Almighty painter

Chapter 229 Competition goal and sketch upgrade

Gu Weijing twirled the pencil randomly on the desk with his fingers, turning a deaf ear to all the malicious whispers around him.

As a young artist who is about to hold an exhibition in the Louvre Abu Dhabi.

Of course he has enough confidence to treat all his peers who laugh at him as clowns and ignore them.

Ok,

Strictly speaking, rather than saying that Ma Shi Gallery wants to spend a lot of money to open a personal art exhibition for itself, it is better to say that this development promise is the bait for the devil to lure Faust to sign him to sell his soul.

It's just two sides of a coin flipped in Hanks' hands, not hell and heaven.

It's an extremely lucrative contract and another contract that's a little crazy, something the industry hasn't seen before.

Ma Shi III, the "devil", is really too generous.

generous to
Gu Weijing knew that he might have signed a contract covering the golden years of his career, so he didn't feel bored, only excited and excited.

"Is this the magic power of Mr. Cao Xuan?"

If you think about it with your toes, you can tell that the unbelievable option of holding an art exhibition at the Louvre in Abu Dhabi will definitely not appear on the negotiating table if Mr. Cao did not use his strength.

It's useless to be a genius.

Tokyo galleries also have top art museums they cooperate with, but they have never promised to hold a solo exhibition for Katsuko Sakai in the art museum.

Maybe one day in the future, a similar scene will appear.

But that's not now,

not next year,

Not when Miss Katsuko was 19 years old.

It is by no means that Tokyo Gallery does not pay much attention to Katsuko Sakai, but that there has never been such a precedent in the industry.

The gallery has its own mature culture gradient.

Rookie painters generally have to join other colleagues, and after signing a contract, they first participate in some academic seminars and collective art exhibitions held by the gallery itself, and show their faces in front of collectors and media.

Those who perform well can get higher exposure resources, and are recommended to participate in small biennials as special invited painters, and then to participate in large biennials such as the Lion City Art Exhibition.

Only when you have achieved good grades can you consider starting a solo exhibition.

For cost considerations, the scale of the initial solo exhibitions was very small, and they were simply held online.

Only when the market feedback is good enough can we gradually increase the scale of the solo exhibition, change to a bigger stage, and consider giving the opportunity to participate in art fairs...

The reward at the end of this endlessly long ladder is to hold one's own solo exhibition in a large art gallery.

Just like in motorsports, you have to drive European karting first, then drive Formula Renault, and then win championships in f4, f3, and f2.Maybe I have to go to other top competitions to train for two or three years before I can finally sit in the cockpit of an F1 car and let hundreds of millions of spectators around the world cheer for the players.

This is a mature business cultivation model formed by modern galleries after the test of time.

It is precisely because each step doubles the amount of money spent in the previous step, so when dealing with conventional new painters, they must be screened layer by layer in order to gain more exposure.

After a detailed evaluation and investigation by the marketing department, it is believed that the gallery deserves to devote more resources to this agent artist.

Determining that their investment will pay off will allow painters to move up the next ladder.

Mrs. Sakai originally proposed the conditions for the solo exhibition, and she judged in her heart that even if Ma Shi Gallery agreed, it should be just a small-scale, very elementary solo exhibition.

Being able to have a physical venue, rather than the kind of Internet art exhibition held online with a total of less than 1 views, is already very attentive.

More requirements are difficult for other people's galleries.

At the age of 19, he is too young and too young.

Given such a big occasion for him, he may not be able to control the attention of art lovers all over the world.

Promote a 6-year-old karting prodigy into the ultimate cockpit of F1, and maybe the car will kill himself as soon as the car starts.

In spite of the huge public opinion and media criticism, it is very likely that the galleries and their representative painters will be flooded like a monstrous wave.

think about it,
A 19-year-old amateur painter without any convincing achievements, he got something that countless people struggled for a lifetime.

Those fellow painters who are still struggling to climb the thorny road of art, how jealous you are!

Ma Shi III actually gave this incredible promise.

I really don't know if it's fearlessness or madness.

The gallery side completely bet everything on the table and gave everything they could.

The personal friendship with the royal family of the United Arab Emirates has the qualification to hold a joint art exhibition with the Abu Dhabi Museum, which is the biggest card of Ma Shi Gallery.It is also the fundamental reason why this old gallery, which gradually looks like a withered towering tree, no matter how it declines, can be called a first-line gallery in people's subconscious mind.

It can faintly overwhelm intercontinental galleries like Tokyo Gallery + BTAP.

Even in the eyes of famous great artists, this opportunity is definitely moving enough.

It is the strongest publicity resource and T0-level exposure channel in the hands of Mashi Gallery. Looking at the entire art history, it can also be regarded as one of the honors in the middle and lower ranks of T1.

This stage is slightly inferior to those super art museums, and it is comparable to the art exhibitions held by many European national art galleries.

It is about the same as the temptation that can be carried out in the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, these three 400-year-old old-school strong museums.

Ma Shi Gallery wanted to sign Professor Kazusei Sakai's contract for the next five years, but the core condition he offered was not a contract quotation of tens of millions of dollars at all.

I just want to hold a personal art exhibition for Uncle Sakai at the Louvre in Abu Dhabi.

Since the Renaissance, the Medici family established the first art gallery in human history six centuries later.

This kind of opportunity is about the first time in history to be placed in front of a minor!
Even though he knew that this was the bait for someone else's gallery to catch him signing a long-term contract, Gu Weijing decided to jump into the bowl willingly and obediently.

Theoretically, the opportunity to open this kind of art exhibition depends on seniority, personal connections, timing and luck. It is not something that can be opened simply because you have good painting skills.

If he goes step by step, even if he breaks through the sky with strong painting skills, Gu Weijing believes that it is impossible for him to win such an opportunity before he is 30 years old.

Gu Weijing really couldn't refuse.

"Reckless young man, congratulations on signing a 15-year contract."

Mrs. Sakai did not stop her, nor did she speak sarcastically, she just shrugged her shoulders, "With such a long contract, you hope to have a good relationship with Ma Shi Gallery in the future, and you won't be hidden. Fortunately, it seems that Mr. Ma Shi III looks really good. I really like you. But to be honest, Xiao Gu, I don't blame you."

"Such a contract is in front of Shengzi, and I will ask her to sign it after a long time of struggle. When it is in front of the young Yicheng, he will rush to it without hesitation. He struggles and hesitates in his heart for a second. It is an insult to the condition of 'showing art in a top gallery'."

"Knowing that we can't reach it, we still rush forward like moths to a flame, just to get a little closer to this goal. The Louvre is such a charm."

When Mrs. Sakai spoke, her chest was heaving violently.

Obviously, she was also shocked by the conditions offered by Mr. Ma Shi III.

As for Gu Tongxiang, another elder in the living room next to him, everyone who was already happy was dumbfounded, and fell into a state of madness close to that of Fan Jinzhongju.

I was still in tears yesterday, but today I just sat on the sidelines and laughed.

Art exhibition at the Louvre?
my grandson?

Gu Tongxiang didn't care at all whether it was a blank check or not, and Gu Weijing probably couldn't grasp this opportunity in his hands.

Just the combination of the two words [Louvre] and [Gu Weijing] brought Mr. Gu the same pleasure as having an intracranial orgasm.

I am so happy that I can't wait to dance.

This is definitely the happiest day in Mr. Gu's life. Gu Tongxiang has never been so happy when he made a small fortune by making a small fortune from making old paintings.

"I just hope you can understand that this is just a goal for you to work hard for. Don't be discouraged if you can't finish it. Even if you don't have a personal art exhibition in the UAE, as long as you keep painting seriously, you will one day be able to show in the painting gallery in Paris. It is not impossible to hold a painting feast of your own."

The blond aunt stood up and patted Gu Weijing on the shoulder, comforting her.

The Painting Hall in Paris is the main hall of the Louvre Museum in France where paintings from various countries are placed. It is known as the best oil painting art in the world.

Picasso's paintings during his lifetime were collected by the Louvre and placed in the hall of the painting hall.

"Whether you can get it or not depends on God's will. Do your best to obey God's will."

Before Gu Weijing signed the contract, Mrs. Sakai checked the contract one last time and made more detailed agreements on several clauses.

Including questions about the ownership of Gu Weijing's paintings prepared for the Lion City Art Exhibition.

According to the content of the contract brought by Hanks.

The official agency agreement between Gu Weijing and Ma Shi Gallery should take effect when the Shicheng Art Exhibition closes at the end of August.

From 2023:8 on August 27, 0, Gu Weijing will officially become the official representative artist of Ma Shi Gallery no matter whether he is executing contract A or contract B.

"Who owns the ownership of the exhibited paintings, Gu Weijing himself, or Ma Shi Gallery? It must be agreed in the contract." Mrs. Sakai pointed out the ambiguity in the contract.

"Ma Shi Gallery will invest corresponding resources in Gu Weijing, and enjoy the resources, it should be the gallery's work." Hanks said immediately.

"It's fair, I have no objection." Mrs. Sakai smiled and did not object: "It's just that the corresponding resources are too vague. Mashi Gallery should give us a complete marketing plan first."

"I can only say...it can be considered according to the situation."

Hanks smiled wryly.

Ma Shi Gallery has already proposed such a gambling agreement, and then spends hard money to send Gu Weijing to participate in the exhibition to win prizes, and then spends even more hard work to spend millions of dollars to give Gu Weijing the exhibition at the Louvre in Abu Dhabi Large personal exhibition.

What are they trying to figure out!

Is Gu Weijing the illegitimate son of Ma Shi III?

Even illegitimate children may not have this kind of treatment. This is like the little ancestor of Ma Shi Gallery.

Since the ancestors of Ma Shi III are already obediently lying in the family cemetery, no one has heard of anyone suddenly cheating on the corpse.

So normally,
Hanks said that it depends on the situation, but in fact, since the contract is signed, the gallery will definitely not work hard to promote Gu Weijing.

Although the Singapore Art Biennale has attracted much attention from the academic and art circles this year, it is only a new art exhibition with a short history.

Internationally, there are no less than twelve or three biennials at the same level as it and more important than the Lion City Art Fair.

Ma Shi III hopes to get Gu Weijing's 15-year long-term contract. With this failure, Cao Lao's possible closed disciples will be tied to the battleship of his own gallery in the future.

When Gu Weijing's artistic style becomes more mature, there will be more chances of winning awards!
At that time, you can even consider some major biennale awards such as silver and bronze awards, instead of only hitting the "Best Newcomer Award" and "Wonderful Creativity Award" like this year's small consolation awards. trophy.

Hanks thought about it: "Well, at least, we can afford all the expenses of Gu Weijing's trip to Singapore, book him a hotel or something, and we can give him a daily treatment standard of [-] US dollars during the exhibition, how about it?"

"That's fine, don't bother you. We will decide the hotel ourselves, and the ownership of the paintings should also be assigned to Gu Weijing himself in the contract."

Mrs. Sakai smiled.

No matter whether it wins an award or not, works that have the qualifications to participate in the master group of large-scale biennials can easily sell for more than 7000 US dollars with a minimum guarantee.

Ten to twenty thousand, thirty to twenty thousand is also common.

No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. It is not worthwhile to give ownership of such a commemorative painting to a gallery for a few days of luxury hotel after it becomes famous in the future.

"If I want to win the award completely on my own strength, my current painting level must only touch the mood of the organizing committee. If I can completely solve the sense of fragmentation in the picture, and add the personal sketch of the finger smearing method proposed by Shengzi Creativity, to draw a painting at the level of [feeling from the heart], you should have greater confidence."

At this moment, in the back row of the Dulwich classroom,
Gu Weijing recalled the scene of signing the contract a week ago, thinking about the near-term plan in his mind, and tapped his fingertips on the desk.

"It would be great if I could come up with a piece of work with richer emotions or master-level techniques."

Gu Weijing thought for a while.

Ms. Tang Ning's entry "Hundred Flowers" at the Magic City Biennale in [-] is a work that has reached the level of a master of Chinese painting.

Successfully won the gold medal of the year.

In terms of influence and the scale of previous competitions, the Lion City Art Exhibition is similar to the Shanghai Biennale.

Except for some big painters who are occasionally specially invited to participate in the exhibition, the group of painters who are attracted to participate in the exhibition is of similar level.

Gu Weijing now has a little understanding. In the field of fine arts, the rank of master seems to be an insurmountable threshold.

Just like the name given to this stage by the system - if you cross this boundary, you are a real master, if you cannot pass it, you are just an ordinary professional painter.

He recalled the electronic album on the official website of the Lion City Art Exhibition.

Among the painters who can participate in the main exhibition, as long as they are creators in the field of classical art who pursue painting techniques, Lv.4 is almost the lowest bottom line for participation.

There are painters who can reach Lv.5 everywhere, and even works with Lv.6 professional level three in painting technique level expressiveness, there are seven or eight works exhibited every year.

In most cases, the big and small awards of the Biennale are covered by these Lv.6 paintings.

However, it is extremely rare to have works at the painting level of masters.

Compared with the uncommon third-tier occupation, it is obviously only a small stage away, and the number of people has completely dropped like a cliff.

A work like this may not come out every year.

Gu Weijing only saw paintings with vivid brushwork that amazed him in the electronic albums held at the two Singapore Art Exhibitions in 2009 and 2017.

After using the calligraphy and painting appraisal, Gu Weijing found that they were indeed master-level paintings.

The former is a first-class sketch master, and the latter is a first-class watercolor master. One is from the Singapore National Gallery, the largest local gallery in the Lion City, and the other is from Lehmann Maupin Gallery in New York. Received the gold medal of the year.

If you can improve any item of "The Good Luck Orphanage Under Yangon" to the first level of master.

No matter how fierce the competition this summer is, no matter how it is a duel field for countless mid-end painters all over the world, winning an award is a matter of grasping.

"It's difficult." Gu Weijing shook his head.

He understood that no matter how hard he tried in a hundred days, the goal of being promoted to the master level was too elusive.

Just to upgrade from lv. 5 to lv. 6, a full [-] U.S. dollars will be spent, and it should cost even more to upgrade to the first level of master.

Even if he draws US dollars, he can't draw hundreds of thousands of dollars for such a long time.

"The focus should be on emotions." Gu Weijing thought about a feasible method.

The more realistic approach now is to bridge the sense of fragmentation in the fusion painting as much as possible.

On the other hand, if the technical level cannot be improved, it is necessary to enhance the emotional depth contained in the picture.

Mr. Cao Xuan taught him.

A good painting is the expressiveness of the picture supported by three solid fulcrums of skill, emotion and knowledge.

He has already felt the magic communication between the audience and the work after the painting emotion rises to a certain height in his painting of "The Little Prince".

Although there are few master-level paintings, there are even fewer paintings that can reach the evaluation of "Painful Effort".

In previous works, Gu Weijing didn't even see a single one.

It is one of the few who can even achieve the evaluation of [feeling from the heart].

There are still traces of improvement in painting skills.

The infusion of mood and emotion in painting really can only rely on life experience and the favor of the muse. Monet didn't even think that he could draw what he felt from his heart.

Gu Weijing knew that perhaps it would be a better choice to find a way in this regard.

【Your free experience value has increased by 616.27!】

【Your free experience value has increased by 701.13!】

【Your free experience value has increased by 727.27!】

When he was thinking about the art exhibition, the system suddenly heard a reminder in his ear.

Gu Weijing opened the virtual panel and saw a reminder that a large amount of experience points had arrived.

"Uncle Alai is really reliable in his work, and he got it done so quickly."

Gu Weijing was not surprised, but just smiled.

Myanmar's currency control policy is very strict.

Foreign currency can be exchanged for Burmese kyat at will, and you can exchange as much as you want, as long as it can increase the government's foreign exchange reserves, the more the better.

It is difficult to exchange Myanmar Kyat into foreign currency.

Hanks made up his mind to establish a good relationship with the young man under the personal care of the big boss.

He didn't mention the fact that the time limit he originally said he had signed had now passed.

Hanks is also very sensible to see that the aunt is more difficult to deal with and likes to take advantage.

So after Gu Weijing signed, before parting, the manager handed over the large box of brand new Burmese coins to Gu Weijing in private.

It's like—"Small kindness, treat Mr. Gu to a drink."

Hanks said with a bright smile on his face.

This money is different from the gift from Hao Ge Group, Gu Weijing took it with peace of mind.

He changed hands and entrusted Uncle Alai with tens of millions of kyats, and asked him to help exchange them for the more urgently needed items of the orphanage and donate them.

Uncle Alai handled his affairs very neatly without any discount. In the blink of an eye, the three supplies had become free experience points on the system's virtual panel.

Plus the newly entered experience value of about [-] points.

Gu Weijing's free experience points available to him reached nearly [-] points.

How to use the experience points, he didn't have much hesitation.

Gu Weijing had already thought about it before, sketching is the foundation of artistic modeling, and it can be used in many occasions related to painting.

One method can be used for all methods, and the scope of application is extremely strong.

Improving the line modeling ability of painting is an unmistakable choice at any time.

The video on Mr. Hyperion's channel has already exceeded 3000 million viewers, thanks to the beauty of that beautiful judge named Anna Elena.

One out of every five Youtube users has clicked to play this video.

Thanks to the world's number one Internet celebrity, Gu Weijing's bound mailbox still receives hundreds of new emails every day.

He even had to unbind and replace with a newly registered mailbox to deal with orders in this area.

Since I introduced myself to Mr. Sloth and received a project from the Scholastic Group, unless the theme is very suitable and the unit price is more than [-] US dollars.

Gu Weijing is no longer willing to accept business from Fiverr.

Earning three melons and two dates is boring, he wants to gradually break away from the title of cheap illustrator.

In the days when there are no local tyrants soliciting drafts, Gu Weijing will also launch [Mentzel's Basic Painting Experience] regularly every day to draw some simple drawings.

If you don't make money, you have to keep your hand.

The more important purpose is that every time the skill is activated, the sketching skill can be greatly improved.

Persevering in exercising has yielded a lot, and Gu Wei has finally filled in half of the sketching technique column through his own efforts in the past week.

Now relying on this extra money, he should be able to directly enter the next stage, becoming his second skill to reach Lv.5.

"This is really a glass of cold mango juice in summer, thank you, Mr. Hanks, I appreciate your kindness." Gu Weijing was very satisfied with the gift from the blonde manager, and chose to spend the experience points he had just obtained, All assigned to the sketch column.

[Determined as a sketch technique, assign 2716 experience points? 】

[Ding, your sketching skill level has improved! 】

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

(End of this chapter)