So Chen Xing went to the boss and told him his needs. After the boss finished writing to another customer, he looked up and said, "You have to draw it yourself."
"yes."
"Okay, no problem. What tools do you want? Paints, inks, watercolors, and pens are all available in our store, but you have to pay to rent them yourself. Our store does not provide them for free." The boss was not surprised at all. Like Chen Xing They often see such customers on this street.
What is here? Academy Gate is the most artistic place in Xi'an, and Xi'an is a tourist city, so it attracts too many artistic young people.
Otherwise, why are there so many fans with blank sides in his shop?
"Understand, understand, just give me a pencil." Chen Xing only knows one kind of painting, which is the thangka skill he acquired in Tibet. In modern times, if you want to learn thangka, you must do it in the early stages of learning. Learn the basics of Western painting in drawing, color, perspective, and more.
For ancient thangka, you need to learn some techniques of Chinese painting. After Chen Xing obtained the advanced skill of Thangka, he also acquired these basic skills. It doesn't matter how good the sketch is, but it is at least the level of a graduate from the Academy of Fine Arts.
After getting the color talent, Chen Xing also wanted to make a modern thangka, but the production cycle daunted him. Chen Xing did not have the determination to stay at home for weeks and months to make a painting.
In the final analysis, just because he knows the technique of thangka, it does not mean that he will really like it and be willing to spend time doing it.
After getting the pen, Chen Xing picked a white paper fan and put it on the table, thinking about what he wanted to draw. Zhou Xueyan whispered: "Do you really want to draw it yourself?"
"It's not difficult." Chen Xing thought of what to draw at this time. He came across a very sad news in Station B these days.
So I started drawing on the fan. Paper fans are not like white paper. They can be laid flat on the table and you can draw whatever you want. As long as you have learned painting for a few years, any drawing will look good.
But the paper fan is curved, so you have to consider perspective. Perspective is actually easy to understand, it is the relationship between the eyes and the picture.
When Chen Xing paints on a zigzag fan surface, he needs to consider that when it is opened normally, it will not look deformed or ugly to the human eye.
Reaching this point still requires some learning time. Non-professionals, don’t imitate. Zhou Xueyan watched Chen Xing draw something on paper. At first, she felt that Chen Xing's hands were very steady. Then when the painting gradually took shape and the outline of a human face appeared, she began to be surprised by Chen Xing's painting skills.
You’re a student of photography, so you’re so good at painting? I was right not to visit the Academy Gate before. Why would I come here if I don’t have any artistic talent?
When Chen Xing's painting could be clearly seen, Zhou Xueyen couldn't help but sigh. She also liked the person in the painting.
"You draw so well," she whispered.
"Haha, just draw it casually." Chen Xing said with a smile. He had painted and experimented at home before, but had never sketched outdoors.
At this time the boss also came over. Generally, most of the people who come to his shop and want to paint by themselves are students of traditional Chinese painting. They use a brush to paint a picture in just a few strokes, followed by those who paint watercolors, which is also very fast.
Sketching was not very common. In two or three months, Chen Xing was the only one he saw doing sketches. Chen Xing had almost finished painting when he came over.
"Oh? The handsome guy is very good at painting." Chen Xing quickly finished the last stroke and said: "Boss, please write here that I didn't get in the car, and write on the front that you are teaching me how to do things."
"Okay." The boss took the fan, shook his head and said, "It's a pity, he is still very young." In the past two days, the news of the star's death due to illness has been spreading. Even the boss who doesn't use the Internet often knows about it from other channels. After hearing this news, he also liked watching his movies in the past.
After the words were finished, the boss only took the money for Chen Xing's fan and said, "You just use a pencil. Handsome, your drawing is really good. What do you want to learn?"
"photography."
"Photography, good... huh? Photography?"
"Yes, photography." The boss thought that Chen Xing was studying either Chinese painting or oil painting, or watercolor or gouache, but he never expected that he was studying photography.
But if you think about it carefully, photography is also art. I heard that many directors studied photography, and then they had to draw and so on... split shots.
But he didn't understand photography either, so he had nothing to talk to Chen Xing about, so he said, "I wish you a happy stay in Xi'an."
"Thank you." Chen Xing paid the bill using WeChat, picked up the fan and walked out, opening it with a clatter. He asked Zhou Xueyan: "How is this fan?"
"Haha, he is handsome, but is it really appropriate to hold a fan in the winter?"
"Why is it inappropriate? There are many scenes like this on TV." Chen Xing said, and then slapped her twice more.
Her unstyled hair was fluttering, and she looked a bit like an ancient young master in Zhou Xueyan's eyes, but her modern attire made her feel out of place, and she thought Chen Xing would look good in Hanfu.
My face is indeed a bit cold. never mind. Chen Xing closed the fan again. If his behavior of fanning in winter was outside, many people would definitely think that Chen Xing was showing off. Why do you fan yourself in the winter?
But it’s just right here, because there are quite a few people holding folding fans. The two of them took two steps forward and saw another seal-engraved shop, followed by one selling the Four Treasures of the Study and withered roots.
The products here range from purely ornamental to practical, classical to modern, but generally speaking, they are inseparable from two words: literature and art.
Chen Xing even carved a chapter. The relatively cheap Qingtian stone used was engraved with the Chinese character Chen Xing, which cost fifty yuan.
Further forward, there are many stalls. Chen Xing saw a man sitting on the curb on the side of the road. There was a plastic bench in front of him, and he was drawing on it with a pen. There were also some completed works beside him, which were installed in a photo frame.
The style of these paintings is the traditional Chinese New Year painting style, with a bit of the artist's own understanding, which is very cute.
Zhou Xueyan squatted there and looked at it for a long time. He picked up a painting of a tiger and asked, "Boss, how much does this cost?"
"Thirty-one, choose whatever you want." She took out the one hundred yuan she found at the hotel that morning to pay the bill. Chen Xing was still looking at his finished products and asked: "Boss, are you a professional painting student?"
"No, I haven't learned anything, so I just draw casually." Chen Xing didn't feel anything yet, while Zhou Xueyan had more opinions on the academy gate.
Is this the level you can just draw casually? Hidden dragon and crouching tiger here! After further questioning, I found out that this boss only came here to work part-time during the day, and his main business was community security.
Really understand life. Looking back, Chen Xing also saw an old man buying roasted sweet potatoes, also holding a book "Xi'an Forest of Steles" and reading it very seriously. He was wearing glasses.
This street is denser than Chen Xing imagined. Various calligraphy and painting shops are interspersed with jade seals. Even though everyone is doing business here, there is still a smell of calligraphy and books.
Especially the old man in front of the roasted sweet potato stall makes people feel the culture of this street.
Chen Xing photographed him. Behind the old man are the densely packed books on the street, which is particularly stylish.
This street was not long and it was completed quickly. Then Chen Xing discovered that there were bars behind the academy gate.
The bars here are also antique. If you don't look carefully, you would think that these are ancient mansions, or the former residences of celebrities.
It's morning now and all these bars are locked. Opposite the bar is the city wall. Zhou Xueyan said: "Walking along this road, there are many small alleys you want to see."
"En" This street is called Shuncheng South Road on the navigation, which is also the official name here, but people in Xi'an call it Shuncheng South Lane because there are many old alleys here.
There was also what Chen Xing was looking for, the local fireworks smell of Xi'an. As they walked forward, Chen Xing explained to Zhou Xueyan the reason why they came here: "For me, the fireworks of a city are easiest to find in the market or the old city."
"Then why not go to the market? The market in Xi'an is also very lively and there are many people."
"But I still like places with few people, so there's nothing I can do about it." Chen Xing shrugged. He doesn't like to follow the crowd.
This habit helped him find many good photos, so Chen Xing was unwilling to change it. Besides, other people have already photographed crowded places, so what’s the point of me taking pictures?
When we arrived at Xiamaling, there were more alleys here. Chen Xing also liked the environment here. When he passed by the city wall yesterday, he didn't even notice that there was such a beautiful place under the city wall.
Yes, beautiful. The simple building, the aunt carrying vegetables, the wires hanging everywhere on the building, the tricycles and motorcycles parked in the two to three meter long street, these things are all beautiful to Chen Xing.
These are the best subjects for humanistic photography. The weather is also very good today. The rare sunshine in winter fills the streets and alleys. People living here come outdoors one after another, go shopping or relax, and enjoy the grace of nature.
Chen Xing saw a child playing with a top at the door of his home, and his father should be guiding him next to him. I also saw someone moving a chair and sitting under the city wall to bask in the sun, looking curiously at Chen Xing's camera lens.
An old man was playing Go, and there was a circle of spectators surrounding him. There is a snack cart converted from a three-wheeled bicycle that sells cold noodles. They also set up two or three small tables under the city wall for people who bought cold noodles to sit and eat.
"Do you want to eat?" Chen Xing asked Zhou Xueyan.
"Eat!" I'm starving! It's almost eleven o'clock, and the two of them haven't had breakfast yet.
"Then let's have one. We'll go find a hotel for dinner later." Chen Xing kicked the small bench and asked him to sit down in a suitable position. He then turned around and ordered two portions of Liangpi.
Xi'an's Liangpi is a special feature and is one of the Sanqin set meals. The Sanqin set meal is something that foreigners must experience after coming to Xi'an. It includes cold skin, Roujiamo, and Bingfeng soda.
Chen Xing had already drank Bingfeng soda yesterday. It is an orange juice-flavored soda. It is not as sweet as Fanta, but it tastes better. Liangpi will be able to experience it soon. If you have a chance, you can try Roujiamo again in the afternoon. That's it.
However, Chen Xing feels that in addition to Bingfeng soda, which is rarely seen in other places, the Xi'an store also has a lot of bottled sour plum juice, which is also quite delicious.
Liangpi is very cheap, only six yuan a serving. You can see a lot of red oil in a bowl. On top of the red oil is cold skin, and then there are things like gluten or tofu skin.
Chen Xing tasted it. It's gluten. Moreover, Xi'an's Liangpi seems to be different from what Chen Xing ate in Sichuan Province. It's a big slice, but very thin.
Stir it a little and coat it in red oil. It looks red and shiny, but it's not spicy at all, at least it didn't make Chen Xing feel spicy.
The cold skin is very thin but the bite is strong, elastic and full of flavor.
"No wonder a kind of snack is so famous in Xi'an. Making it like this should require some skills." Zhou Xueyen ate slowly. After hearing what Chen Xing said, he joked: "If I learn this craft in Xi'an, I will be better in the future." Going back to the Northeast and opening a Liangpi shop would be like making money every day."
"You will definitely make a fortune." Liangpi is not like Roujiamo. It is difficult to learn from Xi'an's Roujiamo, but Liangpi can be seen all over the country, and the masses have the basis to taste it. of.
It’s clear at a glance which one makes delicious food and which one doesn’t. If you really learn the authentic Xi'an Liangpi and bring it to your hometown, you won't be able to make a lot of money, but you won't have to worry about food and clothing, and you should be able to make enough money to buy a house.
And you don’t need to invest too much, a cart is enough. The discussion between the two became more and more in-depth, and they seemed to want to go home and start a business if they disagreed.
But at this time Zhou Xueyan saw a message in the band's group and exclaimed: "We are popular!"
"What's so hot?"
"Douyin! We were singing at the night market last night, and someone filmed it and posted it online. We have 300,000 views now. We are popular! Look!" She walked around to where Chen Xing was squatting and put the Click on the phone.
The video continues to play, and everyone is just beginning to sing the song Xian'er from Second-hand Rose. Liang Yu's outstanding performance and voice that is close to the original singer attracted many comments from netizens.
The video ends after Liang Yu sings the song.
"Eh? How come it's just the song he sang, and what about us?" Zhou Xueyan's mood was up and down now. He thought that all the songs sung by everyone were recorded, but he didn't expect Liang Yu's song?
Doesn’t the person who recorded the video just like Liang Yu’s style? After exiting, I saw that Liang Yu had posted a message in the band's group chat.
"This person has also posted other videos. Search for Lin Daiyu pulling up weeping willows on Douyin." This Douyin account posted six or seven videos yesterday, all with them on the cover.
Click in to take a look, and you will see the Xian'er that I saw before. Her singing is worthy of the world, and everyone sings "Suddenly Miss You So Much, So Gentle". The guest song that several people coaxed Chen Xing to sing is also among them.
But... which video of Chen Xing has the highest number of views? Do netizens in this generation only care about their faces? I'm not bad at looking good either!
"Ah..." Chen Xing didn't quite understand. He knew that his level was actually that of a KTV singer, and he was also following a wild path. There wouldn't be so many people who would like to listen to him singing, right?
Zhou Xueyan clicked on Chen Xing's video, and there were countless comments. The highest praise in the comments was - Is this Brother Xing?
