Almighty painter

Chapter 198 Correct Usage of Blessing Candles

When the sun turned to the west again and the sky was getting late, Gu Weijing finally completed the work at hand.

He raised his brush and scanned the canvas in front of him.

"It's a qualified work."

The graphics look good in the end.

Although the details of some paintings still need to be slightly incongruous, if you look closely, the brushwork is still not perfect.

But Gu Weijing can still proudly say,

The work in front of me is no longer a fusion painting that was forced to draw for the sake of selling a gimmick.

Now the fusion painting skills I have shown on this canvas have finally begun to have some real "fusion" meaning.

"There are still deficiencies, but the look and feel of this picture can already be tried to participate in the exhibition." Gu Weijing licked his lips.

The appearance of this new Good Luck Orphanage in the Sun does not detect any major demerit points for obvious incongruity.

Based on the current degree of completion of the work, normally speaking, it probably passed the baseline threshold for being able to participate in the art exhibition.

It should not be a big problem to enter the main booth.
With good luck and no strong competitors, it is not impossible for this painting to win a small award even at a first-tier art exhibition in Asia like the Lion City Art Exhibition.

Unfortunately there are also,

For example, the processing of the characters' demeanor, the subtle portrayal of the eyes, the contrast between light and shadow is not smooth enough...

In the final analysis, Gu Weijing believes that he has not fully realized the full potential that the original base map should be able to express.

If it weren't for the lack of proficiency in Chinese painting and sketching techniques, it would have become an obstacle for Gu Weijing to control his brush.

Then,

The final effect of this painting should be much better than it is now.

The full skill of fusion painting is far from being as simple as not losing points.

It's like a middle school girl who is clearly the peerless beauty embryo of a fairy sister, but in the end after being painted by Gu Weijing, she becomes an eye-catching beautiful female colleague.

This in itself shows from the side that he still hasn't been able to fully grasp the essence of the new body painting and give full play to the advantages of this painting method.

"You can give it a score of [-] for the time being. Let's make persistent efforts."

Gu Weijing evaluated his overall satisfaction with this piece of work, and then threw a calligraphy and painting appraisal technique over.

【Work Title: "Lucky Orphanage in the Sun"】

[Sketch Technique: Lv.4 Professional Painter First Level (2398/5000)]
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[Oil painting techniques: Lv.5 professional painter · second level (101/10000)]
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[Chinese Painting Technique: Lv.4 Professional Painter First Level (1186/5000)]

【Emotion: A Simple Work】

The criteria for systematically evaluating works have always been strict.

On the virtual panel at this time,

It still uses two dividing lines on the data bar to remind Gu Weijing that his new level of body painting is just barely readable.

It shows that in the eyes of the system, Gu Weijing's technique is far from reaching the point where it can work smoothly and be natural.

When the three painting skills are compatible with each other, there are still small gaps that are not very noticeable.

Even compared with the first painting he ever painted, "Good Luck Orphanage in the Sun".On the data panel, there is an additional dividing line label showing the gap.

Originally, on the panel of the first painting, there was only a striking dividing line in dark color like shark teeth between Chinese painting, oil painting and sketch.

Now even between oil paintings and sketches, there are incongruities.It's just that the dividing line becomes lighter and thinner a lot.

of course,

An extra dividing line does not affect the visual effect of this work, which is much more successful than its predecessors.

The former has only one dividing line, but it completely tore up the effect of the picture.

Because Gu Weijing only forcibly added Chinese painting techniques that are completely inconsistent with the structure of the painting in the original traditional oil painting creation.

But the painting method he uses now is a completely different painting theory and art philosophy.

From the moment the new body painting was born, it was born for the purpose of mixing these three techniques and learning from each other's strengths.

Castiglione has proved that there is no problem with painting theory.

The reason for the estrangement in the final picture cannot be blamed on other people's painting techniques, it is simply because of his lack of painting techniques.

To put it bluntly, Gu Weijing just lacked practice.

for example,

The combination of Eastern Xia painting method and Western painting method,

In the hands of Castiglione and other masters, the effect of 1+1=3 can probably be exerted, but Gu Weijing's first attempt, under the mutual influence and interference of the two sides, may only be left with 0.3.

It really belongs to the bad level of painting is worse than not painting.

Judging by this standard.

The painting in front of him can probably score 1.1 or 1.2.

It is not comparable to the ability of great artists to turn decay into magic, but it is several times better than the look and feel of his previous works.

Even if estrangement and incongruity still exist, the effect is slightly better than if he uses the Eastern Xia painting method and the Western painting method alone.

"Well, the emotional evaluation of this painting is only [Simple Work]."

Gu Weijing looked at the mood bar and shrugged.

The second step of the task of being inclusive of all rivers can only be completed if the emotional evaluation reaches the rating of feeling and above.

After dropping the paintbrush and not hearing the prompt that the task was completed, Gu Weijing was mentally prepared.

He was a little disappointed in his heart, not too much.

People are valuable to have self-knowledge,
In the process of painting, I originally estimated that the emotion of painting this painting can only be regarded as a simple work at best.

The reason is also very simple,
When Gu Weijing was painting, all his thoughts were on controlling the brush, and he didn't have any extra energy at all.

What else can we talk about using works as a carrier to express the painter's emotional appeal?
"I want to be able to integrate my emotions into the new body painting techniques with ease, and complete this system task. I estimate the level of Chinese painting and sketching, and it should also need to reach the second-level professional proficiency like oil painting."

Gu Weijing recalled the feeling of using a brush when he was just painting, and probably made a judgment in his heart.

"Perhaps if the oil painting is exceptionally strong, breaking through the third level of a professional or even the first level of a master... Maybe it is possible to easily bridge the remaining two together like glue with only outstanding painting skills. The artist also does not feel when painting. to too much pressure."

all in all,
Otherwise, the three techniques are not bad, or a certain one is particularly strong, and they should all be able to meet the requirements of completing system tasks.

Gu Weijing looked enviously at the rewards for the serial missions on the system panel, and had the urge to use the [Muse's Blessing Small Candle] he had just obtained.

Gu Weijing thought about it for a while, but shook his head rationally to deny the idea.

He knew that it was completely inappropriate to use up the precious one-time skills here.

There are still more than 100 days before the exhibition, and Gu Weijing still has enough time to improve his painting skills in a down-to-earth manner according to conventional methods.

It is estimated that by May or June at the latest, the remaining payment for "The Little Prince" from the publishing house will be paid.

At that time, Gu Weijing should still get a large amount of free experience points.

He can practice more during this time, and draw two "Lucky Orphanage in the Sun" first if he has nothing to do.

Unless there is a clear time limit for creation, or it is specifically for the family portrait of the employer, it is required to provide a finished business cooperation within a short period of time.

When great painters draw a certain piece of work, it is often very difficult to draw to their satisfaction in one go.

Especially some important sketches from life.

In order to draw the best effect, it is necessary for the artist to paint the same subject and the same work repeatedly from morning to night.Some may be drawn five or six times, and some may be drawn hundreds of times.

I even paint whenever I feel passionate,

Only in this way can we grasp the great work that makes the audience suffocate because of its beauty in the mass practice.

According to opinions and literature, Leonardo da Vinci painted at least three "Mona Lisa".

As for Monet's "Haystacks", there are 25 surviving works, and the number of "Water Lilies" is between 181 and 252.

Even according to the letters and memories of friends, in order to grasp the colors and lines of a Renaissance church on the streets of Paris, the artist had painted for several years, and there were hundreds of conservative practice works.

Some painters will destroy unsatisfactory works, some painters will not.

Gu Weijing felt that he could practice dozens of "Lucky Orphanage in the Sun" first.

Anyway, practice makes perfect!
Even if the skills are insufficient, the accumulated experience of repeated painting will also be of great benefit to the final effect of the picture.

Moreover, the creation time that [Muse's Blessing Candle] can activate is actually too short for a painting with a length and width of more than 10 inches.

This painting took a lot faster than his first attempt, but it took a full half a day to paint from noon to dusk and sunset.

full of money,

The ten minutes it takes for the candle to light is enough for him to quickly draw a small-sized painting with a knife.

"Well, pick up the painting knife and draw... I thought of something last night before going to bed."

Gu Weijing scratched his hair and talked to himself for a while.

He bent down, found a dark aluminum alloy painting tube under the bed in the bedroom, unscrewed the cover on the painting tube, and pulled out a rolled canvas from it.

Gu Weijing unfolded the canvas on the table, revealing the shape of a little boy sitting on a sand dune.

This is the painting "The Little Prince on the Sand Dunes at Night" he painted before.The cover art for the new edition of "The Little Prince" produced by Scholastic Group.

This painting was carefully received by Gu Weijing in the painting tube and preserved.

For top illustrator groups,

Many of them are still insisting on painting with pen and paper even in the 21s.

The deep-seated reasons include the sayings that "paper and pen can bring better painting texture", "pursuing the old-school old school painting habits", "only feeling the friction of the pen tip on the paper can inspire Lao Tzu to create soul, otherwise it is just a slave to electronic products” behind these high-sounding reasons.

There is also a very realistic consideration—paper illustrations can be sold separately for money.

The copyright of the characters created by the illustrator and most of the related commercial rights usually belong to the publishing house.

For example, it is absolutely not allowed for a Disney illustrator to secretly draw Mickey Mouse in his own name and sell it online after get off work.

Anyone who dares to do this will be sued by a lawyer.

The strongest legal department on the surface is not joking with you, it will definitely jump up and bite like a mad dog.

Similarly,

Gu Weijing absolutely cannot wear the vest of Detective Cat and create any works related to the character content of "The Little Prince" privately on Fiverr, and he is not even allowed to draw a second adaptation of the character he drew.

However, if there is no special agreement in the contract, after he provides the electronic pictures to the Scholastic Group, he can retain the ownership of the original manuscripts and dispose of them at will.

Gu Weijing was free to sell the manuscripts.

If the illustrator hadn't been to Stan Lee, the godfather of Marvel, Walt Disney, the author of Mickey Mouse, or a bigwig who won the Andersen Award.

The original works sold by modern cartoonists and illustrators are rarely eligible for special auctions.

It usually belongs to the popular works sold at the opening of the miscellaneous literary and play auctions held by Sotheby's and Jiashide from time to time.

Painters in North America prefer to bypass middlemen and list their works on EBAY (second-hand trading website).There are also flea markets and pawn shops in America that specialize in these things.

Among the painting knife paintings created by Gu Weijing, only this cover painting was left alone by him.

Those other works,
After he passed the drawings to Mr. Sloth and received a reply that there was no problem with the inspection of the works, Gu Weijing simply scraped them off with an oil painting knife.

Things are rare.

Because the number of works is casually dozens or even hundreds of times the output of oil paintings and watercolor painters who take a serious artistic line in the gallery.

An illustrator can produce as many works as a serious artist can in two years.

Therefore, the original works of illustrators cannot be sold too expensively, tens of thousands of dollars are very top-notch.

Original works want to sell for a good price, or there are a lot of manuscripts for a complete set of characters in a certain series.

Otherwise, just take out a few of the most essential ones and sell them, and destroy all the rest to control the number of works in circulation.

He didn't specifically think about creating an orphan product for marketing.

When Gu Weijing shoveled the painting, he didn't think about selling it.

It's just that the gallery at home has no space to hang paintings, so Gu Weijing followed his past practice habits and took all the canvases for secondary use.

By the way, I won't accidentally confiscate it so that my grandpa and aunt will see it.

Gu Weijing was not willing to destroy the last cover painting.

After all, this is the best work he has ever created so far.

Not only does it include his own efforts, Mr. Sloth has also worked so hard to read to him for such a long time, and Gu Weijing plans to keep it as a souvenir.

After he dried the painting on the window sill of the bedroom, he rolled it into the canvas storage bucket under the window, and almost forgot about it.

But after obtaining the one-time skill [Muse's Blessed Small Candle].

Last night, Gu Weijing was lying in bed sleeping, and while he was half asleep, he suddenly had a bold idea.

This painting is only a step away from the deeper level of the mood table [Painful and Bloody], like a window paper.

Several times when he was creating, he felt that the little prince he described was about to come to life, but unfortunately, something was still missing in the end.

Gu Weijing previously deduced that the reason why he couldn't pierce through this thin layer of paper when creating was because he didn't have a deep understanding of "The Little Prince".

The most emotional part of his writing is more of the perception conveyed by Mr. Sloth through his pen tip, not something that belongs to Gu Weijing himself.

"The Little Prince" is not enough to impress Gu Weijing.

He didn't really get into the hearts of the characters in Saint-Exupéry's works and resonate enough with the words in the book.

And this,
The current Gu Weijing may have a chance to make up for it.

[Muse's Blessing Small Candle] I don't have the ability to improve the already legendary knife painting, but if I find another way to improve another skill, it may be able to achieve good results as well.

Gu Weijing opened the skill panel and looked at the painting and calligraphy appraisal technique that he used most often.

[Active Skill: Calligraphy and Painting Appraisal]

【Current Quality: Excellent】

[Special Effect [-] (Appreciation of Calligraphy and Painting): After activating the skill, you will be able to decompose the color, structure and lines of a painting.And the painting information will appear in the panel in the form of data.You can directly contact the physical appreciation of paper works, and you can also appreciate high-definition electronic albums. The appraisal effects of the two are somewhat different. 】

[Special Effect [-] (Soul Sensation): During the process of appreciating the master's paintings, there is a chance to trigger a limited task.Note: Appreciating works that are far ahead of your current aesthetic attainments may cause additional mental burden to the host, please use skills with caution]

【Special effect 51 (skill advancement): This skill is an upgradeable skill. After using the identification technique a thousand times, the skill will be upgraded. (Current progress bar: (1000/[-])]

[Equipment requirements: Over 12 years of relevant experience in art learning, appraisal, or art criticism. Each use of skills consumes 50 free experience points, and there is no cooling time. 】

[Remarks: The soul absorbs the feelings of another soul to enrich itself, and then returns to the world with richer feelings. 】

Calligraphy and painting identification is almost the most widely applicable magical skill among the skills given by the system on the virtual panel.

Even purely in terms of quality, Appraisal is currently the lowest level of the three skills that Gu Weijing possesses, and it costs 50 free experience points to use it once.

But it is Gu Weijing's most frequently used skill, and it actually helps him more than the unpopular drawing method of legendary knife painting.

Just because it's used too much,

He was a little accustomed to the effects of the identification technique, and he ignored that the small candle of blessing could not only be used in fields directly related to painting, it should also have an effect on this auxiliary skill.

Even from the initial description of the system, it is clearly marked that it has the potential to be upgraded.

"Painting and Calligraphy Appraisal Technique, theoretically the skill is called this name, it should not only be used to appraise paintings and artworks, it should also be able to disassemble the paintings of masters into real lines, allowing people to understand the deepest meaning of books and words Inspiration and ideas... huh?"

Gu Weijing was a little uncertain.

Compared with the name on the system panel, this skill is a little bit inaccurate.

Gu Weijing once tried whether he could use his skills on textual reading materials, but there was no response at all.

Could it be because the quality of skills is not enough yet?

(End of this chapter)