The crisp sound was like two pebbles thrown into the middle of a lake, immediately causing ripples to ripple around the gloomy and dark forest.
Ai Lan couldn't help but cry out "Ouch".
Look around again. Wherever there is any gloomy atmosphere, everything is indescribably charming.
However... the scene was awkward for a while.
Li Shi looked at her. She was holding an umbrella with one hand and covering her buttocks with the other. She looked down at the 28 cm long dead branch on the ground. It should be a pine tree. The bark was withered and yellow, but because it was thicker, It looks pretty solid.
Aya couldn't help but turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"
Li Shi, who had already stopped his hand, was very calm. He had half stood up, but now he was sitting on the stone again. He held the paintbrush in his right hand and said, "It's okay, there were mosquitoes just now."
Aya asked doubtfully: "It's winter and there are still mosquitoes?"
Li Shi was still very calm: "Did it rain just now? Moreover, this is a forest, dark and humid, and it is easy for mosquitoes to breed. By the way, Xiaoya, get your pose right so we can finish the painting as soon as possible."
Aya glanced at her sister who seemed to be in a bad state, turned around suspiciously, and continued to pose with her hands.
Maybe it was the two slaps that felt so good as a punishment. After that, Ailan became a lot more "behaved" while painting, but Aya still maintained her previous state, with a little "interference" from time to time.
Li Shi ignored them and concentrated on creating.
He had high hopes for this painting, and he tried his best to bring out the best in each stroke.
After twenty minutes, even if they took turns posing, the twin sisters were exhausted.
Just when they felt that their hands were so sore that they could no longer hold on, Li Shi finally stopped writing and said: "Okay."
Ailan, who was posing in the front, returned, rubbing his arms, and looking at the picture book in front of him with Aya, who was holding an umbrella.
"Wow!"
The steady Ailan didn't say anything, but Aiya couldn't help but marvel.
Both of them subconsciously ignored the environment in the painting and focused directly on the back of the graceful girl - this is them, their figures are so slim and beautiful, especially their round hips and waistline, Li Shi’s paintings are simply...
Ai Lan suddenly remembered that Li Shi had said before that painters paint the scenery in their eyes, so her and her sister's body...are they so beautiful in his eyes?
She couldn't help but raise her head, turned to look at Li Shi, and then was stunned.
Why does Brother Shi look a little disappointed on his face?
After Li Shi confirmed that there was no addition or deletion to the painting in front of him, he stared at it for a few seconds. When the feeling of upgrade did not come through, he couldn't help but call out the study panel with some disappointment and "take a look". .
The feeling of "breaking through" is stronger than before.
It’s really just a little bit closer.
The long stick of breakthrough seems to have already touched the membrane blocking the front of (Mastery+). As long as you move forward a little further, you can break through!
Li Shi suddenly realized that he might have to use the shortcomings in the study project to make up for this. In his natural landscape sketches, he has already painted hilly fields, beautiful green mountains, flowers, plants and crops, rocky mountains and shrubs, night sky and sea of stars...
"If there are any shortcomings in natural scenery, it is that we have not painted certain styles of mountains, such as the strange dangers of the Zhangjiajie Mountains, the majesty of Mount Tai, etc., as well as plateaus, seas, grasslands... But there are thousands of scenery in the world. , The scenery in each region is different, so there is no reason to paint them all in one go. What I need to capture is the experience of expressing the image of natural scenery, which I have accumulated through many sketches."
"So, actually, landscape sketching went more smoothly than imagined."
"This shortcoming may no longer be landscape sketching, but..."
Li Shi quickly went through the process of learning painting in his mind.
Finally, we settled on “Body Sketching”!
“I used to draw the human body when I was touching bones, but at that time, the focus was on the objective structure and form of the human body itself, and the image expression of the human body was not involved at all, so it was more like doing experiments to accumulate basic subject knowledge, rather than artistic creation. "
After clarifying his thoughts, Li Shi immediately took out his mobile phone from his pocket. Under the surprised eyes of the two sisters Ailan and Aiya, he called his assistant Zhang Huijing and asked her to organize a studio at the Tanzhou activity base. Come out and use it after you return to Tanzhou in a few days.
He originally wanted to ask his assistant to find a mannequin for him as a backup, but he took it back when he spoke.
I thought, I’d better find this kind of model myself.
After all, you know your own aesthetic best.
After hanging up the phone, Li Shi put away his painting book and continued to visit Zixia Cave with his sisters.
This attraction is indeed in ruins.
The Zixia Temple inside has been labeled as a "dangerous building", and a notice board has been placed at the door.
Li Shi painted another sketch at the door, focusing on expressing the image of "ruin" resulting from the combination of humanistic scenery and natural scenery.
He adjusted his mentality before painting and still devoted himself wholeheartedly. To be honest, the painting was pretty good, but there was no breakthrough. He called up the study panel to check, and the feeling of bite did not become stronger. It was basically the same as before. Almost - this side proves that Li Lishi's previous thinking is correct. Now it is no longer landscape sketching that restricts his breakthrough and upgrade.
"I originally thought that I would have to finish painting several different styles of mountains in Langshan and Zhangjiajie. Unexpectedly, the progress of the natural scenery sketching was much faster than expected. This can be regarded as an unexpected surprise. However, I still have to go to Zhangjiajie, and we can't unload it. We agreed to take the two sisters on a trip to relax."
"These two sisters have very good personalities, and it's quite fun to hang out with them."
"And according to the original plan, after (Proficiency +), we must comprehensively consider breaking through the creation of female portraits (Proficiency -). The sisters are beautiful and have good figures, and the two sisters have different personalities. They are the best models in this aspect. …”
"Well, on the contrary, we need to increase our observation intensity along the way."
"However, you can contact the models for nude sketching first."
The three of them returned to the car. Li Shi picked up his phone and used his trumpet to scroll through the WeChat groups where he had been looking for models. Just as he was about to edit part-time copywriting, Ailan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, hesitated for a moment and asked. : "Brother Shi, do you have any important work to deal with? If that's the case, it doesn't matter if we go to Tanzhou now."
Li Shi raised his head and looked at her in surprise: "Why do you say that?"
"It's the phone call you made earlier. Although I didn't hear clearly what you said on the phone, you seemed very serious and anxious, and you seemed to be thinking about something on the way back." Ailan said truthfully.
Her ability to observe words and emotions is quite strong.
Li Shi smiled and said: "I do have something to do, but it's not urgent work, but I found that I have a shortcoming in painting, and I want to find a model to make up for it after I return to Tanzhou."
The two sisters were relieved when they heard that Li Shi had no urgent business to deal with, but painting.
To be honest, they haven't had enough fun yet, and it would be a pity if the trip ended now.
Aiya immediately smiled and said: "Brother Shi, we are now the female models for your painting!"
Li Shi was stunned when he heard this, and looked back at her, and then at Ai Lan in the passenger seat. Seeing that there seemed to be expectation in her eyes, he said softly: "I want to do a sketch of the human body, and you two are not suitable."
Aya immediately asked: "Why is it inappropriate? Haven't you been painting for us?"
Li Shi blinked, thought for three seconds, and said, "This human body sketch is a little different. Have you ever seen a movie called "Titanic"?"
Ailan replied: "I've heard of it, but I haven't seen it. It seems to be a movie about a cruise ship hitting an iceberg, right?"
Li Shi was stunned again, but then he thought that since they were all born after 2000, it was normal for them not to have seen "Titanic". After all, it was an old movie that was released in 1997.
"Then you can search for this movie online. The human body sketch I want to draw is the kind of painting where the hero paints the heroine without any clothes... you can search it and you will know."
When the two sisters curiously took out their mobile phones to search, Li Shi set the map navigation to Wugang and started the car.
Wugang, a county-level city in Baoqing City, happens to be on the way from Langshan to Fenghuang. It will be 4:30 in the afternoon. It takes about an hour and a half to drive there. I just happen to have dinner there and try the famous local dried fragrant rice. and the braised copper goose, and then set off to Fenghuang Ancient City.
After driving for a while, the car drove onto Langshan Avenue. Li Shi thought that he had not booked a room when he arrived in Fenghuang Ancient City for the evening, so he asked: "Tell me, when we arrive in Fenghuang tonight, would it be better to stay in a hotel or a B&B?"
Along the way, every time Li Shi asked a question, the sisters Ailan and Aiya would respond positively. But this time, after he spoke, the car was surprisingly quiet.
He couldn't help but turn his head and glance at the co-pilot, and saw Ailan holding the mobile phone in both hands, lowering his head, typing quickly, as if he was chatting with someone via text.
A quick glance at Aiya behind me through the rearview mirror showed the same thing.
Li Shi thought to himself that it was possible that the sisters were communicating on their mobile phones after looking up the movie Titanic online.
"Ah, Brother Shi, what did you just say?"
Ai Lan felt Li Shi's movement in the driver's seat and raised her head to look over with some hindsight.
Li Shi smiled and repeated the question just now.
Ai Lan thought for a moment, then immediately said with a smile: "We checked that there are many special B&Bs in Phoenix, Xiaoya, let's choose!"
She turned sideways, facing the driver's seat, turned her head and, with Aiya behind her, took her mobile phone to search for bed and breakfasts in Fenghuang Ancient City on the app.
Li Shi glanced sideways again and found that when Ailan turned around, he tightened the seat belt so that it was stuck in the undulating curve.
The zipper of her coat was unzipped, and underneath was a buttoned shirt, which was hooped by a safety rope. One of the buttons had been unbuttoned at some point, revealing the scenery inside.
He only glanced at it and quickly moved his gaze forward politely.
However, his eyesight was so good that he could clearly detect the hint of pink hidden next to the white snow.
"Brother Shi, how about we live by the Tuojiang River?"
The two sisters discussed for a while, selected several inns as alternatives, and then asked Li Shi for his opinion.
Li Shi drove the vehicle steadily while replying: "Okay, the scenery along the river must be good, preferably the one with a balcony. We can drink tea on the balcony and enjoy the scenery. By the way, the barbecue in Xiangxi It tastes good too.”
The three of them chatted, and time passed quickly. Before six o'clock in the evening, they arrived in Wugang City.
When Li Shi was making a guide before, he checked out a local Yuntai restaurant. A Wugang local said that the food in this restaurant tasted very good and authentic. He drove directly to the entrance of the restaurant and took his sisters in to eat. A meal.
All the dishes ordered are local specialties. In addition to the must-try fragrant dried ear tip and braised copper goose, there are also local blood duck, cured silver carp and so on.
The two girls ate little, and after tasting a little of each dish, they were basically full. Li Shi ate as much as he always did.
Seeing that he was eating so well, Aiya said with some seriousness: "Brother Shi, why do you eat so much and still be in such good shape? I don't think you do much exercise."
Li Shi smiled: "I am in good health."
He also discovered that no matter how much he eats now, he will not gain weight.
He didn't know whether it was because of his strong physique or the function of the learning panel, but he didn't delve into it for the time being.
After eating and drinking, the three of them continued on their way.
After coming out of the hotel, Ailan suggested that Li Shi would drive in front of them. After all the hard work along the way, the two sisters would take turns driving the next three hours' drive to Fenghuang Ancient City.
Li Shi knew that they had their own cars and thought that the whole journey to Fenghuang would be on a high speed, so he agreed.
He got into the back seat, turned on the car lights, took out his notebook from his backpack, and began to recall and summarize today's sketching.
The first person to drive was my sister Aiya. She has good skills and drives the car very skillfully.
After leaving the city, taking the Dongxin Expressway and then turning to the Shanghai-Kunming Expressway, Li Shi also finished his summary and put away his notebook.
Just when he was about to check today's news on his mobile phone, Ailan, who was in the front passenger seat, turned around and asked, "Brother Shi, have you seen the movie you mentioned before, Titanic?"
"I saw it, what happened?"
"Scenes of painting like that shouldn't be shown in movie theaters, right?"
Li Shi smiled and said: "I watched the unabridged version on my computer."
"oh."
Ai Lan responded, turned around, and after a while, turned around again and asked hesitantly: "Why do professional painters... have to paint the human body without clothes?"
Li Shi was really stunned this time. He didn't expect that Ai Lan would suddenly ask such a question that was actually very philosophical upon further investigation.
He suddenly remembered a book he had read not long ago, "Rodin's Theory of Art" translated by Fu Lei.
There is a sentence in it that says: Either because of its power or because of its charm, the human body creates various images, with concavities and convexities, and ethereal shapes coming out of the dust.
But, of course, we can't talk about "Rodin" with Ailan.
He thought for a while and then said with a smile: "The reason why I draw human body sketches is actually two very simple reasons..."
