Take the elder route.

Whether it is the art world or the sports world, the circle of agents has long summed up a set of common rules.

In the face of potential stocks that have become famous at a young age, visiting their families more often and gaining the favor of the elders of the other party's family is a very effective way to get twice the result with half the effort.

They became famous too early and made too much money.

The eldest brothers, fathers, and grandfathers in the family often play the role of economic advisors, life planners, and lawyers in a certain sense in their later lives, influencing many of their decisions.

Because you're not a professional, these decisions may not always be right.

But you have to be stupid, professional hunter agents have more room to operate!

The life trajectories of sports superstars such as Schmeichel Jr., Hamilton, Kylian Mbappe and Harry Kane have proven this time and again.

"Mr. Xiao Gu, do you want to paint?"

Hanks saw Gu Weijing take a set of paints and canvases, and walked in the direction of the small studio in Gu's book gallery.

The agent's eyes lit up.

Gu Wei didn't have much time to paint at home after going for a week.

Hanks wants to see with his own eyes the level of Gu Weijing's painting, but has not yet found a suitable opportunity.

The acting painter is an important asset of the gallery,

Originally, before Hanks signed a contract with an amateur painter, according to the process, he needed to spend some effort to observe the artist's work when he painted by himself, and see if there would be any unexpected problems.

It's the same as a footballer who has to have a medical examination before he moves to a club.

However.

Mars III directly called and gave the death order to sign Gu Weijing, so these investigations were omitted.

Maybe today is a good opportunity.

A complete evaluation of the grinding ability of an animal depends on the amount of flour pulled out...... It's not impossible.

But if you don't watch it put on a rope and run twice in the mill.

Hanks always felt like something was missing in his heart, and he was very unsteady.

"I'll take it, I'll take it, you want to paint, I can just help Mr. Xiao Gu by the way."

Hanks ran over and took what Gu Weijing was holding.

He pretended to want to help, and was about to sneak into the studio with Gu Weijing.

"Mr. Marsh, let the young man paint by himself? There's nothing to help with, so you don't go in. ”

Gu Tongxiang coughed lightly twice.

Even if the old man Gu Tongxiang is slapped by the sycophants every day, he is still never sloppy in dealing with his grandson.

In addition to the disciples of the ancient great painters' study and studio, even the sons and concubines of the concubines were not allowed to approach.

If you sneak in without permission, you have to play the board according to the clan rules.

will rely on the opportunity to serve tea and water, and there are more smart people who steal teachers and learn secretly!

On this issue, Gu Tongxiang prefers to be a villain on the bright side.

It's still the same sentence, the art field steals your painting method, steals your creativity, plagiarism this kind of thing, from the art awards in the primary school class, to the top of the pyramid at the level of Picasso and Monet.

None of this is news.

"I'll just take a look, will I still leak Mr. Xiao Gu's painting ideas in advance? He's from our Mars Gallery! ”

Hanks looked resentful.

The young agent looked at Gu Tongxiang with "Lao Tzu is very well-behaved" eyes, and scolded his mother in his heart.

He bothered to lick this old guy so much, chatting in the store during the day, and some customers came to the door to help sell the goods in the gallery store.

In the evening, I practiced Chinese on Duolingo (note: commonly used language learning software), and also signed up for an online one-on-one Chinese teacher practiced speaking for an hour in his free time every day.

Just to make Gu Tongxiang beautiful.

Light "flowers bloom rich" and "both form and spirit" two idioms.

Hanks almost gave his tongue to the bald skin last night, and he licked it with such professional dedication, and this old thing was still guarding him like a thief!

"Isn't it that there is no official agent yet?"

Old Man Gu pretended not to see the resentful look on Hanks' face, turned his head and said slowly.

"Forget it, grandpa, Mr. Hanks wants to come in and see, just come in and see."

Instead, Gu Weijing stood at the top of the stairs, stopped, and said to the agent: "You go in." ”

There's no need to hide it.

He understood his grandfather's caution.

When a painter paints in a public studio outside, he really needs to be shrewd to protect himself from being plagiarized by anyone, and it is not clear what he is talking about.

The agent and the painter are a community of interests to the outside world.

A few months later, he was already sure to become the acting artist of Mars Gallery.

It's no fun to guard against Hanks now.

Showing your painting strength in front of the Mars Gallery can also strengthen the gallery's confidence in yourself.

In addition to those exposure opportunities agreed in the contract in black and white.

Are the galleries willing to tilt more resources to push you, and give you the choice of whether you can save costs or not, and whether you are willing to spend more money to do it more carefully?

After all, it comes down to the gallery's confidence in the artists they represent.

furthermore

Gu Weijing is not going to paint his own fusion painting today.

"Okay!"

Hanks immediately felt that the young man who had not been beaten into an old fritter by society was cute and conscientious.

He didn't wait for Gu Tongxiang to express his opinion, so he walked into the studio quickly.

Gu Weijing casually waved his hand to his grandfather, signaling that the other party was at ease, and walked in.

"I'll stretch the canvas for you."

Hanks wasn't kidding.

His main purpose is to appreciate Gu Weijing's on-site painting level, but when he says to do it, he really does it.

Hanks unfolded and took the canvas from Gu Weijing's hand, wrapped the four corners of the canvas neatly with his hands and feet, and then flattened and fixed the four sides one by one with wide bandage pliers.

After a few brushes, a canvas is stretched.

Neat!

Gu Weijing looked at Hanks with some surprise.

This golden retriever agent looks like the type who talks and laughs with big collectors holding champagne glasses every day, and he is really skilled in stretching the canvas.

Stretching the canvas is both a technical and a physical job.

It should be tense and tight, and it cannot be deformed.

The secret is to use enough force, but not to pull stiffly, and to force evenly at the four corners for cross fixation.

Slightly thinner art students often stretch their canvases and sweat profusely.

Gu Weijing poked the canvas in front of him.

Sometimes, after stretching himself, he could not achieve the state where the warp and weft of the linen canvas and the four borders of the easel were perfectly parallel to Hanks.

"After graduating from university, I worked as a junior assistant in the painting studio of a painter represented by Mars Gallery, and I worked on canvases for half a year. There won't be any problems. ”

Hanks saw Gu Weijing's surprised eyes and smiled proudly.

gallery tradition,

Gallery employees from the Mars family often worked as assistants to great painters for a period of time before becoming full-time agents.

It not only cultivates contacts, but also allows you to get closer to the artist's work and creation status.

With this experience, the agent can "think about what the painter thinks and what the painter thinks" in his future career.

This is a practical theory that you can't learn in any art critique class you take in college.

In the gallery industry, the profession of agent and professional personal assistant is a revolving door that can be converted into each other.

For example, Lao Yang.

He hopes to be Cao Lao's assistant, and with the help of this springboard, he will directly become a top agent with an annual income of one million in the future.

"In addition to stretching the canvas, I can also paint it in white, if you need it, you can also let me brush it next time." Hanks showed his strengths.

The canvases used by Gu Weijing are all semi-finished acrylic canvases.

The surface is machine-coated with acrylic when it leaves the factory.

There are many bigwigs who think that acrylic is an industrial paint that lacks "aura", is rigid and does not have the sun-soaked luster of oil paintings.

Therefore, semi-finished raw linen is used, and the white powder and lithopone powder are coated by hand.

Some painters who pursue antiquity will also use natural rubber made from Tempera or native animal bones.

It's a high-forcing style to play.

The great artist is the center of the art field, and some of them have power and financial resources to be capricious.

If you want a good effect, it's too troublesome, and hiring a few small assistants to stretch the canvas and paint for yourself is not a problem at all.

"That's amazing."

Gu Weijing enviously imagined the life of a high-end artist who even had the canvas and paint handled for you when he opened his eyes.

It's almost like hiring two therapists to massage your shoulders when you paint.

Grandpa and painters like him from poor families used to use even a canvas over and over again.

This is the class gap.

"What is this, where you haven't seen the real waywardness of artists......

Hanks is funny.

The little local painters I didn't know were really cute.

That's where it goes.

I want to travel around the world in a hot air balloon, but suddenly my brain is pumping, crying and shouting that I have to find a team for him in the gallery, and go to the Indian Ocean to fish for the shipwreck treasures of the ancient Arab world according to the ancient Indian scriptures such as "The School of Kings" and "Ramayana".

Just think about the "whimsical ideas" of those giant babies.

Hanks felt like he was going to have a heart attack.

If the strange thoughts that come to the minds of great artists every day are limited to hiring a few assistants to frame his paintings and paint large white powders, these inexpensive hobbies.

The great gallerists can wake up laughing and laughing at night when they dream.

"And even if you need it now, I can help you with an assistant? With an annual salary of about $30,000, you can hire a professional assistant who can help you with daily chores, food, clothing, housing, transportation, and painting. Mars Gallery can help you pay your salary temporarily, which can then be deducted from the sale of artwork at that time. ”

Hanks asked casually.

Gu Weijing shook his head.

He was not so extravagant as to spend $30,000 a year just to let others serve him to paint, and to book himself flights and hotels.

Gu Weijing also has his own assistant.

Uncle Alai's hand that was missing a pinky knuckle would probably not be able to do such a dexterous job as he helped him with the canvas.

Usually I feel very safe.

If you don't eat him or drink him, you can't use it for five hundred dollars a month, it's just cost-effective.

Hanks just said casually, and Gu Weijing didn't care about refusal.

His attention was now completely absorbed by Gu Weijing's movements.

"Don't you paint an exhibition?"

"No, I want to study this impressionist painting again today."

Gu Weijing turned on the fill light on the wall and adjusted the color temperature, so that the original oil painting of Ms. Carroll on the wall looked close to the state of the sun slanting in the early morning sun.

Gu Weijing had already sent a text message to his grandfather before going home.

Let him help take out the "Old Church on a Thunderstorm" from the safe, and hang it in a suitable place with a mirror line on the wall.

Gu Weijing didn't go to the Good Luck Orphanage today, because he hoped to copy Carol's original painting again after his sketching technique was promoted to the second level of the profession.

The progress of sketching is in addition to being able to draw subtle folded lines in small squares.

When it comes to copying paintings, the benefits are also enormous.

To copy the works of the master is to transfer the brushwork of the previous artists to his own canvas, to transfer the lines and shapes of the previous artists to his own canvas, and finally to move the soul of the previous artists to his own canvas.

Accurate sketching and modeling skills are like a calm lake.

It can accurately reflect the lines of the master's works in the heart of the copyist.

"Want to copy?"

"Yes."

"It's also very good to copy, the copy painting you had before looks great."

"Thank you."

"You picked up this painting from a calligraphy and painting stall for almost no money?"

"Painting and calligraphy market, $2,500."

"That's that it didn't cost anything, and this vision is really powerful. I heard that Ms. Sakai is still co-writing a paper with you, and it's ......."

"Mr. Hanks—"

Gu Weijing took out a carbon strip and prepared to replace the sketch pencil to type on the canvas.

But he couldn't stand Hanks asking this and that like a curious baby.

So Gu Weijing stopped what he was doing and looked at Hanks: "I don't want to be rude." It's just that I'm used to paying attention when I'm drawing, so please don't make a sound, okay? ”

Gu Weijing likes to be quiet when he paints.

It doesn't have to be absolutely quiet.

The key is to divide people.

Miss Katsuko Sakai occasionally chatted with each other, analyzing the colors on the canvas and exchanging a tacit glance with each other.

Gu Weijing felt very warm, it was a kind of positive emotional support.

Replaced by Hanks, even though the blonde brother kept praising himself, Gu Weijing still felt a little noisy.

"My fault, quiet, understood, quiet."

Hanks wasn't angry either.

He pinched his thumb and forefinger and pulled them over his lips, smiling and making a gesture to zip his lips.

The painter is the absolute monarch in front of the canvas.

Some painters like to listen to symphonic paintings, and some painters like to listen to the students' propaganda and pat in front of the students in the studio, and the more they paint, the more refreshing they become.

There are also painters who like to be quiet like Gu Weijing.

Hanks thought that young painters of his age liked to be licked by others.

He didn't mind Gu Weijing telling him to shut up.

As long as the painter is fast, it is the right of others to paint as they want.

If Gu Weijing's painting can be sold for Uncle Sakai's price one day.

Even when he paints, he asks himself to pole dance next to him and sing the opera "Turandot" to relieve his boredom. Hanks also didn't hesitate to jump out.

Finally, Gu Weijing, whose ears were calm, began to type the manuscript with a pencil on the sketch canvas.

"Sand ......"

Gu Weijing used a charcoal pen to draw several sets of intersecting lines on the linen canvas straight and lightly.

Lines of intersection crisscross the space, cutting different spaces vertically, horizontally, and diagonally on the canvas, and finally intersect in the depths of the picture.

With Gu Weijing, he carefully drew all kinds of vertical and complex scaffolding-like lines on the linen canvas.

The two-dimensional linen canvas immediately becomes three-dimensional.

Hanks looked at Gu Weijing's sketch sketch from the side, his eyes widened slightly.

"Are you pinpointing vanishing points and eye level? Do you need to make such a complicated sketch to copy an oil painting? He couldn't help but ask.

Vanishing point and eye level are both terms for sketching.

The vanishing point refers to the intersection point where the extension line of each point of the three-dimensional figure extends to the extinction, and the eye level line is a line that divides the field of vision up and down when the painter observes the scene.

Western painting is more realistic and similar than the traditional painting method of Eastern Xia, because there is a complete set of human eye imaging principles based on physical optics behind the sketch.

When I was drawing architecture,

Whether it's a single-point perspective, a two-point perspective, or a multi-point perspective, you need to locate and draw vanishing points and eye level.

Locating the focal point of imaging is not uncommon.

What is strange is that when Gu Weijing was working on a copy painting, the line drawing of the sketch was also too serious and detailed!

Unless it's a complex portrait of a person.

This kind of pencil charcoal pen sketch, isn't it all a hasty pull of two approximate positioning lines and outline drafts, and you can start painting directly?

"Is it really necessary to make it so complicated? And that's just an impressionist painting. ”

"It can give me better positioning and spatial structure with my pen."

Gu Weijing explained casually.

Hanks actually knew the answer to this question in his heart.

Of course it is necessary.

Even if everyone often only makes two sketches when painting oil paintings, a good sketch can bring a lot of information to the creator in the later painting steps.

Don't look at the impressionists, they tend to pay more attention to light and shadow, and do not put too much effort into realism.

But a real sketch master can mark and plan the changes in the contrast of light and shadow in the whole picture in the process of sketching and sketching.

Wait until it's time to switch to a soft pen. I have complete confidence in my heart.

No matter how scattered the color dots on the canvas are, and how the light and shadow of the painting change rapidly, the whole picture will not look messy and disorderly.

It stands to reason that it will not be easy to do this.

If you don't draw well, the more messy the sketch lines on the final sketch will cut the picture, and the bigger it will be.

It's like building a Lego toy, the same Death Star-themed model, one with 300 parts, one with 3,000 parts.

In the eyes of the master, the more parts, the more complex the structure, and the more delicate the final effect.

And ordinary people looked at such a large pile of broken parts, and directly vomited blood and returned the goods, and they didn't even have the courage to fight.

Forcibly fighting is also one less piece for a while, one more piece for a while, and it ends up in a hurry.

It is rare to see such a detailed sketch in copying.

Copying often only needs to grasp the general outline relationship, but what Gu Weijing does is more like completely dismantling the painting in front of him and creating it from scratch.

Hanks glanced at Gu Weijing.

Is the other person really so confident in his sketches, or does he just want to show off in front of him?

Don't make a fool of yourself.

Gu Weijing glanced at Hanks and reminded again, "Please be quiet." ”

"There won't be a next time."

Hanks slapped his mouth and stared solemnly at the canvas in front of the young man.

No matter whether Gu Weijing's next painting is good or bad, he has already been fished up by the other party.

Gu Weijing continued to focus on the canvas.

This was also the first time he had worked on such a complex manuscript.

Because of the lack of sketching and modeling ability and trying to speed up the progress.

When Gu Weijing first copied the old church, he liked to directly use a projector to zoom the picture of "The Old Church on a Thunderstorm Day" to a suitable size and project it onto a blank canvas.

He then slowly traced a few simple curves of Carroll's old church according to the picture, which were used as the positioning of the pen when applying paint.

It's just a shortcut to paint like this, not a long-term solution.

After copying a few of Ms. Carroll's works, and gradually becoming familiar with the structure of "Old Church", Gu Weijing threw away the "crutch" of the projector and began to try to depict Ms. Carroll's pen and example relationships by hand.

In the past, when Gu Weijing copied, the sketch would only be sketched out in a rough manner before the formal use of oil brushes.

He doesn't go out of his way to make a beautiful painting.

With the improvement of sketching techniques, Gu Weijing changed his mind.

Gu Weijing found that thunderstorms and candlelight, which are very important points in the harmony of oil painting brushwork and pigments, have now made a lot of progress.

Only the main building, there are still many imperfections and inconsistencies.

Sketching should help him improve this.

Architecture and drawing have been intertwined with each other since their birth.

Today, with the development and convenience of CFD electronic graphics modeling software, sketching is still a compulsory course for most architectural majors.

In the general culture class, students who are admitted to universities also have to learn sketching.

If you find that you don't have art talent, you can't draw well in sketches, and many universities have to be forced to change majors in the past.

Moving forward to the 21st century,

Skills such as sketching and drawing are as necessary professional skills for architects and draftsmen as eating and drinking.

An architect who can't sketch is like a soldier who can't shoot, and he can't be called an architect at all.

The graphics that are born of all the great buildings are sketches drawn up on paper.

There was a medieval proverb that gravity and the lines of the charcoal pen were the father and mother of castles, palaces and churches.

The painter's modeling ability supports the linear soul at the heart of the architectural drawing.

"Sketch Technique: Lv.7 Master 1st Order."

The appraisal of calligraphy and painting for Ms. Carroll's brush and ink level is a master-level level of both oil painting and drawing.

The brush allows her to capture the chaos of bright thunderclouds and the ethereal light of candles that seem to be woven of colored silk.

The sketch brush defines the structure of the building and grasps the contrast of light and dark atmosphere in the overall picture.

Gu Weijing raised his head and stared at the picture frame on the wall.

From the canvas in front of him, he can imagine the delicate base drawings hidden beneath the paint.

He imagined that Miss Carroll, a female painter with blonde hair, used foggy, layered pencil lines to draw the circular dome of the church little by little, weaving the appearance of this fresh red-walled building on the canvas.

Gu Weijing also began to act in his own hands.

(End of chapter)