"Gu Weijing is a very talented young man. We are all from the Dongxia cultural circle. If you can guide him, it can be regarded as a master-disciple relationship."
Mr. Cao explained aloud.
Cui Xuanyou was unwilling to accept what Mr. Cao said.
"That's it... But in my opinion, this painting is already great. The colors are smooth and the brushwork is neat. He is worthy of the young man that Master Cao values. I think there will be another new star in the Asian painting world in the future. Look at this simple color block and the well-overlapping composition of horizontal and vertical lines..."
Mr. Cao silently listened to the other party extolling the painting for several minutes. Lao Yang wanted to interrupt several times, but Mr. Cao stopped him.
The old man didn't say anything, but at the end he politely thanked him again and hung up the phone.
"Oh, just by listening to the tone, those who understand know that this is the painting of the child in Burma. Those who don't know think that Zhang Daqian and Mondrian are possessed by their souls. If you don't want to teach, just don't teach, and there is no one. Forcing him, who is Cui Xuanyou acting for?"
Lao Yang laughed angrily when he heard this.
painting circles,
I scold your work in private because I look up to you.
In this situation where you are asking for personal advice from others, it is really for your own good to be willing to criticize you.
And when someone else's immature paintings are blown to the sky, they are either perfunctory or flattering.
Cui Xuanyou’s rhetoric is very common.
It’s also very “official”.
It is generally seen in the euphemistic and polite words used by artists to deal with all kinds of hard-to-deal with local bosses who come to their doorsteps and demand appreciation of their "masterpieces".
But he still did this in front of Cao Xuan,
Do you really think that Mr. Cao has become an old fool?
"Okay, I can understand it. When it comes to learning skills, being willing to teach is a matter of friendship, and not being willing to teach is a duty."
The little old man waved his hand.
Cui Xuanyou made it clear that he didn't want to give Gu Weijing advice.
Mr. Cao had no choice.
"He doesn't want to give advice, so let me teach it myself. The painting style is a fusion of Chinese and Western styles, with clever methods and stupid methods. Since there is no shortcut, the only way is to practice with stupid methods honestly. .”
The little old man shook his head.
If you don’t have a butcher, you don’t necessarily have to eat pigs with hair on them.
Cui Xuanyou's successful experience in teaching Xiao Cui can certainly save a lot of trouble.
However, when others looked down on Gu Weijing, Mr. Cao also had an alternative.
"Stupid method? You mean..."
Lao Yang asked curiously.
"Do you know about line drawing and sketching? When I was young, I went to the old magic city to visit Mr. Xu Beihong. He mentioned an idea to me..."
Mr. Cao seemed to be caught up in memories of the past.
line drawing sketch,
This method of painting practice was born out of the ideas of modern Chinese painting masters.
As early as the early 20th century, Mr. Xu Beihong and other traditional Chinese painting predecessors began to advocate that the artistic path of Eastern Xia should not be complacent and should follow the path of integrating Chinese and Western styles.
The final product of transformation is line drawing sketch.
Line drawing is similar to a simple sketch,
It combines the Western Quick Sketch (quick sketch) painting method and the painting understanding of "straight from the beginning" and "straight from the form and spirit" of Chinese gongbi painting.
It can be regarded as a unique sketching method of Eastern Xia with a Western skeleton and an Eastern spirit.
Compared with traditional sketching,
It uses pure and extreme lines to replace the stacking and laying out of large areas of gray shadows in sketches. It blends and adopts the brushwork spirit of traditional Chinese gongbi paintings, with the ultimate goal of pursuing the simplest lines to summarize the outline characteristics of characters and buildings.
This is a pioneering art practice in modern times.
Line drawing and sketching can alienate or make full use of light and shadow without departing from the essence of Chinese painting with the theme of "line", which greatly simplifies the originally complicated and complicated painting process of sketching.
"So you want Xiao Gu to practice line drawing and sketching. This is hard work."
Lao Yang curled his lips slightly.
He didn't think there was anything wrong with the solution proposed by Mr. Cao. Line drawing and sketching were a method figured out by several great painters with knowledge of both China and the West in the last century.
There shouldn't be any problem.
But this is indeed a stupid way.
Lao Yang is also an art major and knows the pain of this kind of painting.
Line drawing sketching is similar to using the line drawing technique of Chinese painting to draw a sketch, although the large-area shadow tones in the sketch are removed.
But also because of simplicity,
The requirement for greater control over the pen is actually more energy-intensive.
Oriental gongbi painters often spend the whole morning pondering the curve of a skirt on a picture of a lady when they are drawing.
A line drawing sketch contains at least hundreds or thousands of lines.
This kind of painting practice is like a calligraphy enthusiast using water on the felt to write the eight methods of "Yong" over and over again. It is very boring.
For young people who are not calm enough, it is even more torture.
Lao Yang neither expected Gu Weijing to have such calmness nor expected him to suffer like this.
To practice line drawing, you can only polish it one stroke at a time to develop your proficiency with the brush.
It's the so-called water mill Kung Fu.
And it’s hard to say when the painting will be ready.
Some people may have a taste for painting after just one or two hundred paintings, while others may have just started painting after three to five years.
"If you want to paint well, how can you do it if you don't want to endure hardship?" Mr. Cao said calmly.
…
Gu Weijing received a call from Lao Yang.
"Gu boy?"
As soon as he connected, he heard a little old man's hoarse voice coming from the phone.
"Mr. Cao, is that you?"
Gu Weijing did not expect Mr. Cao to contact him personally, and his heart skipped a beat.
"I saw that painting, and the idea is interesting..." Mr. Cao said lightly.
"Thank you, Mr. Cao."
Gu Weijing was quite excited to be praised by Mr. Cao.
At least it shows that his style is generally correct.
"Don't be too happy, I'm not here to praise you."
Mr. Cao's tone became stern: "Let me ask you, the reason why you want to paint fusion paintings is because of the Singapore Art Biennale?"
"Yes, that's true."
Gu Weijing did not dare to put on airs in front of the old gentleman and admitted it honestly.
The main objective reason why he tried this style was to win awards easily.
"Opportunistic! It's not a good habit to not improve your painting skills conscientiously and to run away before you learn to walk."
Mr. Cao Xuan first criticized in a rather harsh tone.
Although Mr. Cao liked his courage in his heart, he would not give Gu Weijing a chance to be proud and complacent.
"This painting of yours is worth seeing only for its ideas. I can only use eight words to evaluate the work itself. My heart is as high as the sky, and my life is as thin as paper. The performance of the painting is a mess, neither Chinese nor foreign, such a fusion The painting really makes people laugh out loud. With your ability, you still want to win a prize? You are talking nonsense." The little old man scolded.
Gu Weijing's words were somewhat astringent.
He knew what Mr. Cao said didn't sound good, but they were all the truth.
"Please teach me, Mr. Cao."
He respectfully asked for advice.
"Teach you? Huh, that's hard to say..." Mr. Cao Xuan snorted, "Let me ask you first, do you really want to paint fusion paintings?"
"certainly."
"If you only regard this painting style as a shortcut to winning awards at art exhibitions, I advise you to give up on this idea as soon as possible. This road is not easy to walk, and it is not a shortcut for you to take advantage of opportunities."
There was no joking in Cao Xuan's tone.
"If you really want to paint this kind of painting, you have to keep painting for me steadily. No matter whether you can paint a work that satisfies you before the art exhibition, I will not allow you to change your path. Without this The burnt-out mentality and wanting to try such a difficult style is just irresponsible and reckless.”
"The choice is in your own hands. You can tell me the answer after you think about it carefully."
"I don't blame you if you regret it now."
The little old man's voice came from the microphone: "But I don't want to hear that after you practiced for a while, you told me that this road is too difficult. I don't want to leave."
"Mr. Cao, I want to continue painting."
Gu Weijing didn't hesitate much.
This painting style is very suitable for the Singapore Art Exhibition, and also very suitable for He who has a system.
No matter from the immediate interests or the long-term perspective,
The fusion painting style is a painting method that he will not regret.
"Good! Be brave."
The old gentleman's tone showed relief, "In this case, I have two suggestions on how to bridge the disharmonious feeling between oil painting and Chinese painting."
"Please tell me."
"First of all, from a broad perspective, I suggest you take a look at how relatively mature works that integrate Eastern and Western artistic styles are done."
"Are you referring to Zhao Wuji or Wu Guanzhong?"
"No, I am referring to the court paintings after the mid-Qing Dynasty."
Mr. Cao explained: "When modern art masters like Zhao and Wu began to paint and try to integrate styles, their art concepts were already quite mature. Relatively speaking, you are still too immature at the moment. It is too difficult to directly learn and copy. high."
To learn romanticism, learn from Turner, to learn critical realism, learn from the Tsarist Russian painter Varisi, to learn Secession, learn from Klimt, and to learn aestheticism, look to Edward Jones.
Trying to understand what an art style looked like when it first began to develop is less difficult for a student who is just trying out a new style.
In the Qing Dynasty, Lang Shining was the representative of the new style of court painting. In fact, there was a sense of necessity in the birth process.
Castiglione and other European painters originally planned to recommend pure oil paintings to the Qing court, but Emperor Kangxi didn't like it and didn't buy it.
In the feudal dynasty, no matter in the East or West, the style of painting was decided by the employer.
Only then did he change the style of painting to fusion painting.
This deliberately created product can more clearly reveal the traces of the initial collision and fusion of the two cultures.
Only then did Mr. Cao suggest that Gu Weijing go and appreciate the palace paintings from the mid-Qing Dynasty onwards.
"Your ancestor was a court painter, so you should understand what I mean."
"clear."
Gu Weijing is clear.
"This is the macro art direction. As for the details, you need to practice a lot of line drawing and sketching. This is to exercise your pen skills. Do you know what a line sketcher is?"
"I understand."
Before meeting Mr. Cao, Gu Weijing's first dream for university was Central America in Eastern Xia.
CAFA is one of the best art schools in Asia, and its portfolio requirements for overseas students include line drawing and sketching.
Gu Weijing knew what line drawing sketching was.
"When drawing line sketches, you must also draw carefully, and you must be careful every stroke. I have two requirements for you. First, you must use the pen with the idea of line drawing. Second, you must use a pen to draw, and do not give yourself Opportunities to make mistakes. Only when you are free to let go can you embrace all rivers."
Mr. Cao concluded.
When drawing lines to describe life, many people like to completely understand it with purely simplified sketch thinking, which results in the loss of the unique charm of Chinese painting in the work.
And using a pen is an exercise in control.
Unlike hard pencils that can be easily altered, fountain pens offer a huge margin for error. Each line must be carefully thought out. With a flick of the wrist, your drawing is finished.
Both of these suggestions can be regarded as good advice.
…
Gu Weijing put down the phone, walked around the yard of the orphanage, and found his current model not far away - a jasmine child who was silently watching his painting.
Compared with the noisy children in other orphanages,
Little girl Jasmine has always been very well-behaved.
She was just used to being lonely and was a little clingy to Gu Weijing, who showed kindness to her.
Gu Weijing had time to play with her, and she was very happy. There was no time to play with her, so little Jasmine just held the doll and watched without making any noise.
Being sensible makes people feel distressed.
Gu Weijing always felt that he got more from little Jasmine than he gave to his children.
Not to mention the value of the missionary diary obtained from the janitor uncle.
Little Jasmine still has a quiet air about her. Whenever Gu Weijing gets irritable while painting, as long as he sees the little girl's figure in his sight, his mind will become calm.
This time too.
If you are fast at line drawing, you can draw a picture in just ten minutes.
But when he tried to create with a pen using the idea of gongbi white drawing, the speed slowed down a lot.
Especially the long hair on the back of Jasmine's head will appear as hundreds of approximately parallel curves spaced millimeters apart on paper.
As long as there is one thread that is not pulled properly,
Gu Weijing can start all over again.
He sat quietly under the tree all afternoon, and little girl Jasmine stayed with him all afternoon.
When the sun set towards the west mountain, Gu Weijing finally completed his first line sketch after several failures.
He exhaled slowly.
[Title of work: "Jasmine under the tree"]
[Sketch Technique: lv.4 Professional Painter·First Level (1731/5000)]
[Chinese Painting Techniques: lv.4 Professional Painter·First Level (621/5000)]
[Emotion: Feeling in the heart]
"This time it feels right. Besides...there is no color interference, and it is much less difficult to just control the lines."
Gu Weijing nodded. Although this practice method was a little more troublesome, the annoying sense of fragmentation never appeared again when painting.
Generally speaking, the painting is very smooth.
"Ding, you have a new mission."
Gu Weijing heard the system panel prompt in his ear, and he opened the virtual panel.
[Serial Mission: Fusion Painting-Hai Na Bai Chuan (1/3)]
[Current task content: Complete one hundred character line drawings with different themes. (Note: The works that reach the rating of "heartfelt feelings" need to be more than twenty)]
[Current mission reward: Knowledge card - "Summary of the Essence of New Body Painting" Lang Shining]
(End of chapter)
