Almighty painter

Chapter 180 Technical Breakthrough

As Boss Chen helped him get the approval, the money was transferred to the account of the orphanage, and the modernization construction was put on the agenda.

Gu Weijing had already received a reminder that the system experience value had arrived a few days ago.

With nearly 3000 free experience points, he was filled with the satisfaction of a poor man becoming rich.

During this period of time, he was not too anxious to point out the experience points.

For one thing, Gu Weijing still needs to save some experience points for using the calligraphy and painting identification technique in daily life.

Secondly, he actually hasn't figured out how to distribute the experience points.

More than 3000 points of free experience points are not a lot, but not a lot. If you really want to plan it casually, there will be nothing left.

In the virtual panel, among the several feasible options, the one that was ruled out first was to water the 【Miscellaneous·Baiyishu】.

This hundred art tree that can produce miscellaneous painting skills is as precious as the wealth tree that can drop gold and silver treasures in mythology.

For art students, "legendary" painting skills may be more valuable than real money.

Unfortunately, it is also a bottomless pit that swallows experience.

It costs thousands of experience points to water it once, and it just has a "probability" to grow new branches.

The 3000 experience points he had managed to accumulate would be gone after three waterings. The harvest is uncertain, and it is very likely that the bamboo basket will be empty.

Gu Weijing can't afford to play with this sapling for the time being.

All that's left is the painting panel.

Among the five major items of painting, the three items that Gu Weijing most needs to use now are Chinese painting, sketching, and oil painting.

His Chinese painting is relatively weak, and sketching is the basis for all kinds of painting in the field of painting, while oil painting techniques are nourished by the primary treasure chest, and the experience bar of the first-level profession has already filled up more than half.

If you lean towards oil painting, you should be able to directly break through to the second level of the profession.

It is precisely because the choices seem to be much better, so Gu Weijing is a little hesitant.

"what happened?"

Sensing the pause of the people around her, Sakai Katsuko turned her head, moved her wrist a little, and asked with a chuckle, "Are you tired?"

The girl stretched slightly.

In order to find a suitable angle to observe the orphanage from the window, and the concierge’s hut originally had limited space, they had to stand next to each other when copying.

A lot of time has passed since the beginning of copying.

Sakai Katsuko went to the beach to swim this morning, and accompanied Mrs. Sakai in shopping for jade at noon and evening, but up to now, she is in good spirits and does not feel tired at all.

Tacit understanding, warm, happy, and a little sweet,
Professor Kazushige Sakai has beautiful real estate and brightly lit professional studios in Nagoya, Tokyo, Monaco and Provence in the south of France.

In those large studios that Shengzi used to take for granted, the purchase of the supplementary lighting system to simulate various natural light is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

But she didn't think that this simple hut with only two gas lamps was as good as she wanted.

This is simply the happiest painting process that Katsuko Sakai has ever experienced. She hopes that this painting will be larger, so that time can freeze in this moment and never end.

"Light?" Gu Weijing said softly, "Light is not enough to be spiritual."

"You mean candlelight."

Sakai Katsuko is indeed a painting genius, and her copying speed is slightly faster than Gu Weijing, who has been improving by leaps and bounds with the help of the system during this period.

Gu Weijing has just finished painting the background color and the distant sky on the canvas, and she has already painted the main details of the church.

After thinking for a while, she knew the meaning of Gu Weijing's words.

She inserted the paintbrush into the medium agent water tank for cleaning, took Gu Weijing's palette from Gu Weijing's hand, held it to her forehead, looked at the sky outside through the smooth plastic plate, and then looked at the canvas in front of her. .

"It's actually pretty good..."

Katsuko Sakai turned the flame of the gas lamp to the brightest, moved a little in front of her, and compared Gu Weijing and her own paint in the firelight.

As emergency lighting under no conditions,
Compared with cold light flashlights or incandescent lamps that can easily reach thousands of lumens of brightness, gas lamps have weaker lighting capabilities, but their color temperature is warmer, which is more suitable for daily natural light.

Therefore, the look and feel of the canvas under the gas lamp is similar to the look and feel of the canvas under the sun, and the painted picture is not prone to color cast.

"Let me take a look for you, okay?" Sakai Katsuko tilted his head.

After obtaining Gu Weijing's consent, she took her oil painting knife and dipped some pearl white on the palette, dabbed it on the palette for a while, then scraped it with a small clean brush, and finally shook her head .

"If I configure it, the color is brighter, maybe more linseed oil is added to the thinner, but... there is no essential difference... This is actually adjusted very accurately."

Miss Shengzi shook her head helplessly.

"Mere accuracy is not enough." Gu Weijing also shook his head.

"I understand. I understand Gu Jun's meaning very well. It's just that candlelight itself is difficult to draw, and stained glass is even more difficult to draw. The combination of these two forms a continuous colorful light. It's too difficult to grasp. It's not your fault." , it’s not just a matter of mastering the paint.” Sakai Katsuko said.

She has a little more experience in oil painting than Gu Weijing, even if she has a better grasp of light, she still doesn't have the magical power of turning stones into gold.

Stained glass was once hailed as the art of the Kingdom of God in the Middle Ages, because of its changeability and incalculability.

In the 12th century, the King of France decided to build the famous Saint-Denis Cathedral as a place of worship and rest. At that time, Dean Suge decided to fill the interior of the building with the glory of heaven to enhance the spiritual connection between individuals and gods. Making mortals walk inside the building is like walking in the kingdom of God.

For the first time in history,
A large area of ​​stained glass was used in the building, and Saint-Denis Cathedral has become a milestone masterpiece in the history of architecture, and it is still synonymous with the gorgeous and complex French architecture.

As the medium that separates humans from the realm of heaven and gods,

Even those experienced master painters have to think twice before writing when facing stained glass windows.

It is not directly manufactured as a whole piece of glass as many people think, but during production, two types of metal salts, manganese and cobalt, are added to the furnace, and the glass will slowly deform and change the light transmission. degree, and finally form translucent small glasses of different colors.

Craftsmen then cut these small glasses into hundreds or thousands of glass blocks the size of knuckles or babies' palms according to needs, and then stick them together with molten lead, and splicing them into patterns on the window panels.

There was even a category of dedicated stained glass painters.Georges Rouault, a great oil painter famous for his ethereal brushwork in the [-]th century, was born as an apprentice of glass painting.

Sakai Katsuko looked at the window of the old church of the orphanage not far away, and gently smoothed the hair from the forehead to the back of her head, with a regretful look on her face.

She knew that with their current techniques, it was impossible to accurately express these colors.

No two feathers are the same, and no two stained-glass windows are the same.

Hundreds of different glass pieces are like hundreds of different paint shades.

Due to the limited technology of early glass production and the different furnaces used to produce batches, each small glass may be unique.

Maybe two pieces of glass next to each other are emerald green or crimson, which look similar, but the light transmittance will still change very slightly.

"The candlelight here, I actually didn't draw it well, what a pity such a scene." Sakai Katsuko looked at her canvas, not knowing whether she was comforting Gu Weijing or herself.

Candlelight made the painting even more difficult.

Candles are not a steady projected light source.

Its flame will jump, flicker, big and small, erratic.

Combined with stained glass, the painter wants to accurately copy its color, just like throwing an apple on the side of the road to accurately pass through the garland thrown in the air by the acrobatic clown on the speeding car.

Putting such complex and colorful colors on the canvas is not even half the size of a palm, which is simply an impossible task.

She also put a lot of thought into the coloring of this part.

As a result, the effect after completion... It cannot be said that the painting is bad, but it can only be considered unsatisfactory.

On the canvas in front of her, Sakai Katsuko used extremely thin and fine brushwork to dye the luster of the candle little by little, which already looks erratic and light enough.

But it owes a little agility.

It is a painting, but not a flame.

The pursuit of painting is to draw a three-dimensional look and feel and tell a four-dimensional story on a two-dimensional plane.

The paintings of ordinary excellent painters are just paintings, while the paintings of first-class masters are dedicated to creating a real space in the eyes of the audience by relying on changes in focus and visual proportions.

And the works of the real top masters are a mobile feast.

In the classical period when entertainment was scarce, upper-class men and women aristocrats watched painting exhibitions and sculptures, just like today's young people watch movies.

The most sought-after works are always works with a sense of time, which will "move" and tell you stories.

Looking at "87 Immortals" is like participating in a gathering of immortals in the Misty Fairy Palace, while watching "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" is like stepping into the water, sand and green peaks, touring mountains and rivers.Watching "Venus Rising from the Sea" is like seeing a song and dance of Goddess of Beauty, and watching "Lament for Christ" is like witnessing a religious enlightenment baptism...

Sakai Katsuko looked at the candlelight she drew on the canvas and sighed regretfully.

Her own technique is still in the part of "copying on paper", and the painting is still two-dimensional.

The painting is just very similar, and the candlelight is not three-dimensional enough. There is a big gap between the real world in front of you and the vivid feeling of the female painter Carroll's pen.

Not to mention, let the soul of the senior master come alive from her pen.

Sakai Katsuko looked at Gu Weijing beside him, who had been staring at the canvas, motionless, a little worried.

"Gu Jun, don't force yourself too much, you'll waste your energy." She thought that Gu Weijing seemed a little too anxious, so she persuaded him softly.

Painter is a profession that is easy to get into the dead end, and impressionism is a high-incidence area of ​​occupational diseases.

Renoir, Monet, Degas, Van Gogh... All these people have symptoms of mental problems one after another when they are trying to figure out the light.

Jumping into the river, anxiety, and self-harm are just the difference between the severity of symptoms.

"Hey, don't think about it anymore, we can often come and paint together, you are very young, and I am also very young, maybe a few months, maybe a year or two, and one day we will be able to draw the desired effect."

Sakai Katsuko stretched out his hand from behind, gently covered Gu Weijing's eyes, and said softly.

It's just a pity that with the reconstruction of this lucky orphanage, it may be difficult to reproduce such a good copying condition today.

In this regard, Ms. Shengzi is also very sorry.

Gu Weijing broke away from Sakai Katsuko's palm.

He looked at the rainy night and the canvas in front of him, as if he had made up his mind, and said in a soft but firm voice, "I still want to give it a try."

[Determined as an oil painting technique, assigning 2863 experience points? 】

He gently allocated his free experience points in the virtual panel, and leaned over the oil painting.

As he clicked OK, the experience slot that was still half empty was instantly filled, and the next moment, Gu Weijing heard the system's notification sound.

【Your oil painting skill level has been improved! 】

[Current Level: Lv.5 Professional Painter Second Level (1/10000)]

After obtaining the system,
Gu Weijing had never allocated so many experience points to himself in a short period of time.

It may be an exaggeration to say that it is an old monk who taught the exercises, and it may be a bit of an exaggeration to say that it is suddenly enlightened, and there is almost no moisture.

It's not like the shocking feeling of massive information and knowledge flooding into the mind like a knowledge card.

The canvas is still the canvas, and the brush is still the brush.

But he felt almost immediately that he was different.

The increase of close to [-] experience points is enough to cause quantitative changes to lead to qualitative changes.An oil painting that takes a lot of time and effort can often only bring about a few dozen experience points.

Humans are not machines, so it is impossible to spend 24 hours on painting oil paintings.

Normally, even if an art student uses more convenient acrylic, the frequency of painting a complete oil painting a week is quite impressive, and this efficiency may only be available in the training week.

Art students in East Asia, every time they conduct professional training for the joint entrance examination or some art competitions, they can almost make the students peel off and slow down the pace. Maybe in Europe, there will be minor protection groups jumping out to accuse the abuse children.

They also spend a lot of time in sketching and other professional courses, and it is not surprising that they draw one picture a month.

In other words, without the help of the system, [-] experience points may be a breakthrough that ordinary people can only obtain through years or even ten years of hard work.

This has to be the case that you have good talent and understanding, and you work hard enough.

Most people may not touch the level of the second-level professional level in their entire lives.Such as his grandfather Gu Tongxiang, such as the art teachers of Dulwich College.

Even Ms. Sakai Katsuko is still a little bit away from the second level of her profession.

How many people in the world are as lucky as Sakai Katsuko to have personal guidance from top famous teachers since childhood?

What Gu Weijing felt the most was the improvement in his control over the pen.

(End of this chapter)