Like before.
Gu Weijing was not in a hurry to check the task prompts.
He still followed his own pace and completed the last illustration of the cat's head before the skill time expired.
Simply modify the completed cat squinting illustration and put it aside. Without the support of skills, Gu Weijing changed to a 6B pencil and drew a few simple sketches on the new paper.
He realized what it felt like to finally take his sketching skills to the next level.
After becoming a professional painter, Gu Weijing's biggest feeling now is that his strokes are lighter, more powerful, and even more agile.
To improve the skill proficiency of LV.3 semi-professional level and below, it is just a matter of following the brushwork and light and shadow tutorials already in the textbook.
Komatsu Taro ridiculed Gu Weijing for being full of craftsmanship when painting. This was the reason.
But at the level of Level 4 Professional Painter, First Order, everything is different.
His paintings are no longer purely applied like tools.
With constant practice and training, he now has a more essential understanding of the skill of sketching.
If the pencil in your hand is compared to the conductor's baton of an orchestra.
The change of professional painters and students is from the clarinetist who plays with the baton to the conductor holding the baton.
Of course, it has not yet reached the level of free-wheeling interpretation or even passionate arrangement when Menzel's skills are activated.
But Gu Weijing can also slowly inject his own understanding of painting into the music.
Cao Lao called it knowledge and emotion, Sakai Katsuko called it Tao, the soul of painting.
"I am also a professional painter."
Gu Weijing let out a long breath.
Being a professional painter is an important threshold. He believes that now he should be at least on the same level as Sakai Katsuko.
Perhaps, among ordinary art academy graduates, it would be considered a good level.
There is still a long way to go before the Lion City Biennale, but Gu Weijing is still confident about participating in some small exhibitions. At least many of the cheap works by local painters in my Gu's calligraphy and painting shop are not as good as mine.
He didn't have much excitement.
The proficiency on the panel was all drawn by himself, and he had anticipated this day.
Just having truly reached the rating of a professional painter, he still felt a different sense of accomplishment.
The panel in front of me has undergone a completely new change.
[Character: Gu Weijing]
Character panel——
[Sketch Technique: lv.4 Professional Painter·First Level (3/5000)]
[Chinese painting techniques: lv.3 semi-professional (651/1000)]
These two skills are currently his highest level, and sketching goes without saying.
Chinese painting is the direction he has been practicing hard these days.
Mr. Cao did not officially accept a disciple, but Gu Weijing still benefited a lot from helping the little old man these days.
In summary, Cao Lao's status in Chinese painting may not be lower than Menzel's status in the field of sketching.
And [Menzel’s basic painting experience] is just a skill.
Regarding the improvement of painting skill proficiency, the effect of learning from a master is no worse than the feeling after activating the skill through understanding in just half an hour, or even better.
Then there are the remaining three major items.
[Watercolor Painting Techniques: Introduction to lv.2 (86/100)]
[Oil Painting Techniques: Introduction to lv.2 (73/100)]
[Printmaking Techniques: Introduction to lv.2 (12/100)]
Although the improvements in these three items are small, they are all unexpected surprises.
Each item of the painting does not stand alone.
Drawing is known as the foundation of all paintings because its structure and lines can be used in many different types of paintings.
Gu Weijing estimated that the improvement in light, shadow and color when he used colored pencils was probably another reason for their improvement.
Master Adolf von Menzel did not just draw sketches. He is the most famous for his sketches and illustrations. He is ranked among the top three and five in modern art history. His prints and oil paintings are not bad either.
Gu Weijing has been drawing with colored pencils. While his sketches have made rapid progress, other projects have also gained momentum.
Even though the most unfamiliar engraving has only improved by 6 points, it has also changed from a beginner at Level 1 to an entry level at Level 2.
He had nothing to be unhappy with.
No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat.
In addition to the skills panel, there are two more sections on the panel in front of Gu Weijing that were not available before.
This is the new content on the virtual panel after he became a professional painter.
Knowledge Panel——
Wang Wei's "Notes of Mojie"
George Berryman's "Anatomy of the Human Body" (to be collected)
There is also a mood panel——
This panel is the most special. It is not in the form of a traditional text list, but like a small wall clock. It is a small pendant with a surface similar to an old-fashioned mechanical watch.
There is only one pointer on the pocket watch that is shaking slightly in the center of the dial. The nameplate of the pointer reads G·W in calligraphy letters, which should be his initials.
Under the hands is a silver dial engraved with complex patterns. On the dial is a color band that resembles an unfolded spectrum.
The position pointed by the center of the pointer is colorless and transparent. The color band becomes bluer to the left and reddish to the right.
Gu Weijing guessed that this should represent his emotional state when painting. The farther to the left, the darker the mood, and the farther to the right, the warmer the mood.
His guess was not unfounded, because there was a row of symmetrical boys suspended under the light belt, from the center to both sides, with the sides divided into:
Perfunctory—careless—simple work—feeling from the heart—painstaking efforts—wonderful writing—transcendence to the divine.
The system also has a small prompt on the panel.
[For a painter, the emotional appeal of the final painting is determined by the artist's emotional state and technique at the time of painting. Picasso also painted perfunctory works, and unknown little painters relied on their fiery emotions to achieve transcendence. 】
"Mr. Cao was able to paint the shocking feeling of the Bodhisattva opening his eyes. I don't know what level his emotional state was at that time in the system's judgment."
Gu Weijing saw that the pointer with his name on it was firmly nailed to the "perfunctory" position in the center like a magnet.
Undoubtedly, from the system's point of view, if he was absentmindedly looking at the panel while drawing at this time, he would only receive the lowest evaluation.
Finally, there is still the task panel——
This series of tasks is divided into three stages. After Gu Weijing's sketch was upgraded to a professional level, the tasks have been refreshed.
[Serial Mission: A First Look-Professional Way (2/3)]
[Current task: Complete twenty favorable orders on Fivverr, and the favorable rate exceeds 95%]
[Current task progress: positive review (4), medium review (0), negative review (0), terminated transaction (1). 】
[Current mission reward: Calligraphy and Painting Appraisal Technique (Excellent Level Skill)]
"The art of identifying calligraphy and painting? It's not a knowledge card after all."
Gu Weijing looked at this skill curiously.
Don't know what it does?
However, it is useless to think so much. With the speed at which he takes orders, it is estimated that it will take at least next month to complete the task.
Why not take a look at the rewards waiting to be claimed first.
Thinking of this, Gu Weijing clicked to get George Berryman's "Anatomy of the Human Body" on the knowledge panel.
In an instant, a large amount of information flooded into the brain.
