Chapter 21 Painting Bamboo
Xian'er is in the small courtyard, drawing little doll clothes and pants with colored pencils, small skirts, painted in different colors, full of childlike fun, and a learning machine is placed next to it, in which English nursery rhymes are played, the music is melodious and the singing voice is very crisp and pleasant, Lu Xian'er is humming songs along with the music while drawing, looking very enjoyable. Mrs. Lu came over with a plate of roasted sweet potatoes, "Xian'er, the freshly baked sweet potatoes are sweet, grandma will peel them for you to eat", the roasted sweet potatoes were eaten in her mouth, and the soft and glutinous sweetness made Xiao Xian'er squint her eyes, and reached out to stuff the roasted sweet potatoes into Grandma's mouth, "Grandma, you can eat them too, the sweet potatoes are sweet and delicious." Grandma smiled and ate roasted sweet potatoes, and glanced at the picture drawn by Xian'er, "Xian'er's little clothes are quite good-looking, Xian'er baby, do you like painting very much" "I like it", Xiao Xian'er said while eating, and Mrs. Lu looked at Xian'er thoughtfully. In the evening, Mrs. Lu and her husband Lu Yunsheng chatted, "Master, our Xian'er has always liked to paint, and she is also very talented in painting, why don't you also hire a professional painter to teach her", grandfather Lu Yunsheng was silent and said, "Yes, as long as Xian'er likes us, we will support it, but she will not be too tired when she is so young", Mrs. Lu thought about Xian'er and said distressedly, "I am also afraid that this child is tired, but seeing that she draws things with colored pens all day long, and I think it is better to find someone to guide her than to draw blindly there, As for which direction Xian'er will develop in the future, it is up to her to choose, what we can do is to cultivate her interest and do a good guide, that is, to let her have a better choice in the future", grandfather Lu Yunsheng thought about it, "I know a painting master who has retired, his daughter just happened to work in Hangzhou, he likes the scenery of Jiangnan very much, so he will come to his daughter's house to live for a while, I will go to ask him tomorrow, beg him to teach us Xian'er to take Shijun with him, see if he agrees or not."
Lu Yunsheng's painter friend is called Zhu Li, who once owed Lu Yunsheng's father a favor, and saw Lu Yunsheng come over to plead him to teach painting for his grandchildren, and he was secretly dissatisfied, after all, he was a dignified university professor, and let him teach painting to two children who were not yet directors, which was simply too big and useless, and he was somewhat unwilling, especially when he learned that the other one was a four-year-old child, he suddenly felt even more unhappy. Painter Zhu Li has a son and a daughter, his son became a home in the north, his daughter became a home in Hangzhou in the south, he retired to Jiangnan, lived in his daughter for a while, it can also be said that he came to his daughter to cultivate his body, his daughter has a child, his name is Qin Jiayi, he is more than six years old this year, he is a pink and cute little girl, six years old is a fun-loving age, he wants to teach his little granddaughter to paint, but his granddaughter is very squeamish, and he has no patience to paint after two strokes, and he also finds various reasons not to work hard, I don't want to restrain the children more, so I don't force myself to play with my little granddaughter. It's good now, my friend Lu Yunsheng wants to push his younger granddaughter to him to learn to paint, I really don't know what to say, I will cry at any time when I am so young, I need someone to coax me to play, what system to learn to draw, just let the child draw and play, but my friend Lu Yunsheng is still very serious, especially to teach this little granddaughter, grandson learning to paint is incidental, saying that his granddaughter's painting talent is very good, and he actually made himself a little crying and laughing, But after all, he owes the Lu family a lot of favors, and he still has to give this face. After discussing teaching a class once a week, Lu Yunsheng was relieved and very happy when he saw that his friend Zhu Li agreed to teach his granddaughter and grandson painting.
The Lu family specially prepared a large study room for the two children as a painting studio, spacious and bright, two pots of pothos branches and leaves are verdant, placed on the windowsill to be quiet and eye-catching, bright light shines into the studio through the window, one left and one right put two large desks one high and one low, all of which are one meter three long and one meter wide can be spread with drawing paper, two chairs next to the desk, two chairs with a blue cushion, directly in front of a large desk, next to a Taishi chair, the chair also has a sky blue cushion, each table has a set of four treasures of the study, concise and warm makes people feel warm and comfortable, which shows that the people who arrange the study are very attentive. The painter Zhu Li called and told Lu Yunsheng that it was best to install two larger wooden easels in the teaching house and put them together to facilitate teaching, and Lu Yunsheng hurriedly found someone to install the easel. In the early morning of Sunday, Lu Yunsheng and his wife stood at the gate with their son and daughter-in-law, warmly greeted the painter Zhu Li, drank tea in the living room, and the painter Zhu Li came to the study with Lu Yunsheng, the painter Zhu Li's face looked at everything in the study with a serious expression, there were two children in the study, one big and one small, were waiting for them to arrive, the older boy was handsome and sunny, and was looking at himself with respectful eyes, Zhu Li's heart was very satisfied, and he looked up at the little girl on the side, At first glance, I was very attracted, the little girl was wearing a small blue down jacket, blue down pants and white boots, and the two bags on her head were tied with small green velvet flowers, and the big black jewel-like eyes were emitting a curious luster, green like a green lotus, and the talking eyes flashed to look at themselves, and the light outside the window was shining on the little girl's body, as if adding a layer of luster, pink and cute people couldn't help but like it. Grandpa Lu Yunsheng smiled and shouted, "Shijun Xian'er came to say hello to the teacher", the two children politely shouted "Hello teacher", the painter Zhu Li nodded "Hello", carefully observed the two children, the two children stood here without impatience, it can be seen that the two children's hearts are very good, and their hearts can't help but settle down. Lu Yunsheng looked at the painter and said, "Then it's troublesome for Brother Zhu", Zhu Li nodded and said, "Brother Lu, go get busy, everything here has me", Lu Yunsheng told the two children to listen to the teacher's words well, and then walked out of the study.
Painter Zhu Li asked the two children to sit in their respective positions, introduced themselves and said that their name is Zhu Li, you can call me Teacher Zhu in the future, let the two children introduce themselves, the older boy stood up and said, "My name is Lu Shijun, eight years old this year, a second-grade student", the little girl learned from her brother to stand up "My name is Lu Xian'er, I am four years old this year, and I have not yet gone to school", the soft and glutinous voice is particularly good, Zhu Li, in the studio, couldn't help but want to laugh but couldn't help it, and coughed lightly, "From now on, I will teach you to paint, You must study seriously", the two children nodded earnestly. "You see bamboo on both sides of the road in Zhuhua Town, and you also have several bamboos at home, today we will teach you to draw from bamboo in our first lesson", said and picked up the drawing paper from his desk, walked to a wooden easel in front of him, fixed the painting paper with a prepared clip, and then dipped the brush in ink on the painting paper to draw bamboo poles, bamboo branches and bamboo leaves, the brush swayed freely in the hands of the painter, the ink was layered and outlined, and after a while, a beautiful ink and bamboo painting was displayed in front of the two children. The two children were very interested, and then the painter took a piece of drawing paper and sandwiched it on another wooden easel, and stood with another paintbrush dipped in green paint, and drew bamboo poles, bamboo branches and bamboo leaves on the drawing paper, and a verdant green bamboo painting was presented in front of the two children, and the two children looked at the verdant bamboo painted by the painter with wide eyes. The painter Zhu Li stopped his pen and asked the two children, "How do these two paintings make you feel", the boy Lu Shijun directly said, "These two bamboos are very beautiful and people like them", and the little girl Lu Xian'er looked at the two paintings for a while and said, "The bamboo painted in ink is very atmospheric and heavy, and this green bamboo makes me feel very comfortable, as if I have the feeling of breathing life." The painter Zhu Li was stunned for a moment, and looked at the little girl in front of him in disbelief, is this what a four-year-old child said? I'm afraid that some college students may not be as good as what this little girl said, what the little girl said is really the center of an arrow, which makes people can't help but be impressed.
The painter secretly took a breath, no wonder Dr. Lu specifically pointed out that he should teach his little granddaughter well, it turned out that this little girl was really talented in painting, and couldn't help but feel a little ashamed of her original idea, she had been bound by the world's eyes for too long, and it was really an eye-opener to come out for a walk, and I couldn't help but sigh in my heart. Painter Zhu Li nodded and said, "You two are very good, especially Xian'er is clearer." Walked to their desks, let them pick up a small brush dipped in ink, learn his technique to draw bamboo leaves, first down a little stroke to pull down, and then close a small willow leaf like a leaf out, the two children tried to draw, silently with a small brush to learn, the painter Zhu Li held their little hands to hold the pen and patiently taught them, how to enter the pen, how to do the pen, how to put the pen, because they just learned, let the two children continue to practice painting the simplest bamboo leaves, painted two hours of bamboo leaves, the big boy was obviously a little impatient, The little girl was still painting very quietly, and the painter Zhu Li's eyes were bright and she looked at the little girl, obviously the little girl Xian'er's understanding and patience were better. After lunch, after a short rest, the painter began to teach them to paint bamboo leaves, but this time the painting is a bamboo leaf with upward growth, fluttering and flying, lying upside down and so on, the two children painted seriously, obviously more interested than painting simple bamboo leaves, looking at the serious attitude of the two children, the painter Zhu Li nodded with satisfaction.
The painter Zhu Li was sent back to Hangzhou by the Lu family driver, and when he arrived home, he saw his little granddaughter Jiajia, only to see Jiajia pounce on his grandfather's arms and coquettishly, "Grandpa, where have you been today?" Jiajia misses you", the painter Zhu Li laughed happily, hugged his little granddaughter and kissed "Grandpa also misses Jiajia", and then put down her granddaughter and asked her to play by herself, daughter Zhu Yuerong is wearing a casual suit, long hair shawl, looking elegant and intellectually beautiful, handing a cup of tea to her father, smiling and saying, "How about teaching painting today, are the two children obedient", the painter Zhu Li drank the tea in the cup in one go, and said to his daughter with a smile, "I picked up the treasure today, fortunately I promised to teach these two children to paint", Daughter Zhu Yuerong looked at her father in surprise, seeing that he was in a very good mood, and asked with a smile, "What treasure have you picked up, look at your happiness" "Yuerong, your little granddaughter of Uncle Lu is really talented in painting, I was so surprised", so the first feeling of seeing the two children today, how to make the two children comment on the scene of the two bamboos they painted, told her daughter one by one, especially the little girl said that the ink bamboo has a sense of heaviness, and the green bamboo has a sense of life breathing, which also shocked Zhu Yuerong, Zhu Yuerong heard that the little girl is indeed very talented in painting, and it is really rare to be able to calm down and paint at such a young age, and she is also happy for her father, "As long as the child is obedient, you don't have to worry too much, I will rest assured", Jiajia, the granddaughter who listened to them, blinked and looked at her grandfather with big eyes, snuggled into her grandfather's arms and said, "Grandpa, I am also very talented in painting, isn't it"? The painter Zhu Li smiled and doted on her little nose and said, "Our Jiajia is also very talented", Zhu Yuerong saw her daughter like this, and knew that her daughter was a little jealous of her grandfather's praise of others, and Xiuya's face couldn't help laughing. Painter Zhu Li came to Lu's house after a week, checked the homework of the two children to paint bamboo leaves, a thick tower full of bamboo leaves of the paper presented in front of his eyes, it can be seen that the two children are not lazy, but also very serious to draw bamboo leaves, the painter Zhu Li is very satisfied, so he praised the two children, and then the painter began to teach the two children to draw bamboo branches, with their hands holding the hands of the two children, teach them how to start the pen, how to draw bamboo branches, how to express the light and shade of bamboo branches, sure enough, the little girl is practicing alone, the understanding is fast and the progress is very fast, The boy was just decent in the process of painting, and then the painter taught the two how to draw bamboo poles, the painting method is similar to painting bamboo branches, more than two hours, the painter Zhu Li left homework for the two children, "observe your own bamboo, use a pen to paint more bamboo and copy the teacher to paint ink bamboo, in short, it is diligent practice, and you will check it next time you come", when Dr. Lu sent the painter Zhu Li out of the door, Zhu Li smiled and said, "Brother Lu, your little granddaughter's understanding is really not ordinarily good, people like it very much, you must cultivate it well", Dr. Lu listened to the painter Zhu Li's praise of his little granddaughter, and nodded very happily.
In the courtyard of the Lu family, Xian'er and Shijun carefully observed the bamboo, the size of the bamboo leaves, the direction of the bamboo branches, and kept drawing the bamboo on the white paper with a small brush dipped in ink, the adults of the Lu family quietly watched the two children draw on the side, and sometimes they also talked about their feelings about the bamboo, providing reference for the two children, the two children listened carefully to the words of the adults, nodded and continued to observe the bamboo, and kept drawing, the two children were very serious, outlining the bamboo poles, bamboo branches, bamboo leaves, Because the two children kept drawing with a brush, the small brush became more and more proficient, the two children copied a pair of ink bamboo painted by the painter, and another Sunday the painter came, looked at the two children's paintings, smiled on their faces, praised the two children, and made some pointing, let the two children observe the shape of the bamboo, stretch the angle, and strive to do it in the chest, according to the memory of the heart to draw bamboo, and the dynamic static of the bamboo did an analysis, to the two children to understand to paint, Strive to do it in the heart". In this way, every week in the painter's continuous guidance, the two children have made great progress in painting, and when the painter comes another Sunday, the two students can paint bamboo freely, but the obvious bamboo painted by Xiaoxian is very spiritual, and the dynamics are very strong, the bamboo drawn by Shijun is relatively rough, the painter praised the two children, and asked the two children to comment on each other, the good and bad places of the bamboo drawn, so that they can understand the beauty of the bamboo again, continue to paint bamboo, and make a comment, pointing out the angle of bamboo shading, The focus of the light allowed the two students to continue to practice drawing bamboo.