Hamburg, imitating the "Tea House" garden.

In a quiet study.

After Lao Yang handed the printed photo in his hand to Cao Xuan, he didn't walk away immediately, but said with a smile: "It's like a hundred flowers, and it is called a longevity cup every year." The lad seems to be quite good at talking. ”

He picked up the teacup on the table, poured water for the old man, and his eyes fell on Cao Xuan's face.

Lao Yang couldn't help but be curious.

How would his employer react when he saw such a "special" work?

The lad seems to be quite good at talking.

Lao Yang only said half of this, and there was still half of what he didn't say in his heart, it seemed that he ...... I'm also pretty good at drawing.

How the old gentleman felt about this picture of a purple waterfall rushing down, Lao Yang didn't know.

It scared him out anyway.

Joke.

An assistant is not a partner on the artistic path like an agent.

There is indeed no shortage of assistants and life secretaries in the industry who only do things such as booking air tickets, booking hotels, serving tea and pouring water to buy coffee, and docking customers.

Lao Yang prides himself on being an elegant cultural person!

In the career plan, a hundred years later, Mr. Cao will go to a gallery like Gagosian to make a lot of money as a senior agent.

Broker this profession.

Brokers with connections and resources have the opportunity to develop channels for customers to make money, but there are a few people who can become head brokers who do not have some bigwig connections and cooperation channels in their hands.

Otherwise, why would the gallerist spend millions of dollars a year to support them?

Connections and resources have crossed the threshold of this professional moat, and the art industry wants to stand out in the high-end field.

Whether it's a painter or an agent, what do you rely on?

Since it is called the art industry, the glitz has dissipated, and all kinds of workplace intrigues and intrigues have been exhausted.

In the end, if I really want to beat the final word, I still have to return to the simple two words of "art".

Licking dog licking skills, network resources, and industry experience, these things can be imitated, and they are all very quick to learn.

The understanding of works of art alone, and the understanding of the pulse of the painter's profession, are fundamental learnings that cannot be bought with money and time.

Knowledge is the most valuable asset.

The guy who can eat the word art very thoroughly can become the left and right hand and soul mate that art can't do without the most.

The relationship between a painter and an agent can be more intimate and loyal than that of a husband and wife, but it is not just lip service.

For many ace partners who have cooperated in the industry for many years, they may have a scale so big in their hearts that their wives can play with others, and the agents who can give them unique artistic insights are never willing to change.

It even appeared.

Some ace agents have only represented one painter in their lives, and the agent who has cooperated with the painter for many years died due to an accident, and the artist himself announced that he would close his pen and no longer paint.

Painters and their professional partners.

When the right people meet each other, it is the beautiful story of Yu Boya meeting Zhongzi period, and the mountains and rivers meeting their bosom friends.

In the past, the art agent Luel, who was popular with Monet and Renault, Alena Soberia in contemporary Russia, Tárus in Austria, and Ms. Chen in Dongxia.

These ace agents, who currently earn hundreds of millions of dollars, all made their debuts as artists, and have played important roles like "mentors" and "godfathers" in the careers of painters under them.

Being an assistant next to the great master of art, how can you hear and see it, and learn some real skills.

Patronizing hard slapping and making coffee.

Cao Lao didn't mind, and Lao Yang himself felt panicked.

He doesn't have the blessing to be the partner of Old Man Cao, but as long as he learns a thing and vision, he will be a godfather for a second- and third-tier painter in the future, which is also a very promising and profitable thing.

Lao Yang once suffered a loss in Gu Weijing's artwork, and he didn't care too much about the brilliance of the pigments prepared by the other party.

was furious, and scolded him for scolding him.

Eat a trench and grow a wisdom, Gu Weijing is a little idle fish who has no knowledge in such a project, and it is easy to meet the shallow eye sockets, and a set of expensive custom painting tools can repair the relationship.

There is no white ding around Cao Lao.

He made a similar mistake in the future, and offended some famous artists, even if Lao Yang was willing to give away an open-top sports car, he had to be able to see it.

Therefore, when Cao Lao had lunch, Lao Yang printed the photos sent by Gu Weijing.

Even if I already decided in my heart that this painting was not much better.

He still deliberately spent a little bit of thought, studied Gu Xiaoge's gift to Cao Lao for a few minutes, and waited for a while to correspond to Cao Lao's evaluation, and did questions to exercise his eyesight.

Lao Yang held the mind of looking at it casually, and swept it over shallowly.

Looking at it this way,

Fuck me!

I almost couldn't pull my eyes out.

"Pretty."

These two words were the first thoughts that popped into Lao Yang's heart.

The pen is elegant, staggered, and gorgeous with the pen, delicate but not demonic, and calm.

It's beautiful.

Lao Yang has seen a lot of master-level brushwork, and it is said that this pen power can make him stunned and breathtaking, and it is definitely not enough.

Think about Gu Weijing's age.

Thinking about his youthful pen performance when he was in the Shwedagon Pagoda two months ago, Lao Yang still felt a little unbelievable.

When Gu Weijing was at the beginning of the Shwedagon Pagoda, he could be taken by Cao Xuan's side, and the biggest advantage was that the paint was authentic and antique.

Lao Yang thought it was a little interesting, but it didn't mean much.

It's true that there is aura.

To put it bluntly, it's just that you met the right person at the right time and on the right occasion, and luck accounts for the majority.

What's the use of a good pigment?

Mural restoration is due to the niche field, and modern industrial pigments have developed very well.

Artists are not Breaking Bad, normal painters who are idle all day long and have nothing to do to figure out the recipe of raw materials, be careful to poison yourself with heavy metals.

Lao Yang doesn't have to look down on it.

can delve into authentic pigments, this grasp and intuition of color matching must not be bad, probably this is why Cao Lao is willing to make that bet.

But there's still a long way to go before you can translate that intuition into a down-to-earth skill.

It can often be measured in units of five or even ten years, and only true geniuses have the opportunity to shorten this time by one or two.

And at this moment, two or three months later, the skill of "entering the house" that has been undertaken clearly appeared in front of Lao Yang's eyes.

When the pen and ink should be dry, when it should be moistened, it is smart and orderly.

Chinese painting is very important, and it is actually very difficult to paint the flowers and leaves that are blown off by the wind.

Because it is necessary to pursue the scattered momentum of flowers and leaves, but also to have an overall context, it looks scattered but not scattered, and the audience cannot feel that the painter is like throwing a cloth when painting, poking a stick on rice paper.

Gu Weijing's brushwork does this very well.

Lao Yang's first impression when he saw the photo was that the flowers and leaves all over the paper were as if they had been blown away by a bomb, and they were all over the sky.

Calm down a little.

He tasted that deeper flavor again.

All the flowers and leaves on rice paper have their own veins.

Flying, swirling, and purple flowers float in the air, and you can catch the breath of the wind through the trajectory of the flying leaves and falling flowers.

Lao Yang closed his eyes and could imagine the feeling of the damp water vapor and the fragrance of flowers on his cheeks after the spring rain.

The grainy air, even the mist that is not there, is the same bright purple as the flowers and leaves of wisteria flowers, and the flowers and leaves form a huge purple cloud, and in the center of the cloud is a huge tangled and vigorous thousand-year-old flower tree.

The flowers and leaves in the photo were spiraling by the wind, and Lao Yang's heart also spiraled and floated together.

Tunnel!

It's so authentic!

To sum up in one sentence how authentic the brushwork of this painting is—that is, he Lao Yang felt that with his own craftsmanship, he would not be able to paint such a work with clear and orderly ink color, clear layers, and rigorous intentions.

Don't take the village chief as a cadre, bean bags as dry food, and look down on Lao Yang who can pour tea and water for Cao Lao.

In the 90s, he was admitted to CAFA, took the quota sent abroad by the government to go to the Royal Academy of Art for graduate school, and went to the pinnacle of life from the place where art students in the world and the earth were the most volatile and hardworking, and swept through a group of small-town painters.

Whoever picks up a pen and talks about painting skills, there are not a few brushes.

In his own life story, Lao Yang is also in the eyes of his neighbors, whether he is a "Van Gogh" or not.

It was thrown into the list of experts and masters who went to Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon at the beginning of the year.

Don't say much.

In terms of technique, whether it is Chinese painting or oil painting, Lao Yang is not necessarily a little weaker than Gu Weijing's grandfather, Gu Tongxiang, a local household registration book painter who used to make up the numbers.

If you talk about social status and the ability to grasp the trend of art, hehe, when you tie the three Gu Tongxiang together, tie them together, and meet them on the street, Lao Yang doesn't even look up.

This evaluation is really not low at all.

Think about Gu Weijing's age, think about the dark days when he was out in the cold wind of training, flashlight, nibbling on steamed buns, and practicing his shaping ability.

Lao Yang felt that the god of the dog day was really unfair.

They are all walking on two legs, and a person with a nose out of breath, how can the gap be so big?

He was originally very, very unoptimistic, and Gu Weijing hurriedly painted the works under Tang Ning's criticism.

The four words "kitsch of the penmanship".

Lao Yang had already put it on Gu Weijing's head in advance.

Looking at the painting now, he couldn't say that he wanted to pick it up and lick it back again.

This method is really strong enough.

The point is that the beauty of this painting is definitely not only the good brushwork.

Alone is separated by a layer of photos, it is clear that the wisteria flowers and leaves are falling on the paper leaves, but there seems to be a sense of impact from the rain in the sky, and staring at the painting for a long time, Lao Yang's heart has a whim, and his eyes are shining.

It seems that there is a Lin Zixiang holding a microphone next to him and singing: "Arrogant in the face of ten thousand waves, hot blood is like the red sun, and the courage is like iron and bones like stainless ......steel", which made him feel like wanting to compete with Tiangong.

These two points are not two words of penmanship, which can be simply summarized.

This is a kind of rendering power that can only be expressed in a small part of the masterworks of art museums, which are very rare and rare.

Lao Yang can feel its shocking heart, and wants to go deeper, where does this feeling come from, and how did he draw it...... That's beyond what he can do with his beak.

If he had this level, why should he be an assistant attached to the tree?

Isn't it fragrant to hold your own art exhibition and be served by an assistant as an artist.

"Remarkable."

Lao Yang never thought that in the contest of painting attainments, Gu Weijing and Tang Ning, there is anything that can be compared with each other.

The thought of this would make people laugh off their big teeth never came up for a moment.

Even he felt that even Mr. Cao Xuan himself had never had such thoughts.

Cao Lao appreciates him and appreciates him.

Maybe Gu Weijing really walked shit luck and worshiped Cao Xuan's door, and the old man could also survive ten years and take Gu Weijing with him.

Ten years later, Gu Weijing may have a chance to compete with Tang Ning twenty years ago.

But that must not be now.

Painters don't have to be presumptuous, saying that the ancients must be better than the present, and that the past is derogatory to the present.

But for the young, Mesozoic painters, the painting technique is still learning and growing.

Every year when you are more than ten years old, there will be a significant change in the maturity of your pen and ink style.

This is by no means a tortoise and rabbit race, as long as you work hard, you can catch up, you are working hard, your predecessors are also working hard, talent and environmental conditions may be even better.

How can you catch up?

With the age gap between the two of them, Gu Weijing wanted to really have the qualifications to talk to Tang Ning face-to-face, even if everything went well, he would have to wait until he was fifty years old and began to grow gray hair.

Lao Yang was even a little sad because of this.

Regardless of whether Gu Weijing can really become a talent or not, it will be many, many years after the death of the old gentleman next to him, and Cao Lao will definitely not be able to wait for that day.

Right now.

Gu Weijing's "Wisteria Flower Picture" and Tang Ning's "Hundred Flowers Picture" were put together, and Lao Yang compared them in his memory.

If someone gives him a chance to choose one, then ...... It must be don't talk nonsense, Lao Yang ran away with "Hundred Flowers", and hesitating for a second was disrespectful to Tang Ning's million-dollar market price.

But if you say, which painting is better, Lao Yang likes it more.

Lao Yang is really a little uncertain.

Standing "Hundred Flowers" is because of position and interests.

The station "Wisteria Flower Picture" is because...... It's cutely drawn.

Lovely.

Oh my God! He actually thought that the work drawn by this little boy in Yangon was more cute than the original "Hundred Flowers" that he imitated.

It was the most important masterpiece in Downing's life.

Doesn't this mean that Gu Weijing's painting level has also reached the level of being able to win a gold medal at an art exhibition like the Magic Capital Biennale!

He was even two years younger than Downing back then.

When Lao Yang found this thought in his mind, he felt that he was going crazy.

Whether everyone likes this supporting role or not, this portrayal is indispensable, if you don't write Lao Yang's reaction, why spend time shaping him in the front, then it will become pure hydrology.

(End of chapter)