When the sun turned west again and it was getting late, Gu Weijing finally finished the work at hand.

He lifted his brush and swept it across the canvas in front of him.

"It's a qualified work."

The graphics look pretty good in the end.

Although some of the details of the painting still have slight inconsistencies that need to be polished, the brushwork is still not perfect if you look closely.

But Gu Weijing can still be very proud to say,

The work in front of me is no longer a gimmick specifically for selling points, and it is forced to be painted as a fusion painting.

Now the fusion painting skills I have shown on this canvas have finally begun to have some real "fusion" meaning.

"There are still shortcomings, but this picture is already ready to be exhibited." Gu Weijing licked his lips.

The appearance of this new "Good Luck Orphanage in the Sun" does not show any significant minus points that are obviously incongruous.

Based on the current degree of completion of the work, normally speaking, it has probably passed the threshold of the basic line to be able to participate in the exhibition.

It should not be a big problem to enter the main booth,

If you are lucky enough to not meet a strong competitor, even in an Asian first-line art exhibition like the Lion City Art Exhibition, it is not completely impossible for this painting to win a small award in the corner.

There are also regrets,

For example, the treatment of the characters' demeanor, the subtle portrayal of the eyes, and the contrast between light and shadow are not smooth enough......

In the final analysis, Gu Weijing believes that he has not fully realized the full potential that the original base map should be able to express.

If it weren't for the lack of proficiency in Chinese painting and drawing techniques, it would have become an obstacle for Gu Wei to control the brush.

so

The final result of this painting should be much better than it is now.

The full power of fusion painting is far from being as simple as not subtracting points.

is like a middle school girl, who is obviously the peerless beauty embryo of the fairy sister, but in the end, after being painted by Gu Weijing, she became the magnitude of a beautiful female colleague who can catch the eye.

This in itself shows from the side that he still has not been able to fully grasp the essence of the new style painting and give full play to all the advantages of this painting method.

"Let's take a sixty score for the time being. Continue. ”

Gu Weijing evaluated his overall satisfaction with this work, and then threw away a calligraphy and painting appraisal technique.

[Title: "Good Luck Orphanage in the Sun"]

[Sketch Technique: Lv.4 Professional Painter: 1st Order (2398/5000)]

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[Oil Painting Technique: Lv.5 Professional Painter: 2nd Order (101/10000)]

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[Chinese Painting Technique: Lv.4 Professional Painter: 1st Order (1186/5000)]

[Emotion: A simple work]

The criteria for systematically evaluating works have always been rigorous.

At this time, on the virtual panel,

It still uses two dividing lines on the data bar to remind Gu Weijing that his new style painting level is just enough to see.

It shows that in the eyes of the system, Gu Weijing's technique is far from reaching the point where it can run smoothly and naturally.

When the three painting techniques are compatible with each other, small and unnoticeable gaps still exist.

Even compare the first painting he once painted, "Good Luck Orphanage in the Sun". There is an additional dividing line on the data panel that shows the gap.

Originally, the panel of the first painting was only between Chinese painting, oil painting, and drawing, and there was a striking dividing line in a dark color like a shark's tooth.

Now even the middle of the oil painting and the sketch shows the incongruity. It's just that the dividing line has become much thinner and thinner.

Of course

The extra dividing line does not affect the visual effect of this work, which is much more successful than its predecessors.

The former has only one dividing line, but it completely shreds the effect of the picture.

Because Gu Weijing had only forcibly added Chinese painting techniques that were completely out of tune with the structure of the painting in the original traditional oil painting creation.

The painting method he uses now is a completely different painting theory and art philosophy.

From the moment of its birth, the new style painting was born for the purpose of mixing these three techniques with each other and learning from each other's strengths.

Lang Shining has proved that there is no problem with the theory of painting.

In the end, the reason for the estrangement in the picture is not to blame for the painting method, but simply because of the lack of his painting technique.

To put it bluntly, Gu Weijing just lacks practice.

For example,

The combination of Eastern Xia painting and Western painting,

In the hands of masters such as Lang Shining, it can probably play the effect of 1+1=3, and Gu Weijing tried for the first time, under the mutual influence and interference of the two sides, there may only be 0.3 left.

It's really a bad level that if you draw it, it's better not to paint it.

Judge by this standard.

The painting in front of him now probably gets a rating of 1.1 or 1.2.

It can't compare to the great artists' ability to turn decay into magic, but it is several times better than the perception of his previous works.

Even if there is still estrangement and inconsistency, the effect is slightly better than his use of Eastern Xia painting and Western painting alone.

"Hmm, the emotional evaluation of this painting is only [simple work]."

Gu Weijing shrugged as he looked at the emotional bar.

The second step of the task requires an emotional evaluation of the heart and above to be completed.

After dropping the brush and not hearing the prompt for the task to be completed, Gu Weijing was mentally prepared.

He was a little disappointed in his heart, not too much.

He is not wise that is not wise for himself

In the process of painting, I originally estimated that the emotions of painting this painting can only be regarded as simple at best.

The reason is also very simple,

When Gu Weijing was painting, all his thoughts were focused on controlling the pen, and he didn't have any extra energy at all.

What else can we talk about using works as a carrier to express the painter's emotional appeal?

"I want to be able to integrate my emotions into the techniques of new style painting and complete this systematic task. To estimate the level of Chinese painting and drawing, it should also be necessary to reach the second-level proficiency of the profession in oil painting. ”

Gu Weijing recalled the feeling of using the pen when he was painting just now, and probably made a judgment in his heart.

"Maybe if the oil painting is extraordinarily strong, breaking through the third order of the profession or even the first order of the master...... It may be possible to easily bridge the remaining two together with only outstanding painting skills. Painters also don't feel too much pressure when painting. ”

All in all

Otherwise, the three techniques are not bad, or a certain one is exceptionally strong, and it should be able to meet the requirements of completing the system task.

Gu Weijing looked at the rewards of the chain of tasks on the system panel with a lot of greed, and felt a little impulsive to fight with the [Muse's Blessing Little Candle] he had just obtained.

Gu Weijing thought for a moment, but still shook his head sensibly to deny this idea.

He knew it was completely inappropriate to use his precious one-off skills here.

There are still more than 100 days before the exhibition, and Gu Weijing still has enough time to improve his painting skills in accordance with conventional means.

It is estimated that by May or June at the latest, the rest of the money for "The Little Prince" from the publishing house will be paid.

At that time, Gu Weijing should still be able to get a large amount of free experience points.

He can practice more during this time, and when he has nothing to do, he will draw two pictures of "Good Luck Orphanage in the Sun" first.

Unless there is a clear time limit for creation, or if it is specifically a portrait of the whole family for the employer, it is required to provide a business cooperation that must be completed in a short period of time.

When great painters paint a certain work, it is often very difficult to paint it to their satisfaction.

In particular, some of the most important sketches.

In order to achieve the best results, the artist needs to paint the same subject and the same work over and over again from morning to night. If you don't draw it five or six times, you can draw it hundreds of times.

Even when I have a passion, I paint,

In this way, in the auspicious light of massive practice, I can grasp the great work that makes the audience suffocate because of beauty.

There are opinions and documents that Leonardo da Vinci painted at least three Mona Lisas.

As for Monet's "Haystacks", there are 25 surviving paintings, and the number of "Water Lilies" is about 181~252.

Even according to letters and the recollections of friends, the artist painted for several years in order to grasp the colors and lines of a Renaissance church on the streets of Paris, and there were hundreds of conservative works.

Some painters will ruin a work they are not satisfied with, while others will not.

Gu Weijing felt that he could practice dozens of "Good Luck Orphanage under the Sun" first.

Practice makes perfect!

Even if the technique is insufficient, the experience accumulated from repeated painting can be of great benefit to the final effect of the picture.

Moreover, the creation time that [Muse's Blessing Candle] can activate is actually too short for a painting with a length and width of more than 10 inches.

The painting took much faster than his first attempt, but it also took half a day, from noon to dusk and sunset.

Full of calculations,

The ten minutes or so that the candle was lit were just enough for him to draw a small-sized knife in a hurry.

"Well, pick up the knife and draw...... I had one thing on my mind before I went to bed last night. ”

Gu Weijing scratched his hair and muttered to himself for a moment.

He bent down and found a dark aluminum alloy painttube under the bed in his bedroom, unscrewed the lid on the painttube, and pulled out a rolled canvas from it.

Gu Weijing unfolded the canvas on the table, revealing the shape of a little boy sitting on a sand dune.

This is the "Little Prince on the Dunes at Night" that he painted earlier. The cover art for the new edition of The Little Prince produced by the Scholastic Group.

This painting was carefully received by Gu Weijing into the painting tube and preserved.

For the top group of illustrators,

Many of them are still insisting on pen and paper painting in the 20s of the 21st century.

In the meantime, the deep-seated reasons are behind the high-sounding reasons behind the words "paper and pen can bring better painting texture", "pursuing old-school painting habits", and "only by feeling the friction of the pen tip on the paper can the soul of Lao Tzu's creation be stimulated, otherwise he is just a slave of electronic products".

There's also a very realistic consideration that paper illustrations can be sold separately for money.

The copyright of the characters created by the illustrator and most of the commercial rights associated with them are usually owned by the publisher.

For example, Disney illustrators are absolutely not allowed to secretly draw Mickey Mouse in their personal name after work and sell them online.

Whoever dares to do this will wait to be sued by a lawyer.

The strongest legal department on the surface is not joking with you, and will definitely pounce on and bite like a mad dog.

Similarly

Gu Weijing is absolutely not allowed to wear the waistcoat of a detective cat and create any works about the content of the "Little Prince" character on Fiverr without permission, and he is not even allowed to draw a second adaptation of the character himself.

However, in the absence of a special agreement in the contract, he retains ownership of the original sketch and disposes of it at his discretion by providing the electronic images to the Scholastic Group.

Gu Weijing can sell the original manuscript at will.

The illustrator is not Stan Lee, the godfather of Marvel, Walt Disney, the author of Mickey Mouse, or a big man who has won the Hans Christian Andersen Award.

Modern cartoonists and illustrators rarely sell original works that qualify for special auctions.

It usually belongs to the miscellaneous cultural auction held by Sotheby's and Carlsto from time to time, and is used to sell hot works at the opening.

PAINTERS IN NORTH AMERICA PREFER TO BYPASS MIDDLEMEN AND SET UP EBAY (SECOND-HAND TRADING SITES) ON THEIR OWN. There are also flea markets and pawn shops in the Americas that specialize in these things.

Among the knife paintings created by Gu Weijing, only this cover painting was left by him alone.

Those other Zhang works,

After he passed the sketch to Mr. Sloth and received the reply that the other party had no problem checking the work, Gu Weijing simply shoveled it all away with an oil painting knife.

Scarcity is expensive.

Because the number of works is casually dozens or hundreds of times that of oil paintings and watercolor painters who take the serious art route in the gallery.

The number of works produced by an illustrator in one month is the highest in two years for a serious artist.

The illustrator's original work can't be sold too expensive, and tens of thousands of dollars are very top-notch.

The original manuscript works want to sell for a good price, or a complete set of characters in a certain series, and there are a lot of original manuscripts.

Otherwise, just take out only the few of the best ones and sell them, and destroy the rest to control the number of works in circulation.

He didn't deliberately think about creating a one-of-a-kind product to market.

Gu Weijing didn't think about selling it when he was painting.

It's just that there is no space to dry paintings in the gallery at home, so Gu Weijing took all the canvases for reuse in accordance with his past practice habits.

By the way, I accidentally confiscated it and was seen by my grandfather and aunt.

In the last cover painting, Gu Weijing was not willing to destroy it.

After all, it's the best work he's ever created.

Not only did it contain his own efforts, but Mr. Sloth also worked hard to read the book to him for such a long time, and Gu Weijing was ready to keep it as a souvenir.

After he dried the picture on the windowsill of his bedroom, he rolled it into the canvas storage bucket under the window, and he almost forgot about it.

However, after obtaining the one-time skill of [Muse's Blessing Little Candle].

Last night, Gu Weijing was lying in bed and sleeping, and when he was half asleep and half awake, he suddenly had a bold idea.

This painting is only one step away from the deeper level of the emotional table, which is like window paper.

Several times when he was creating, he felt that the little prince in his pen was about to come back to life, but unfortunately, something was missing in the end.

Gu Weijing previously deduced that the reason why he couldn't pierce this layer of tissue paper when he was creating was because he didn't have a deep understanding of "The Little Prince" enough.

The most profound part of his pen is more of the feeling conveyed by Mr. Sloth through the tip of his pen, rather than something that belongs to Gu Weijing himself.

"The Little Prince" is not enough to impress Gu Weijing.

He didn't really get into the hearts of Saint-Exupéry's characters to resonate enough with the words in the book.

And this,

The current Gu Weijing may have a chance to make up for it.

[Muse's Blessed Little Candle] does not have the ability to improve the already legendary knife painting, but another way to improve another skill may also achieve good results.

Gu Weijing opened the skill panel and looked at the calligraphy and painting appraisal technique that he used most often.

[Active Skill: Calligraphy and Painting Appraisal Technique]

[Current Quality: Excellent]

[Effect 1 (Calligraphy and Painting Appreciation): After activating the skill, you will be able to break down the color, structure and line of a painting. And the information of the painting appears in the panel in the form of data. You can directly contact the physical appreciation of paper works, and you can also appreciate the high-definition electronic album, and the identification effect of the two is different. 】

[Special Effect 2 (Soul Induction): In the process of appreciating the master's paintings, there is a chance to trigger a limited task. Note: Appreciating works that are too high in advance of your current aesthetic attainments may cause additional mental burden to the host, please use skills with caution.

[Special Effect 3 (Skill Advancement): This skill is an upgradeable skill, and after using the Identification Technique 1,000 times, the skill will be upgraded. (Current progress bar: (51/1000)】

[Equipment requirements: Have more than 12 years of relevant experience in the field of art study, appraisal or art criticism, consume 50 free experience points each time you use skills, and have no cooldown.] 】

[Note: The soul absorbs the feelings of another soul to enrich itself, and then returns to the world with richer feelings.] 】

Calligraphy and painting appraisal is almost the most widely applicable skill among the skills given by the system on the virtual panel.

Even in terms of pure quality, the Identification Technique is currently the lowest level among the three skills that Gu Weijing has, and it costs 50 free experience points to use it once.

But it is Gu Weijing's most frequently used skill, and it actually helps him more than the unpopular painting method of legendary knife painting.

Just because it's used too much,

He was a little accustomed to the effects of identification, and he ignored the fact that the Blessed Candle should not only be used in fields directly related to painting, but also in this auxiliary skill.

Even from the very beginning of the system, it is clearly marked that it has the potential to be upgraded.

"Calligraphy and painting appraisal technique, theoretically the skill is called this name, should not only be used to identify painting artworks, but also should be able to disassemble the master's paintings into real lines, so that people can understand the deepest inspiration and thoughts of books and words...... Right? ”

Gu Weijing was a little unsure.

At the moment, this ability is a little bit out of the name compared to the name on its system panel.

Gu Weijing once tried to see if he could use his skills in textual readings, but he didn't have the slightest reaction.

Could it be because the quality of the skills is not enough at the moment?

(End of chapter)