[The current copying painting - "Old Church on a Thunderstorm Day" has been completed! 】
in the studio,
Gu Weijing held an oil painting knife and lightly touched the candle shadow cast between the windows of the old church on the canvas.
The steel blade of the painting knife was rubbed across the canvas, mixing the wet paint. A candle as big as a soybean spread into a dense red color, adding a psychedelic color to the entire painting.
He took a few steps back and looked at the completion of the copy painting.
The small oil painting knife subconsciously flipped and jumped between his hands, doing whatever he wanted like a magician performing fingertip magic.
"Comfortable."
This is the biggest change Gu Weijing has experienced while painting oil paintings after acquiring the skill of drawing with a knife.
Just like professional e-sports players switch to expensive mechanical keyboards, long-distance runners get a pair of flexible carbon plate running shoes.
Whether it is cleaning paint or mixing colors, wherever the oil painting knife can be used, there is a smooth feeling.
Gu Weijing was even able to use it to deal with the candlelight at the end of the final scene.
In principle, this kind of fine and precise mixing of color points is by no means the strong point of the painting knife.
If the knife stroke is too shallow, the paint will not be fully mixed and it will easily appear muddy.
Cut too hard and you'll scrape away all the paint.
The weight, weight and depth are hard to grasp within a millisecond.
Using an oil painting knife to blend the color dots is a bit like waving a nine-ring knife into the kitchen to cut tofu.
In fact, the best way to deal with this kind of painting is to use a thin erase method, tapping the canvas with a brush with relatively high bristles such as a bristle brush, or simply using your fingers directly.
Fingers are the most direct and dexterous drawing tools for a normal person.
Dip your fingers into the paint and apply it. This method is primitive but is a great way to blend paint over.
Not only do children who are just learning to draw like to dip their fingers in paint and smear it around,
So does the master.
According to records, Leonardo da Vinci, Titian, Groya, Turner and other great figures who have dazzled the entire art history like to apply paint with their fingers to neutralize the light and shadow of the color.
There are very few people who use drawing knives.
The advantage of the Hua Knife painting method is that it is bold, the picture has a unique aesthetic tension, and it can be painted quickly.
If you wanted to paint a picture entirely with your fingers, you would be painting forever.
However, the legendary knife-drawing skills provided by the system are simply too powerful.
Gu Weijing could even cut out a plate of Wensi tofu with a nine-ring sword, which was faster than cutting it with a professional kitchen knife.
This is the generation difference brought about by proficiency.
As he finished, a system prompt sounded in his ear at the right time.
[The similarity of this copying is 33.7%, and you have obtained a primary treasure box. 】
"Last week, my highest copying similarity reached 24.9%... Well, even if the oil painting knife is not suitable for handling such a scene, it still brought an improvement of nearly ten percentage points, which is terrible. .”
Gu Weijing smacked his lips.
This should be the limit of drawing a knife.
After all, in non-professional knife painting, no matter how proficient you are with the oil painting knife, it is only an auxiliary tool. It can bring about a 10% improvement, which is already considerable.
As he thought, he opened the primary treasure chest.
[You have obtained 314 oil painting experience points! 】
[Current Oil Painting Techniques: Professional Painter·First Level (1202/5000)]
Such a prompt flashed on the virtual panel in front of you.
"It's a pity that the oil painting experience points drawn this time are not knowledge cards."
Gu Weijing shook his head slightly disappointed.
He is now opening elementary treasure chests and has already established a pattern.
The knowledge cards that pop up when you copy "Old Church" for the first time are the best rewards in the primary treasure chest, similar to the oranges found in the first pack of mobile games.
Under normal circumstances, the content provided in the primary treasure chest is oil painting experience points.
Gu Wei has copied many pieces of "Old Church" in the past half month.
Two of these paintings did not reach the basic passing line of 20% similarity due to lack of concentration and concentration, and therefore did not receive awards.
Others are basically between 20% and 25%.
In addition to the original "Royal Court Dance Gait Chart", these treasure chests only contained one other "Purple and Blue Macaw Feather Specimen and Skeleton" by an ornithologist at Oxford University named Nagel Marvin. Knowledge cards of "Anatomy Diagrams".
The remaining primary treasure chests are all filled with oil painting experience points ranging from one hundred to several hundred points.
This is of course very good. It would cost thousands of dollars to exchange it with U.S. dollars, but in terms of its rarity, it is still not as valuable as a rare knowledge card.
Gu Weijing glanced at his panel.
There is a reward bonus for the primary treasure chest that improves oil painting proficiency by copying "Old Church".
On his current experience panel, oil painting techniques are about to become his most proficient skill.
After Gu Weijing finished organizing his painting supplies, he turned on his phone and found Mr. Sloth in his address book.
"Are you there?"
He hit send.
"Yes, Ms. Detective Cat, how are you preparing for the podcast salon that will be recorded in the evening?" Faced with his own inquiry, Mr. Sloth responded as quickly as ever.
evening?
Gu Weijing glanced at the clock on the wall.
When he got home, Professor Lin Tao had a class, and he spent several hours copying an oil painting. It was already late at night.
Calculating the time difference, Mr. Sloth, the anonymous art podcaster, should be European.
However, this is not a remarkable discovery.
This is originally an English podcast. Although Mr. Sloth's true identity is very mysterious, it is definitely a high probability that he lives in Europe.
"Ms. Detective Cat, how do you like the five fan-submitted works in our salon this time?"
Europe, Jelena Manor.
In the sauna room,
When the detective cat sent the message, Anna had just finished her upper body yoga training every afternoon, and according to the plan of the body sculpting therapist, she had to go to the sauna for another half an hour.
She was covered with a gauze, her long wet hair spread over the back of the oak bench behind her, and the breathtaking and beautiful curves of the frosted glass door covered with moisture were looming.
Anna took a sip of salt water. As she lowered her head and typed attentively, a drop of sweat dripped from the tip of her nose and disappeared into the gauze neckline.
Under the light above her head, her figure was as white as snow.
Anna never wanted to hide her beauty.
Many people with disabled legs are either skinny or obese due to long-term inactivity.
Various degrees of muscle atrophy throughout the body are almost unavoidable.
She maintains a very perfect body curve.
Not only does Anna have a very good medical team to serve her, but she herself has been controlling her diet and fitness day after day according to the training plan with a strict to almost cold attitude since she was a little girl.
After being suspended from Oil Painting magazine, she even actively increased her daily physical training.
This is not only the self-discipline brought by tutoring,
It’s also Anna’s way of fighting against the tragedy of her fate.
She liked the feeling of her body being stretched and relaxed again and again, and her clothes were soaked with sweat.
This makes Anna feel like she can take her life into her own hands.
She didn't know why Detective Cat wanted to contact her at this time. It wasn't yet the agreed recording time for the podcast salon.
Anna worries that something is wrong with Detective Cat.
“These five pieces are all great, and you are truly a crouching tiger, hidden dragon among your fans.”
Gu Weijing gave a small compliment.
"great?"
Seeing this news, Anna was even more worried.
She felt that although the five paintings were passable, they were definitely not great.
She wondered if Detective Cat had figured it out.
This is actually not a question of appreciation, but a question of life circle and cultural differences.
When Gu Weijing appraised the works submitted by fans who participated in the salon, he found that these five paintings included three professional first-level works, one professional second-level work, and one even reached the third-level professional oil painting technique. work.
This level is enough to participate in art exhibitions.
For an audience of a mass-oriented art podcast, it is indeed a high-quality product.
In addition, Gu Weijing has a gentle character in traditional Eastern culture. Although he can clearly see the shortcomings of these works with the help of calligraphy and painting appraisal techniques.
When faced with Mr. Sloth's questions, he would still choose to answer politely and politely.
Why not give others a chance to step down?
In turn, either Anna or Curator Tonks. The works they come into contact with on a daily basis can be said to be like clouds of famous paintings, and everywhere you look you can see the original works of the masters.
The standard for judging "great" will naturally be higher.
Moreover, there is another important reason.
The traditional social culture of the East is a culture of gentlemen, while Europe and the United States are more inclined to a culture of the strong.
You are awesome, I admire you.
If your painting is bad, I will criticize you without any discussion.
Westerners think Easterners are hypocritical, Easterners think Westerners are brainless.
At least Anna believed that Curator Tonks would never call these five paintings "great".
"Ms. Detective Cat, do you have an outline for your speech? Director Tonks is not an easy guest to get along with. If you really don't know much about oil painting and don't know what to say at all... There is still some time, maybe I can give Do you have any suggestions?"
Ana thought for a while, then frowned and suggested.
"Give you some advice."
Anna said this to take care of the other person's self-esteem. A more straightforward statement is - if you really don't understand, how about I teach you what to say?
She didn't really want to do it.
Even if you take the analysis of these five works that you gave to the other party like an endorsement and follow the script, you may not make a fool of yourself during the recording.
Anna is a girl who respects art very much.
If the detective cat has good aesthetic ability, she will naturally be very happy.
But if Detective Cat doesn't see the reason, especially if he doesn't understand the appreciation of the four oil paintings and watercolors except for the sketches,
She understands too.
After all, he is an online illustrator from Algeria.
Anna doesn't ask for too much, she just hopes that she can accompany the other person to improve her aesthetic appreciation ability a little bit. Uncut jade also needs to be polished by famous experts.
However, this kind of behavior of providing the other party with an outline of the speech is suspected of fraud.
"No, thank you for your kindness, but I think I can do it myself."
Seeing that the detective cat rejected her suggestion to help, Anna felt a little relieved, but also more worried.
After all, this is the first time the other party has participated in such a celebrity-level art conversation, so it is normal for him to perform poorly.
"I do have something to ask you. Can you help me look for it? Is there any suitable manuscript?"
Gu Weijing stated his purpose of contacting Mr. Sloth this time.
After seeing the wonderful use of the drawing knife again.
Gu Weijing feels that it is a bit too wasteful to use his legendary skill [Drawing Knife Painting Method] purely as an auxiliary means for traditional oil paintings.
The reason why he was able to make money with the detective cat account was because of the perfect skill of [Menzel's basic painting experience].
The painting knife painting method has an even higher rating on the system panel.
The problem is that pure knife drawing is not a general illustration skill like sketching, and the audience is too narrow.
It is difficult to find suitable assignments online.
He just thought of asking Mr. Sloth.
Such a commission must be rare. As long as the commission is within a reasonable range, Gu Weijing can accept it.
"Of course, I'm honored. It's great that you finally want to draw some more professional subjects."
Mr. Sloth didn't even mention the commission.
The uncle seemed very happy that he was finally no longer obsessed with just drawing simple anime illustrations online.
"What type of illustration do you want to do? Movie posters, book publishing or..."
Mr. Sloth asked.
"I want to try oil painting." Gu Weijing typed.
"Oil painting category, of course." Anna was very surprised when she saw Detective Cat's reply.
Internet illustrations are like saliva songs, and traditional oil paintings are like symphonies.
Detective Cat has such good skills in sketching and modeling. He draws animation illustrations all day long, just like a piano master who obsessively accompanies square dances.
Anna always felt that the other party was not doing his job properly.
At this time, she felt happy to see that the other party was willing to try oil painting subjects, regardless of whether he could paint well or not.
"Which painting method do you prefer, classicism? Impressionism? Hyperrealism? Why not try to participate in art exhibitions. There are several art exhibitions in Paris, London, Singapore and Hamburg this year."
Anna types quickly.
"Uh, can I draw pictures with knives...?"
"Knife painting?"
Looking at Detective Cat's reply, Anna was silent for two seconds and frowned slightly.
"If you want to learn oil painting, I can recommend you a good teacher. But... knife painting, with all due respect, madam, are you sure you have not been deceived by others?"
There is great controversy in the painting circle about knife painting.
Whether it’s Zhihu in Dongxia, Japan’s 2ch forum, or Q&A websites like Quora in Europe and the United States, or any art-related forum.
It's easy to find similar questions - "Why are knife drawings so hated/denigrated?"
In the mainstream art critic world, when professional painters hear that a person is good at painting, knife painting, they will immediately have an inscrutable smile on their faces, and then they will exchange tacit glances with each other.
Basically, I met a professor from the university mathematics department who dropped out of middle school, but claimed to have proved Goldbach's conjecture.
This is not because there is anything wrong with knife-painting itself, but because there are too many scammers in the knife-painting industry.
Knife painting belongs to the category of oil painting, but unlike traditional oil painting, it does not require you to master any art foundation.
It takes time to learn traditional oil painting from the basics. Just the initial sketching and modeling is enough for a person to learn for several years.
However, it is not needed for painting with a knife.
Theoretically speaking, if you just pick up a shovel and stir the paint a few times, then smearing it on the canvas is like drawing with a knife.
This creates a lot of room for scams.
This Louis is difficult to master.
Learning professional knife painting is a long process.
It not only requires a teacher to lead you in, but also requires long-term practice to develop a sense of familiarity with the oil painting knife, which is far more difficult to control than a paintbrush.
Any well-known knife-painting artist in the world will definitely consume no less energy in the process of drawing with a knife than a normal person who paints traditional oil paintings.
But on the Internet, you can often see slogans like "Get started with zero basics, learn in one month, master in two months, and make big money in three months."
This is obviously nonsense.
The point is, there are many people who think they can make a lot of money by finding another way.
It doesn't matter if you pay the tuition and cultivate your character, but after three months, when the bottle is less than half full, there are many people who feel that they are more or less artists.
This is very annoying.
(End of chapter)
