardless of the East and the West, the employer had the final say on what style the painter painted.

This changed the style of fusion painting.

This deliberately created product can more clearly reveal the traces of the initial collision and integration of the two cultures.

Cao Lao then suggested that Gu Weijing go to appreciate the court paintings after the middle of the Qing Dynasty.

"Your ancestor was a court painter, so you should understand what I mean."

"Understood."

Gu Weijing is clear.

"It's a macro art direction, and in terms of detail, you need to practice a lot of line drawing and sketching. This is to exercise your ability to use the pen. You know what line sketching is, right? ”

"I understood."

Before meeting Cao Lao, Gu Weijing's first dream for university was CAFA in Dongxia.

CAFA is one of the best art schools in Asia, and its portfolio requirements for international students to apply include line sketching.

Gu Weijing knows what line drawing sketching is.

"Drawing lines and sketching students should also be drawn carefully, and every stroke must be carefully drawn. I put forward two requirements for you, the first is to use the pen with the idea of white drawing. Second, use a pen to draw and don't give yourself a chance to make mistakes. Only by retracting and releasing freely can we embrace all rivers. ”

Cao Lao concluded.

When drawing line sketches, many people like to understand them completely with the thinking of pure simplified sketches, which loses the unique charm of Chinese painting in their works.

And with a pen, it's more about exercising control.

Unlike hard pencils, which can be easily altered, fountain pens reduce a great margin for error, every line needs to be well thought out, and with a slight flick of the wrist, your painting is finished.

Both of these suggestions can be considered golden advice.

……

Gu Weijing put down the phone, walked around the courtyard of the orphanage, and found his current queen model not far away, a jasmine child who was silently watching him draw.

Compared to the noisy children in other orphanages,

Miss Jasmine has always been very well-behaved.

She's just used to being lonely, and she's a little sticky to show her kindness.

Gu Weijing had time to play with her, and she was very happy. didn't have time to play with her, Jasmine's little friend just hugged the doll and watched, not noisy or noisy.

The sensible one is distressing.

Gu Weijing has always felt that he has gained more from Miss Jasmine than he has given to his children.

Not to mention the value of the missionary diary obtained from the janitor uncle.

Jasmine's children also have a quiet atmosphere, whenever Gu Weijing is irritable when painting, as long as he sees the figure of the little girl in his sight, his mind will become peaceful.

This time too.

If the line drawing is fast, it only takes ten minutes to draw a picture.

But when he tried to use the pen to create with the idea of white strokes, the speed became much slower.

Jasmine's long hair at the back of her head, in particular, will show almost parallel curves with hundreds of millimeters of spaced apart on paper.

As long as there is a line that is not pulled well,

Gu Weijing can start all over again.

He sat quietly under the tree for an afternoon, and Miss Jasmine accompanied him for an afternoon.

When the sun set in the western mountains, Gu Weijing finally completed the first line drawing sketch after several failures.

He let out a slow breath.

[Title: Jasmine Under the Tree]

[Sketch Technique: Lv.4 Professional Painter: 1st Order (1731/5000)]

[Chinese Painting Technique: Lv.4 Professional Painter: 1st Order (621/5000)]

[Emotion: Feeling in the heart]

"It feels right this time, besides...... There is no color interference, and if you just control the lines, it is much less difficult. ”

Gu Weijing nodded, although this practice method was a little troublesome, but the annoying sense of separation never appeared when painting.

In general, the drawing is very smooth.

"Ding, you have a new mission."

Gu Weijing heard the prompt of the system panel in his ears, and he opened the virtual panel.

[Serial Mission: Fusion Painting - Embrace All Rivers (1/3)]

[Current task content: Complete 100 character line sketches with different themes.] (Note: Among them, more than 20 works that have reached the rating of feeling are required)]

[Current Task Reward: Knowledge Card - "Summary of the Essence of New Painting" Lang Shining]

(End of chapter)