Gu Weijing asked Awang to continue to lie down in front of him obediently.
He looked away,
Thinking back to the scene just before my eyes, I used the tip of my pen to vividly transform the scene of the civet cat into a pencil line sketch, and recorded it in the material book.
The magical scene just now was not magic.
"Pet Mind Reading" mentioned that there are very big differences in the habits of cats and dogs. Dogs are more domesticated, while cats are more wary of strangers.
But both pets naturally like to be gently stroked.
This will remind them of the feeling of being licked by their mother's tongue when they were young, and dopamine will be automatically released in their minds. Sometimes, people will observe pets rubbing against their legs. This is an external manifestation of wanting you to get close to them.
The knowledge card also teaches a massage technique for petting pets to enhance their emotions.
Human massage has a history of thousands of years. Massaging animals is not a new concept, but it is more of a practical massage to stimulate muscle growth.
A long time ago, in the process of raising Kobe Wagyu beef, the steps of listening to music and massaging the cattle with a special brush were added, and it has even developed into an assembly line operation. After the race of a luxury horse, a physiotherapist will also provide physical therapy to the horse. An academic paper shows that compared with the control group, the short-term sprint speed and endurance of massaged horses can be increased by nearly 10%.
But massaging less expensive animals like cats and dogs is still quite rare.
In "Pet Mind Reading", animal massage is divided into six techniques: pressing, stretching, rubbing, kneading, squeezing, and tapping. Each technique affects the special positions of their muscles and joints.
Some expensive pet centers and pet hospitals may have such programs.
But it is definitely not as effective as Gu Weijing's, because he has now reached the level of "cooking a ox to a cook" on the pet's skeletal muscles.
The cook understands the cow, and the classics interprets the cat.
You can only use a knife to untie a cow, but you can use your fingers or a pencil to untie a cat.
[Title of work: "Untitled Sketch"]
[Sketch technique: Level 2 of lv.5 profession (357/10000)]
[Chinese Painting Techniques: Level 4 Professional Level 1 (2252/5000)]
[Emotion: Feeling (fulfillment)]
"I can easily empathize with pets. Not only can I draw exquisite muscle textures, but also their little emotions. Let them turn into elves on the pen. If a cartoon movie asks me to draw posters, maybe the effect will be great. Not bad.”
He found that the emotions of his animal paintings could also resonate with the models.
Being in tune with pets is the highest state of painting animals.
Historically, people painted horses, cranes, and cats and dogs.
Every painter claims that his paintings reveal the emotions of animals that are either passionate, unruly or lonely.
Most of them are just nonsense and are far-fetched interpretations of the painter's subjective emotions.
And Gu Weijing really turned this realm into reality.
The only slight flaw is that if he uses [Menzel’s basic painting experience], the painting emotion will be fixed as [a simple work].
From an emotional point of view, it started to hold me back.
Gu Weijing casually named this piece of material "Civet Cat·Relaxation".
He flipped through the material book in front of him.
He still maintains the good habit of line drawing and sketching to exercise his line skills and accumulate creative materials.
Illustrators will create their own material library for easy access in the future, just like a student who organizes his or her wrong answer book when going to school.
In the past two days, I came to play with Awang when I had nothing to do.
In addition to the one just now, I have also created a lot of accumulated materials left behind by collecting styles, such as "Civet Cat·Breathing", "Civet Cat·Sleeping", "Civet Cat·Wagging Tail", etc.
"Next time, you can ask Mr. Sloth to find out for you if there are any suitable pet-themed illustrations. Well... this shouldn't be such a complicated request."
Because it's cute.
In the field of serious art, painting animals can only be regarded as a branch of the category.
In the field of illustration, drawing animals is the most common form of illustration.
There are almost countless masterpieces.
For example, Andy Warhol’s Cat Ninja series, such as “Niles’ Travels on a Goose”, and others such as “The Wind in the Willows” and Disney’s “Mickey Mouse” series.
Animal themes account for only a small part of the world’s masterpieces of illustrations.
As long as you have the skills, you can get enough orders in the high-end field.
"Grandpa Wu, your Ngawang was taken out to play by me."
Gu Weijing checked the time, held the civet cat in his arms, and prepared to go out. Today is the weekend, and he and Shengzi made an appointment to go to the Lucky Orphanage to paint.
He was going to take Awang over to play with Jasmine’s child.
There are stray cats outside the orphanage, and the female director sometimes feeds them. But those ticks that live on cats may also carry rabies virus.
Uncle Alai never allowed Jasmine to get close to him.
So the little girl could only watch helplessly.
Little Jasmine will be very happy today.
"As long as you have the ability, be careful of it catching you. Our cat recognizes no one but our Wu family."
Old man Wu was lying on the glass cabinet with cultural bracelets at the door, settling accounts, and said casually.
The old man had always been proud of his cat's ability to look after the house, and claimed to have a little tiger.
Awang never lost a fight with his neighbor's pet, and even drove a larger Shiba Inu into the river.
Only he, the master, can control the other party.
Old man Wu claimed that their cat was "extremely courageous" and even scratched Gu Tongxiang's paw shamelessly by Awang, which damaged his friend for a long time.
"Are you right, Awang?"
After pressing a series of numbers on the calculator, Old Man Wu raised his head arrogantly, just in time to see Awang being held in Gu Weijing's arms obediently, calling at the boy with charming eyes.
That look was as flattering as possible, and his amber pupils were almost wired.
Awang ignored Old Man Wu's call and only stuck out his tongue to lick Gu Weijing's chin to please him.
"Awang, be good."
Gu Weijing touched the head of the civet cat, took out a fish and ham sausage from his schoolbag, peeled off the plastic cover, and stuffed it into its mouth.
Ham sausage has high salt content and is considered junk food for pets. It is delicious and should not be eaten in excess.
This was Gu Weijing's reward for being his model for such a long time.
"Humph, you're an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf."
Old Man Wu's face darkened, and he muttered angrily: "Boy from the Gu family, don't feed Awang this kind of stuff, you've become so naughty, what will you do if you can't catch mice!"
"Goodbye, Grandpa Wu. Go play chess with my grandpa when you have time."
Gu Weijing smiled at Old Man Wu and walked out of the old man's toy shop with the civet cat in his arms.
He knew that Old Man Wu was in a bad mood today.
Every month...well, no...Old Man Wu always has a few unhappy days like this every year.
The person is not personally angry at themselves or really angry at their cat.
But Mr. Wu's official addiction has struck again.
The leadership change of the Yangon Painting and Calligraphy Association was coming soon, and he had mentioned to Mr. Gu the opportunity to recommend new members to the Myanmar National Painting and Calligraphy Association.
The administrative treatment and social status of formal members of the National Painting Association are a qualitative leap higher than those of local painting associations.
The kind that can reimburse you for business class if you fly on a business trip.
Perhaps the Yangon Painting Association still has the nature of a grass-roots team. In European countries, it is just a children's play house, which is relatively weak. It is also useful when applying for college.
Gu Tongxiang's identity as a member of the Yangon Painting Association was not mentioned by Ma Shi Gallery, and there was no need to mention it.
In the eyes of large intercontinental galleries, having and not having are exactly the same.
If it were replaced by the National Painting Association... it might not be of any use.
After all, this is not the Eastern Xia Art Association or the Royal Art Association. With the size of Gagosian and Mashi, they can still care less.
It's just that the degree of recognition is appropriately higher.
After all, no matter how short the generals are, they are only a few dozen selected from 50 to 60 million people, and they will have some merits. Sometimes it can even directly attract the attention of some second- and third-tier medium-sized galleries in Asia.
There is a joke among the people that the quota of the National Painting Association has been "increased by half". In other words, for ordinary Burmese painters, no matter who becomes a member of the National Painting Association, the market price will increase by at least 50%.
Especially for artists, the most attractive thing is not money, but a spot in the Biennale.
The National Painting Association holds recommended quotas for invited painters for certain international biennales.
The Singapore Biennale, the Shanghai Biennale, and even the most important and prestigious cultural exhibition in the world...the legendary and supreme Venice Biennale.
That's right.
The National Painting Association can directly send a local painter to participate in the Venice Biennale.
This involves a small BUG in the art world.
The exhibitors of the Venice Biennale are composed of two parts, namely the national exhibition and thematic exhibition representing the national team and the grand gallery.
Takashi Murakami, Damien Hirst, Salvador Dali, Yayoi Kusama... these artists whose combined worth exceeds tens of billions of dollars have all been rejected by the Venice Biennale.
However, Myanmar, Afghanistan, and Syria are in such turmoil, and the combined worth of all the famous artists may not be worth a fraction of one's pinky finger.
Since it is a sovereign country, the cultural department can directly recommend painters from their highest-level artist associations to participate in the Biennale through special channels.
The organizing committee of the Venice Biennale will give certain quotas to different countries.
The number of places falling into the hands of each country is different, and the difficulty of competition is also different.
It's a bit like the difference between the European and Asian football teams' World Cup qualifiers.
Although the national pavilions of developed countries such as Eastern Xia, Japan, Korea, France, and Italy may have larger national pavilions, they also have big names gathered there.
For artists with less than a million dollars in sales, getting tickets is simply a dream.
Every year, this is the Art Olympics between countries. In order to highlight the country’s artistic heritage, the cost of organizing the Venice Biennale is astronomical.
Hearst spent nearly $100 million without making a splash.
In places like Myanmar, rookies are pecking at each other.
African painters also have elements of racial and political correctness, which can lead to a certain degree of award-winning tendencies. Small countries in Southeast Asia such as Myanmar, Vietnam, and Cambodia are almost all soy sauce.
In fact, everyone no longer cares,
Another way to make soy sauce is to go to the Venice Biennale to make soy sauce.
Who's to say that running for the Nobel Prize isn't an honor?
Even in order to obtain a quota for the Biennale, the art world is rumored to make some risqué maneuvers every year.
European and American art giants will exchange for more exhibition quotas from small countries that have no intention of participating in the exhibition through national debt relief, foreign exchange investment and other means.
This kind of unreliable rumor sounds extremely nonsense, but it is really a secret that is not disclosed in the industry.
The Venice Biennale has this unreasonable magic.
Even if there is this hidden shortcut to the sky.
It is impossible for Old Man Wu and Gu Tongxiang to have such a completely unrealistic dream that the pie with the only quota can be smashed on their heads.
Their highest expectation in life is to have their name on the list of the National Painting Association before they step into the grave.
Then you can comfort your ancestors.
However, the National Painting Association is not something that Old Man Wu can influence.
If you want to join it, you must be able to show some excellent strength.
If you can't sell a painting for 20 million U.S. dollars, you have to be able to sell a single work for 20 million kyats, or have a similar level of difficulty, in order to pass the review threshold.
It was four years ago that the last Yangon Painting and Calligraphy Association entered the National Painting Association and became a national treasure-level artist in Myanmar.
Old Man Wu would add his name to the application list every year, and then be removed as a routine.
Trust relationships, find people, give gifts, and go through the back door.
The old man tried every method he could think of.
It seems that he may not be able to continue to serve as the permanent director of the local painting association in the next term.
Expectations come again and again, only to be disappointed again and again.
The big apple was clearly hanging in front of him on the tree, and the old man's legs were almost limping. There was always a few centimeters missing.
Old man Wu was very annoyed and sad because of this.
Gu Weijing ignored the anxious old man Wu. He was carrying a schoolbag, holding a folder of materials in one hand, and holding Awang who was clinging to his arms and screaming in his arms, and was about to take a car to the orphanage to find girls to play with.
When I walked to the door of my house, I met a courier delivering express door to door.
Wearing a red and yellow corporate culture shirt with the words "DHL Express, One Step Faster", a young man pedaled a tricycle along the tree-lined road along the Yangon River. The chain made a squeaking sound like a rat gnawing.
"Who is Mr. Gu Weijing at Gu's Book Gallery, No. 36, North Yangon River Road, Yongsheng District, Yangon City? He went out to pick up the express delivery."
The courier boy glanced at the house number, threw the package in the back of the tricycle with a clang on the steps in front of the calligraphy and painting shop, and then continued to squeak, squeak, and squeak to the next door.
Gu Weijing had become accustomed to the local express delivery service attitude and was unable to complain, so he tore Awang out of his arms first.
Then he bent down and picked up the package in front of him, shaking off the dust.
He unwrapped the black package and revealed the cover of a fairy tale book inside.
"Is this the new version of Mr. Sloth's "The Little Prince"?"
Mr. Sloth has already communicated with him. He has received a sample book of "The Little Prince" from the publisher, which will be sent to him through the Schonbrunn Office in the next few days.
This should be it.
Gu Weijing looked at this fairy tale book with satisfaction, whose printing effect was beyond his expectation.
The painting process went through many twists and turns, but when the final product is in front of my eyes, I still feel a great sense of accomplishment and gain.
This is a milestone moment in Gu Weijing's life - he officially completed a high-end manuscript cooperation.
From then on, at least among the group of illustrators, he was no longer just an online illustrator, but had a large project as a work resume.
This is like the career transition made by Internet celebrities who make short videos to serious TV drama stars.
Social status has been qualitatively upgraded.
The detective cat who has drawn "Mr. Hyperion" is just an internet celebrity painter, but the detective cat who has successfully completed the "Little Prince Project" of the Scholastic Group is considered by his employer to be an artist whose gold content exceeds 90% of his fellow illustrators.
This implicit gold-plated upgrade may be more helpful than the monetary benefits the Little Prince project itself can obtain.
After completing the transition from 0 to 1, it will be much easier for him to move from 1 to 2 in the future.
"Thanks to Mr. Sloth, I was able to find such an awesome project for my first mission."
Gu Weijing thought as he opened the little prince.
He saw Mr. Sloth's message on the title page. The words were beautiful.
This was the first time Gu Weijing saw the handwriting of the mysterious Mr. Sloth, and Gu Weijing's eyes lit up.
There are actually very few people in foreign countries who can write beautiful handwriting.
In Yale and Oxford, there are top students everywhere who leave the computer keyboard and write on paper as messy as a dog crawling.
Not surprising either.
Painting and art are something that all human civilizations will invent, and there were murals in the Neolithic Age.
The brush calligraphy system based on pictophonetic Chinese characters is an artistic creation and aesthetic trend uniquely invented by the Eastern Xia people based on the theme of writing to convey the Tao and calligraphy to convey the bones.
There is only one of them in the world, there is no other semicolon.
Even the ancient Egyptians, whose writing had a lot of pictographic elements, had no such thing as calligraphy.
If you have to do a hard calculation, the Latin family also has classifications based on business copper plate typeface, imperial capital typeface, Gothic secular/shorthand typeface, etc., which are often referred to as floral and round typefaces, but they have been compared with the Eastern Xia cultural circle. The level of calligraphy that is elevated to express spiritual and freehand brushwork is too primitive.
In terms of the depth of the calligraphy theoretical system and aesthetic attainments, the gap between English calligraphy and the Chinese calligraphy system, which was constantly improved under the imperial examination system, is about the same as the gap between the airplane invented by the Wright brothers and the F22 stealth fighter.
But such beautiful words are still very recognizable. In foreign countries, only a few upper class people who have money and time can train their children to practice calligraphy.
This is completely in line with Gu Weijing's imaginary profile of Mr. Sloth as a "personable, gentle, upper-class middle-aged uncle".
"Noble work of art...noble soul..."
Gu Weijing read the text above.
He is no stranger to this famous art motto. In order to save a few euros on materials, his family did not order a physical version of the paper magazine. But every issue of the electronic publication of "Oil Painting" magazine will also have the same words of tribute to Ms. K as a suffix.
Of course, this Mr. Sloth is also a reader of Oil Painting magazine.
Gu Weijing put away this very memorable sample book of "The Little Prince" in his schoolbag. He discovered that there was another package that the courier boy had just dropped.
This package is very thin, not too heavy, and is also covered with a layer of sponge on the outside.
What is it?
Gu Weijing couldn't remember that he had shopped online recently.
Out of curiosity, he opened the outer sponge and found that there was actually a mahogany photo frame inside.
There is a colorful and elegant note pressed under the glass of the photo frame. It seemed that after someone had finished writing it, the secretary had sealed it in a photo frame and sent it over.
There was only a short line on the note.
[Friend Gu Weijing:
I heard that you joined the Yangon Painting and Calligraphy Association. Congratulations. Being able to paint with Mr. Cao Xuan means that since ancient times, heroes have emerged from youth. If you achieve greater success in painting in the future and want to join the National Painting Association, you may consider giving me a call. Another note: Prepare well for the Singapore Biennale. A price you can’t refuse. I always keep my word.
--List】
Gu Weijing stared at the text in the photo frame for a few seconds before he connected this Mr. Chen with the elegant middle-aged businessman whom he had met once in the Lucky Orphanage.
Mr. Chen is the chairman of the Charity Chamber of Commerce and the most well-known local collector. It is not surprising that he is well-informed about his affairs.
What's strange is that others are willing to continue to pay attention to themselves.
When he was in the orphanage, Mr. Chen promised that if he was really shortlisted for the Lion City Art Exhibition, people would be willing to buy his paintings at a good price.
Gu Weijing didn't take it too seriously.
A big collector who can jointly open a car factory with Toyota, most likely just casually said that he couldn't buy any paintings he wanted.
There is no need to take things too seriously and worry about gains and losses.
Gu Weijing was surprised that Mr. Chen could still remember his name after such a long time. Unexpectedly, he even sent a handwritten note.
It seems that he is not serious,
But they are serious.
"How irresistible is an irresistible price?"
Gu Weijing has always asked himself to pursue hard work in technique and not to completely equate the value of artwork with money.
Seeing this note still made his heart beat a little.
With his current painting skills, it is difficult to win an award, but it is no longer difficult to meet the requirements for participation in exhibitions.
Different levels, different perspectives.
For ordinary residents in the city, spending 100,000 kyats to buy paintings is very expensive.
And an offer that a collector with a net worth of hundreds of millions of dollars would call it irresistible would probably cost upwards of $100,000 no matter what.
this era.
The chairman of the Myanmar Painting Association, the most expensive work sold in his life may not have this amount.
This is not just sales, but also Mr. Chen’s recognition and investment in his painting skills.
The career of a great painter in modern times must be accompanied by the recognition and pursuit of his artistic level by rich buyers, not only during his lifetime, but also after his death.
Kojiro Matsukata, the eldest son of Japan’s Prime Minister during the Meiji period, played this role for Monet, Kerkorian, the owner of MGM Casino in Las Vegas, played this role for Picasso, and the prince of the United Arab Emirates played this role for Damien Hirst.
Without the massive funds of these collectors who do not regard money as money, they would not be able to achieve the great painter's ability to stand in the clouds.
"Mr. Chen, will he become the first big buyer in my life?"
This thought came to Gu Weijing's mind.
(End of chapter)
