Almighty painter

Chapter 338 Cute Techniques

Hamburg, imitating the "Tea House" garden.

In a quiet study.

After Lao Yang handed the printed photo in his hand to Cao Xuan, he did not walk away immediately, but said with a smile: "It's like Bai Huakui, who is honored with a birthday cup every year. The young man seems to be quite good at talking."

He picked up the tea cup on the table and poured water for the old man. His eyes fell on Cao Xuan's face with a vague look.

Lao Yang couldn't help but be curious.

How would his employer react when he saw this "special" work?

The young man seems to be quite good at talking.

Lao Yang only said half of what he said. There was still the remaining half left in his mind. It seemed that... he was also pretty good at painting.

Lao Yang didn't know how the old man felt about this picture of a purple waterfall rushing down.

It gave him a fright anyway.

joke.

Assistants are not like agents, who are partners on the road of art.

There are indeed many assistants and life secretaries in the industry who are only responsible for booking flights and hotels, serving tea and buying coffee, and connecting with customers.

Lao Yang prides himself on being an elegant and cultural person!
In his career plan, Mr. Cao will make a lot of money as a senior agent in a gallery like Gagosian a hundred years from now.

The profession of broker.

Brokers with connections and resources have the opportunity to develop clients and earn money, but among those who can become top brokers, there are a few who do not have the connections and cooperation opportunities with big bosses.

Otherwise, why would gallery owners spend super-high salaries of millions of dollars a year to support them?

Networks and resources are the basis for crossing the threshold of this professional barrier. The art industry wants to stand out in the high-end field as well.

Whether you are a painter or an agent, what do you rely on?
Now that it's called the art industry, after all the glitz and glamor has dissipated and all the intrigues and intrigues in the workplace have been dealt with.

In the end, if I really want to put the final word on it, I still have to return to the simple word "art".

Dog-licking skills, network resources, and industry experience are all things you can imitate, and you can learn them quickly.

Only the understanding of artistic works and the understanding of the pulse of the painter's industry are fundamental knowledge that cannot be bought with money and time.

Knowledge is the most valuable wealth.

Only those who understand the word art thoroughly can become the most indispensable right-hand man and soul mate of artists.

The relationship between a painter and an agent can be closer and more loyal than that between a husband and wife, and it is not just lip service.

For many ace partners who have worked together in the industry for many years, they may have such a big idea that their wives can trade with others, and they will never change their wives to agents who can give them unique artistic insights.

It even appeared.

Some ace agents only represent one painter in their lifetime. When the artist's agent who has worked with him for many years dies unexpectedly, the artist himself announces that he will stop painting.

Painters and their professional partners.

When the right people meet each other, it is a beautiful story of Yu Boya meeting Zhong Ziqi, and the mountains and rivers meeting a close friend.

Ruel, the art agent who made Monet and Reano famous in the past, Elena Soberia of contemporary Russia, Talvus of Austria, and Ms. Chen of Eastern Xia.

These ace agents, whose current income is in the hundreds of millions, all started out as artists and have played important roles like "mentors" and "godfathers" in the careers of their painters.

Working as so many assistants next to a great master of art, you still have to learn some real skills through hearing and seeing.

He only indulges in practicing hard flattery and making coffee.

Mr. Cao didn't mind, but Mr. Yang himself felt panicked at the loss.

He doesn't have the blessing to be Mr. Cao's companion, but if he learns a certain skill and vision, he can be the godfather of a second- or third-tier painter in the future, which is a very promising and profitable thing.

Lao Yang once suffered a loss from Gu Weijing's art work and didn't pay much attention to the brilliance of the paints prepared by the other party.

He was so angry that he scolded him all over the place.

A lesson learned, Gu Weijing, an inexperienced little idler who started a project like this, is easily satisfied with his shallow eye sockets. A set of expensive custom-made painting tools can fix the problem and repair the relationship.

There are no white men around Mr. Cao.

He would make similar mistakes in the future, and his clumsy eyesight would offend some famous and powerful artists. Even if Lao Yang was willing to give a convertible sports car, he would have to be appreciated by others.

Therefore, when Mr. Cao was having lunch, Mr. Yang was printing the photos sent by Gu Weijing.

Even though I have already determined in my heart that this painting is not much better.

He still spent some time and thought for a few minutes to study the work that Brother Gu gave to Mr. Cao as a gift. He just thought that he would reflect on Mr. Cao's comments later and practice the questions to exercise his eyesight.

Lao Yang glanced over with a casual look in mind.

Looking at it this way,
fuck!

The eyes almost couldn't be pulled out.

"pretty."

These two words were the first thought that came to Lao Yang's mind.

The writing style is elegant and well-proportioned. The writing style is upright but gorgeous, delicate but not demonic, and has a calm demeanor.

It's so beautiful.

Lao Yang has seen many master-level brushwork skills, and it is certainly not true to say that this brushwork power can make him astonished and breathtaking.

But think about Gu Weijing's age.

Thinking again about his still immature writing performance when he was at the Shwedagon Pagoda two months ago, Lao Yang still found it a bit strange.

When Gu Weijing started working in the Shwedagon Pagoda, the biggest advantage of being able to be taken by Cao Xuan was that the paints were authentic and antique.

Lao Yang thought it was a bit interesting, but not too interesting.

It’s true that there is spiritual energy.

To put it bluntly, it's just that I happened to meet the right person at the right time and in the right place. Luck accounts for the majority.

Besides, what’s the use of mixing the paint well?

Mural restoration is a niche field, and modern industrial pigments have developed very well.

Artists are not Breaking Bad. Normal painters have nothing to do all day long to figure out raw material formulas. Be careful and get yourself poisoned by heavy metals.

Lao Yang doesn't necessarily have to look down on Gu Wei Jing.

Being able to delve into authentic pigments, his grasp and intuition of color matching must be good. This is probably why Mr. Cao was willing to make that bet.

But there is still a long way to go before we can turn this intuition into solid skills.

It often takes five years or even ten years as a unit. Only true geniuses have the opportunity to shorten this time by one or two.

At this moment, two or three months later, this skill that could bear the comment of "entering the house" clearly appeared in front of Lao Yang.

The pen and ink are dry when they should be dry, and moist when they should be moisturized. They are smart and organized.

Chinese painting is very important, but it is actually very difficult to paint flowers and leaves blown down by the wind.Because it is necessary to pursue the scattered momentum of the flowers and leaves, but also to have an overall context, which looks scattered but not scattered. The audience cannot feel that the painter is just throwing a mop when painting, using a stick to mess around on the rice paper. stamp.

Gu Weijing's painting technique achieves this very well.

Lao Yang's first impression when he saw the photo was that the flowers and leaves scattered on the paper seemed to have been blown apart by a bomb, swelling and scattering all over the sky.

Take it easy.

He tasted the deeper flavor again.

All flowers and leaves on rice paper have their own veins.

Flying and rotating, it looks like purple flower clusters floating in the air. Through the trajectory of flying leaves and fallen flowers, you can catch the breath of the wind.

When Lao Yang closed his eyes, he could imagine the feeling of airflow carrying moist water vapor and the fragrance of flowers blowing on his cheeks after the spring rain.

The grainy air and even the vague mist are the same bright purple as the flowers and leaves of the wisteria. The flowers and leaves form a huge purple cloud. In the center of the cloud is a tangled and vigorous tree. Huge thousand-year-old flower tree.

The flowers and leaves in the photo were swirling by the wind, and Lao Yang's heart also spiraled and floated along with it.

typical!

It's so authentic!
To sum up how authentic the brushwork of this painting is in one sentence - Lao Yang felt that with his own skills, he would not be able to paint such a work with such clear and orderly ink colors, clear layers and rigorous conception.

Don't think of the village chief as a cadre, the bean bags as dry food, or look down on Lao Yang who can serve Mr. Cao tea and water.

He was able to get into Central Academy of Fine Arts in the 90s, go to the Royal College of Art for postgraduate studies with a public scholarship, go from the most difficult place among art students in the world, to pass a lot of small town painters, and reach the pinnacle of life.

Whoever picks up a paintbrush and talks about painting skills doesn't have a few brushes.

In his own life story, Lao Yang was also regarded as a "Van Gogh" in the eyes of his neighbors.

Just throw it into the list of experts and masters who went to Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon at the beginning of the year.

Not much to say.

In terms of technique, whether it is Chinese painting or oil painting, Lao Yang is not necessarily any weaker than the local Hukou painters like Gu Weijing's grandfather Gu Tongxiang who used to make up the numbers.

If we talk about social status and the ability to grasp art trends, hehe, if he easily tied three Gu Tongxiang together and met them on the street, Lao Yang wouldn't even raise his head to look at them.

This evaluation is really not low at all.

Think about Gu Weijing's age, and think about the dark years when he was out training in the cold wind with a flashlight, gnawing on steamed buns, and practicing his sculpting skills.

Lao Yang felt that God was so fucking unfair.

They both walk on two legs and one person breathes out of his nose. How can there be such a big gap?

He was originally very, very unfavorable about the work that Gu Weijing painted in a hurry under Tang Ning's criticism.

[The writing is kitsch] These four words.

Lao Yang had already covered Gu Weijing's forehead in advance.

Looking at the painting now, he couldn't help but want to pick it up and lick it back again.

This method is really powerful.

The key point is that the beauty of this painting is definitely not just good brushwork.

It is said that there is a layer of photos between them. It is clear that the wisteria flowers and leaves are falling on the paper leaves, but it seems to have the impact of a rain of flowers coming from the sky. Also, after staring at the painting for a long time, Lao Yang's heart changed. On a whim, his eyes sparkled.

It was like there was Lin Zixiang holding a microphone beside him and singing: "Facing the waves with pride, blood as red as the sun, courage as iron and bones as fine steel..." The BGM made him want to compete with God. High mood.

These two points cannot be summed up simply by the words "high or low" in writing skills.

This is a kind of rendering power that can only be displayed by a very rare and rare small part of the master-level works in the art museum.

Lao Yang could feel how shocking it was. He wanted to go deeper and find out where this feeling came from and how it was painted... That was beyond his ability to comment.

If he had this level, why would he be an assistant attached to a big tree?

Wouldn't it be nice to hold an art exhibition by yourself and be treated like an artist by an assistant?

"amazing."

Lao Yang has never believed that Gu Weijing and Tang Ning could compete in the competition of painting skills.

The thought that this would make people laugh out loud never occurred to me for a moment.

He even felt that even Mr. Cao Xuan himself had never had such an idea.

Mr. Cao admired him and appreciated him.

Maybe Gu Weijing was really lucky enough to become Cao Xuan's disciple, and the old man could survive ten years and keep Gu Weijing with him.

Gu Weijing ten years from now may have a chance to compete with Tang Ning from 20 years ago.

But that must not be now.

Painters do not need to belittle themselves, saying that the ancients must be better than today's people, or saying depressingly that they admire the past and belittle the present.

But for young, Mesozoic painters who are still learning and growing in painting techniques.

Every year as I grow more than ten years old, there will be an obvious change in the maturity of my writing style.

This is by no means a fairy tale about a tortoise and the hare, where you can catch up as long as you work hard. You are working hard, and your predecessors are also working hard. Your talent and environmental conditions may be even better.

Why can you catch up?

Given the age gap between the two of them, if Gu Weijing wanted to truly be qualified to talk to Tangning face to face, even if everything went well, he would have to wait until he turned 50 and his hair would start to grow gray.

Lao Yang was even a little sad because of this.

Regardless of whether Gu Weijing can truly become a talented person, it will only happen many, many years after the old man next to him passes away. Mr. Cao will definitely not be able to wait for that day.

just now.

Gu Weijing's "Wisteria Picture" and the "Hundred Flowers Picture" that Tang Ning painted back then were put together, and Lao Yang compared them in his memory.

If someone gave him a chance to choose one, then... he would definitely stop talking nonsense. Lao Yang ran away with "Hundred Flowers" in his arms. Any hesitation for even a second would be a sign of disrespect for Tang Ning's market price, which is worth a million dollars.

But if we say which painting is better, Lao Yang likes it more.

Lao Yang is really a little unsure.

I came to "Hundred Flowers" because of my position and interests.

I chose "Wisteria Flowers" because... it's a lovely painting.

cute.

Oh my God!He actually felt that the work drawn by this kid from Yangon was cuter than the original "Hundred Flowers" he imitated.

That was the most important and famous work in Tang Ning's life.

Doesn't this mean that Gu Weijing's painting level has reached a level that can win a gold medal in an art exhibition like the Shanghai Biennale!
He is even two years younger than Tangning back then.

When Lao Yang discovered this idea in his mind, he felt like he was going crazy.

　Regardless of whether you like this supporting role or not, this portrayal is indispensable. If we don’t write about Lao Yang’s reaction, why should we spend space to portray him before it becomes purely literary?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)