Take the elder route.
Whether it is the art world or the sports world, the circle of agents has long summarized a set of general rules.
When facing young potential stars, visiting their families more often and gaining the favor of their elders is a very effective way to get twice the result with half the effort.
They became famous too early and made too much money.
The eldest brother, father, and grandfather in the family often play a certain role as financial advisors, life planners, and lawyers in their later lives, influencing many of their decisions.
Because you are not a professional, these decisions may not always be correct.
But if you have to be a little bit stupid, professional hunter agents will have more room to operate!
The life trajectories of sports superstars such as Schmeichel Jr., Hamilton, Mbappe, and Harry Kane have repeatedly proved this point.
"Mr. Xiao Gu, do you want to draw?"
When Hanks saw Gu Weijing taking a set of paints and canvas, he walked towards the small studio in Gu's Book Gallery.
The agent's eyes lit up.
Gu Wei did not have much time to paint at home in the past week.
Hanks wanted to see Gu Weijing's painting skills with his own eyes, but he hadn't found a suitable opportunity yet.
Representing painters is an important asset to the gallery.
Originally, before Hanks signed a contract with an amateur painter, according to the process, he needed to spend some time to observe the working status of the artist when he was painting to see if there would be any unexpected problems.
It's the same as football players requiring physical examination before transferring to a club.
However.
Ma Shi III directly called and issued the order to sign Gu Weijing's death, so these inspections were omitted.
Maybe today is a good opportunity.
To fully evaluate an animal's grinding ability, just look at the amount of flour it pulls out... it's not impossible.
But if you don’t see it put on a rope and run twice in the mill.
Hanks always felt like something was missing in his heart, very uneasy.
"I'll get it, I'll get it. If you want to draw, I can be there to help Mr. Gu."
Hanks ran over and took what was in Gu Weijing's hand.
He pretended to want to help and was going to sneak into the studio secretly beside Gu Weijing.
"Mr. Ma Shi, why don't you let the young man paint by himself? There's nothing you can do to help, so don't go in."
Gu Tongxiang coughed twice.
Even though Mr. Gu Tongxiang is flattered every day, he is still never sloppy when it comes to his grandson.
Except for his direct disciples, even the sons and concubines of the concubines were not allowed to approach the study or studio of the great painters in ancient times.
If you sneak in privately, you must follow the clan rules.
There are so many smart people who can learn from others by serving tea and water!
On this issue, Gu Tongxiang prefers to be a villain on the surface.
Still the same sentence, in the art field, stealing your painting skills, stealing your creativity, plagiarism, this kind of thing, from the art awards in primary school classes to the top of the pyramid at the level of Picasso and Monet.
None of it is news at all.
"I just took a look at it casually. Am I going to leak Mr. Gu's painting ideas in advance? He is from our Ma Shi Gallery!"
Hanks looked resentful.
The young agent looked at Gu Tongxiang with a "I'm a good boy" look and cursed in his heart.
He spent so much time licking this old guy, chatting in the store during the day, and even helping to sell the products in the gallery store when customers came to his door.
I practiced Chinese on Duolingo (note: commonly used language learning software) in the evening, and also signed up with an online one-on-one Chinese teacher to practice speaking for an hour every day in my free time.
Just to take beautiful photos of Gu Tongxiang.
Just the two idioms "flowers bloom, wealth" and "both physical and spiritual".
Hanks practiced so much last night that he almost said his tongue was bald. He was so dedicated to his profession when he licked it, and this old guy was still guarding him like a thief!
"It's not like he's officially an agent yet."
Mr. Gu pretended not to see the resentful look on Hanks' face, turned his head and spoke slowly.
"Forget it, Grandpa, if Mr. Hanks wants to come in and take a look, just come in and take a look."
On the other hand, Gu Weijing stood at the top of the stairs, stopped, and said to the agent: "Go in."
There is no need to hide it.
He understood his grandfather's caution.
When painters paint in public studios outside, they really need to be smart and protect themselves to prevent someone from plagiarizing and making it unclear.
The agent and the painter have a community of interests externally.
A few months later, it was already confirmed that he would officially become the agent painter of Ma Shi Gallery.
There’s no point guarding Hanks now.
Showing your painting skills in front of people at Ma Shi Gallery will also strengthen the gallery's confidence in you.
In addition to the exposure opportunities stipulated in the contract in black and white.
Are the galleries willing to devote more resources to promote you and organize exhibitions for you in a cost-saving or non-cost-saving manner? Are they willing to spend more money to organize exhibitions with more care?
Ultimately, it comes down to the gallery’s confidence in the artists they represent.
also,
Gu Weijing is not planning to paint his own fusion painting today.
"okay!"
Hanks immediately felt that young people who have not been beaten by society into being old fritters are cute and conscientious.
He quickly walked into the studio without waiting for Gu Tongxiang to express his opinion again.
Gu Weijing casually waved to his grandfather to reassure him, and then walked in.
"I'll stretch the canvas for you."
Hanks wasn't kidding.
His main purpose was to appreciate Gu Weijing's on-site painting skills, but when he said he was going to do something, he really did it.
Hanks unfolded and took the canvas away from Gu Weijing's hands, quickly wrapped and fixed the four corners of the canvas, and then used wide stretchers to flatten and secure the four sides one by one.
After a few brushes, the canvas was stretched.
So neat!
Gu Weijing looked at Hanks in surprise.
This golden retriever agent looks like the type who talks and laughs with big collectors every day while holding a champagne glass. He is very skilled in stretching canvases.
Stretching canvas is both a technical job and a physical job.
It should be stretched so tight that it cannot deform.
The secret is to use enough force, but not to pull hard, and use even force to fix the cross in the four corners.
Art students who are a little thinner often stretch out their canvases until they sweat profusely.
Gu Weijing poked at the canvas in front of him.
Sometimes after he stretched it himself, he could not achieve the state of making the longitude and latitude lines of the linen canvas and the four borders of the easel perfectly parallel like Hanks.
"After I graduated from college, I worked as a junior assistant in the painting studio of a painter represented by Ma Shi Gallery. I stretched the canvas for half a year. This skill is excellent, it is tight and elastic. There is no problem at all. .”
Hanks saw Gu Weijing's surprised eyes and smiled proudly.
gallery tradition,
These gallery employees who came from the Ma Shi family often worked as assistants to great painters for a period of time before becoming full-time agents.
It can not only cultivate personal connections, but also allow you to have a deeper understanding of the artist's working and creative status.
With this experience, the agent can "think what the painter thinks and what the painter thinks" in his future career.
This is a practical theory that cannot be learned by taking many art analysis classes in college.
In the gallery industry, there is a revolving door between brokers and professional personal assistants.
For example, Lao Yang.
He hopes to finish his job as Mr. Cao's assistant and use this springboard to directly become a top agent with an annual income of one million in the future.
"In addition to stretching the canvas, I can also paint. If you need it, you can let me do it next time." Hanks showed his advantages.
The canvases Gu Weijing uses are all semi-finished acrylic canvases.
The surface is machine-coated with acrylic when it leaves the factory.
There are many big guys who believe that industrial paints such as acrylic lack "aura", are rigid and do not have the sun-drenched luster of oil paintings.
Therefore, semi-finished raw linen is used and coated with white powder and lithopone by hand.
Some painters who pursue antiques will also use natural glue made from Tempera or native animal bones.
What you are playing is a high-level game.
Great artists are the center of the art field, and they have the power and financial resources to do whatever they want.
If you want good results but find it troublesome, hiring a few assistants to stretch the canvas and apply paint for you is not a problem at all.
"awesome."
Gu Weijing enviously imagined the life of a high-end artist who would take care of the canvas and paint for you as soon as he opened his eyes.
The most considerate thing is hiring two physical therapists to massage your shoulders while you're painting.
Grandpa and painters like him who come from poor families were used to using even one canvas over and over again.
This is the class gap.
"What's this? You haven't seen the real willfulness of artists..."
Hanks is hilarious.
The ignorant local painter is really cute.
Where is this?
Someone who wants to travel around the world in a hot air balloon to collect music suddenly gets so crazy that he cries and screams and asks the gallery to find a team for him. He compares it with ancient Indian works such as "The School of Kings" and "Ramayana". According to the scriptures, he went to the Indian Ocean to retrieve the sunken treasures of the ancient Arab world.
Just think about the "fantastic ideas" of those giant babies.
Hanks felt like he was going to have a heart attack.
If the weird thoughts in the minds of great artists every day are limited to hiring a few assistants to stretch the picture frames for them and apply white powder, these are high-quality and cheap hobbies.
Big gallery owners can wake up laughing from their dreams at night.
"Even if you need it now, can I help you find an assistant? With an annual salary of about 30,000 US dollars, you can hire a professional assistant who can help you with daily chores, food, clothing, housing, transportation, and painting. Mashi Gallery can temporarily I’ll help you pay your salary, and then it will be deducted from the sales of the art.”
Hanks asked casually.
Gu Weijing shook his head.
He is not so extravagant that he spends $30,000 a year just to have others take care of him, paint, and book flights and hotels for him.
Gu Weijing also has his own assistant.
Uncle Alai's hand was missing a little knuckle, so he would probably not be able to do such a dexterous job as stretching the canvas for him.
Usually I feel very safe.
If you don't eat or drink from him, it won't cost you five hundred dollars a month. It's a great value for money.
Hanks just said it casually, and he didn't care if Gu Weijing refused.
His attention was now completely attracted by Gu Weijing's movements.
"Don't you draw paintings for exhibition?"
"No, I want to study this Impressionist oil painting again today."
Gu Weijing turned on the fill light on the wall and adjusted the color temperature so that the original oil painting of Ms. Carroll on the wall looked close to the slanting sunlight in the early morning sunlight.
Gu Weijing had already sent a text message to his grandfather before going home.
Ask him to help take out "The Old Church in a Thunderstorm" from the safe and hang it in the appropriate position using wall hanging wire.
Gu Weijing did not go to the Good Luck Orphanage today because he hoped to copy an original painting by Carroll again after his sketching skills were upgraded to the second level of his profession.
In addition to the progress of sketching, you can draw exquisite polylines in small squares.
When copying paintings, there are also many benefits.
Copying the works of masters is to transfer the brushwork of senior artists to one's own canvas, to transfer the line shapes of senior artists to one's own canvas, and ultimately to transfer the souls of senior artists to one's own canvas.
Accurate sketching skills are like a calm lake.
It can accurately reflect the line shapes of the master's works and perfectly reflect them in the mind of the copyist.
"Want to copy?"
"right."
"Copying is also very good. The copy painting you made before looks great."
"Thanks."
"Did you spend almost no money on this oil painting and picked it up from a calligraphy and painting stall?"
"Calligraphy and painting auction, $2,500."
"That means no money was spent. This is really impressive. I heard that Miss Sakai is still co-writing a paper with you. This is simply..."
"Mr. Hanks——"
Gu Weijing took out a carbon strip and prepared to use it as a substitute for a sketch pencil to mark the canvas.
But he really couldn't stand Hanks acting like a curious baby, asking questions around him.
So Gu Weijing stopped what he was doing and looked at Hanks: "I don't want to be rude. It's just that I'm used to concentrating when I'm painting, so please don't make any noise, okay?"
Gu Weijing likes to be quiet when painting.
Absolute silence is not necessarily required.
The key is to separate people.
Ms. Sakai Katsuko occasionally chatted nearby, analyzing the colors on the canvas, and exchanging tacit glances with each other.
Gu Weijing felt very warm and it was a kind of positive emotional support.
If it were Hanks, even though the blond guy kept praising him, Gu Weijing still felt a little noisy.
"My bad, quiet, understand, quiet."
Hanks wasn't angry either.
He pinched his thumb and index finger and pulled them over his lips, making a zipper gesture with a smile.
The painter is the absolute monarch in front of the canvas.
Some painters like to paint while listening to the symphony, and some painters like to listen to the students' admonishment and flattery in front of the students in the studio. The more they paint, the better they feel.
There are also some painters like Gu Weijing who like silence.
Hanks thought that young painters at this age liked others to lick him.
He didn't mind Gu Weijing telling him to shut up.
As long as the artist works fast, he has the right to paint however he wants.
If Gu Weijing's paintings can be sold for Uncle Sakai's price one day.
Even when he was painting, he asked himself to pole dance and sing the opera "Turandot" to relieve his boredom. Hanks is also willing to take the plunge without hesitation.
Gu Weijing finally calmed down and began to draw a sketch with pencil on the sketch canvas.
"sand……"
Gu Weijing used a charcoal pen to draw several sets of intersecting lines on the linen canvas in a straight and light manner.
The intersection lines crisscross the space, cutting out different vertical, horizontal and diagonal spaces on the canvas, and finally meet in the depth of the painting.
As Gu Weijing carefully drew various vertical and complex scaffolding-like lines on the linen canvas.
The two-dimensional linen canvas immediately became three-dimensional.
Hanks looked at Gu Weijing's sketch manuscript and opened his eyes slightly.
"Are you trying to locate the vanishing point and the horizon line? Does copying an oil painting require such a complicated sketch?" He couldn't help but ask.
Vanishing point and eye level are both sketching terms.
The vanishing point refers to the intersection point where the extension lines of each point of the three-dimensional figure disappear. The horizon line is the line that divides the painter's field of vision up and down when observing the scenery.
Western painting is more realistic and more realistic than the traditional Eastern Xia painting method because there is a complete set of human eye imaging principles based on physical optics behind sketching.
When drawing buildings,
Whether it is single-point perspective, two-point perspective, or multi-point perspective, it is necessary to position and draw the vanishing point and the horizon line.
Positioning the imaging focus is not uncommon.
What's strange is that when Gu Weijing was working on a copy painting, the line draft of the sketch was too serious and detailed!
Unless it's a complex portrait.
For this kind of pencil and charcoal draft, isn't it just a matter of hastily drawing two rough positioning lines and an outline draft, and then you can start drawing directly?
"Is it really necessary to make it so complicated? This is just an impressionist painting."
“It gives me better pen positioning and spatial structure.”
Gu Weijing explained casually.
Hanks actually knew the answer to this question.
Of course it is necessary.
Even though people often only make two hasty strokes when drawing oil paintings, a good sketch can also bring a lot of information to the artist in the subsequent painting steps.
Don't look at it. Impressionists tend to pay more attention to light and shadow, and don't put too much effort into realism.
But a true sketch master can mark and plan the changes in light and shadow contrast of the entire picture during the sketch draft process.
Wait until you switch to a soft pen. I am completely confident.
No matter how scattered the color dots on the canvas are, no matter how fast the light and shadow changes in the painting, the entire picture will not appear messy and disorderly.
Of course, it will never be easy to get to this point.
If you don't draw well, the various sketch lines on the final manuscript will make the picture more messy, and the more confusing it will be when you draw it.
It's like building a Lego toy, the same Death Star-themed model, one has 300 parts, and the other has 3,000 parts.
In the eyes of experts, the more parts and the more complex the structure, the more restored and delicate the final effect will be.
Ordinary people, looking at such a large pile of tiny parts, would immediately vomit blood and return the goods, without even having the courage to fight on.
Even if you try hard, one piece will be lost and one piece will be added, and you will end up in a hurry.
It is rare to find such a detailed sketch in copying.
Copying often only requires grasping the general outline relationship, but what Gu Weijing did was more like completely dismantling the painting in front of him and creating his own from scratch.
Hanks glanced at Gu Weijing.
Is the other party really so confident in his sketch, or does he just want to show off in front of him?
Don't overdo it.
Gu Weijing glanced at Hanks and reminded him again: "Please be quiet."
"There won't be a next time."
Hanks slapped his mouth and stared seriously at the canvas in front of the young man.
No matter whether what Gu Weijing draws next is good or bad, he has already been intrigued by the other person.
Gu Weijing continued to focus on the canvas.
This is also the first time he has written such a complicated draft.
Because of the lack of sketching skills and trying to speed up the progress.
When Gu Weijing first copied the old church, he liked to directly use a projector to scale the picture of "Old Church on a Thunderstorm Day" to a suitable size and project it onto a blank canvas.
He then slowly traced down a few simple curves of the old church in Carroll's painting based on the picture, which he used as the positioning of the pen when applying paint.
Just tracing the picture like this is only a temporary shortcut, not a long-term solution.
After copying several works of Ms. Carroll and gradually becoming familiar with the structure of "Old Church", Gu Weijing threw away the "crutch" of the projector and began to try to manually depict the relationship between Ms. Carroll's writing styles.
When Gu Weijing was copying in the past, he would only make a rough sketch of the sketch before using the oil brush.
He does not pursue how exquisite the painting is.
As his sketching skills improved, Gu Weijing changed his mind.
Gu Weijing discovered that thunderstorm and candlelight, which are very particular about oil painting brushwork and pigment blending, have now made a lot of progress.
Only the main building still has many imperfections and inconsistencies.
Sketching should help him improve this.
Architecture and sketching have been intertwined with each other since their birth.
Today, with various CFD electronic graphics modeling software so developed and convenient, sketching classes are still required courses for most architectural majors.
Students in general literacy classes who are admitted to university must also learn sketching.
If you find that you don't have art talent and you can't draw well at all, many universities used to force you to change your major.
Pushing forward to the 21st century,
Skills such as sketching and drawing are as necessary professional skills for architects and cartographers as eating and drinking.
An architect who cannot sketch is like a soldier who cannot shoot. He cannot be called an architect at all.
All the shapes that emerge from outstanding architecture are sketches drawn up on paper, stroke by stroke.
There is a saying in the Middle Ages that the gravity of the earth and the lines of charcoal are the father and mother of castles, palaces and churches.
The painter's modeling ability supports the linear soul in the core of architectural drawings.
"Sketch Technique: Level 7 Master Level 1."
The calligraphy and painting appraisal technique evaluates the accuracy of Ms. Carroll's pen and ink, whether it is oil painting or drawing, it is at the master level.
The oil painting brush allows her to capture the chaotic bright thunderclouds and the ethereal candlelight that looks like weaving from colorful silk ribbons.
The sketching pen defines the architectural structure and grasps the contrast of the overall light and dark atmosphere of the picture.
Gu Weijing raised his head and stared at the picture frame on the wall.
From the canvas in front of him, he could imagine the delicate sketch hidden beneath the paint.
He imagined that Ms. Carroll, a female painter with golden-red hair, used foggy, layered pencil lines to draw the round dome of the church bit by bit, weaving out this fresh-looking building. of red-walled buildings appear on canvas.
Gu Weijing also started to take action in his own hands.
(End of chapter)
