Almighty painter

Chapter 361 Combination Techniques

Gu Weijing casually turned his wrist and drew a thin watercolor branch on the drawing board, feeling the feeling of the Apple pencil drawing out mist-like transparent colors on the canvas.

Watercolor is the queen of Western art and one of the main subjects at Dulwich College.

His daily exposure to watercolor courses is not infrequent, but he personally prefers drawing and oil painting.

Therefore, unless the teacher has special requirements, Gu Wei often uses colored pencils + water-soluble method to be lazy.

When ordinary parents buy colored pencils for their children to draw, they will not pay attention to the trademark and the small print on it.

At most, I'm just curious as to why there is such a big price gap for the same colored pencils.

There are three broad categories of colored pencils that people often have access to.

Oil-based colored lead, pastel colored lead and water-soluble colored lead.

The biggest thing they have in common is that they are all called colored pencils, but their classification in the art field is very different.

It's just like the cliché that whales and sharks are both called fish, but are far different from mammals and fish in terms of biological classification.

The water-soluble colored pencils that Gu Wei often uses do not contain any graphite components. They are not pencils in nature, but solid watercolor pigments wrapped in a wooden pen holder.

When you normally paint using the dry painting method, there is no fundamental difference in color from ordinary oil-based colored pencils.

At most, it just feels a little less glossy.

It’s no problem to use it directly for color sketching.

But once it is dissolved in water, the texture of the pencil will be connected by the dissolved watercolor pigment, and it will instantly become a watercolor painting.

So drawing and watercolor are inseparable.

The system reward Gu Weijing received this time also had something to do with sketching.

[Item: Basic Watercolor Painting Skills]

[Quality: Famous]

[Special effects: You can choose to equip this skill directly, or you can choose to upgrade existing skills based on it. 】

[Equipment requirements: Sketch Level Lv.4, Watercolor Level Lv.4]

[Master profile: None]

【Remark--

1. This skill can be combined with "Redud's Basic Painting Experience (not owned)" to obtain the limited watercolor skill: "Raphael of Flowers"

2. This skill can be combined with "Turner's Basic Painting Experience (not owned)" to obtain the limited watercolor skill: "Romantic Rain"

3. This skill can be combined with "Menzel's basic painting experience (equipped)" to obtain the limited watercolor skill: "Real World"]

When Gu Weijing first saw this reward, he was shocked.

In the past, the rewards provided by the system were either simple and clear knowledge cards, or ready-made skills that can be used directly.
Although he has also opened a one-time consumable item such as [Muse's Blessing Candle], or [Hundred Art Tree], which is a reward for krypton experience.

This is still the first time that this type of combined skills appears.

but.

The quality of the chain mission rewards is still very good.

Castiglione's new body painting knowledge card only opened a path for him to this ancient painting method, which is of course extremely precious.

But if you are a painter who possesses both master-level Chinese painting and oil painting techniques, you don't mind picking up the wisdom of your predecessors, and study the new style painting method every day by comparing it with various historical documents of the Qing Dynasty and authentic works in art museums.

After investing a considerable amount of time and energy, you should be able to successfully draw the same doorway.

The chances of this happening in the real world are certainly slim.

Painters who mastered both oil painting and Chinese painting were not uncommon in Eastern Xia, but it was rare for them to become famous and reach a certain level of painting.

At the same time, if all the great painters who have reached the master level in terms of technique are added together, even the famous Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in the fiercely competitive market such as the Dongxia art world, they may not be able to exceed the number of fingers on Awang's four fleshy claws.

Almost everyone is a billionaire on the Hurun Artist Rich List.

At this point, who of us is not pursuing the goal of becoming number one in the world, establishing a sect and leading a unique artistic trend?

The difficulty of completely restoring Castiglione's painting method may not be much lower than the difficulty of developing one's own painting method from scratch.

Their own painting level may already be higher than that of Castiglione back then.

No one is interested in imitating the painting methods of the ancients.

But no matter how low the probability is, it is still possible. However, every time Gu Weijing uses Menzel's painting techniques, he feels as if he is possessed by the master's soul, as if he has divine help.

Except for myself who owns the system.

There is no other person in the world who can experience this wonderful feeling.

In terms of cherishment and irreplaceability, this reward is more precious than Lang Shining's new body painting card.

"Is the reward for each step of the chain of tasks better than the previous one?"

Gu Weijing looked forward to it for a while.

The system is not introduced in detail.

Just looking at the names of these combinations, Gu Weijing was still a little confused, not knowing what effect each upgrade represented.

to this end.

He specially sent Raphael of Flowers, Slow Rain, The Real World and the names of the three painters to Mr. Sloth, asking if they had any opinions in the field of watercolor.

Mr. Sloth looked slightly confused as to why he was asking about something that seemed a bit nonsensical.

But as Gu Weijing, he is a personal know-it-all about art history.

Mr. Sloth lived up to his expectations and explained his doubts without any effort.

It seems that these three limited skill names should be the development directions of three different watercolors.

Redoud, Turner, and Menzel came from France, England, and Germany.

They also represent the three most distinctive watercolor countries in the world before the [-]th century.

In the early Renaissance, watercolors were mostly single-color watercolors. They were once criticized by artists as unpalatable works. However, with the gradual development and evolution, they became versatile and gorgeous, and were very popular among the upper class aristocrats.

Watercolor painters had a high social status.

The system mentioned that these three painters all had relatively close relationships with European royal families.

To be precise, Redoud was born in Belgium. He came to Paris, France very early to develop, and was appreciated by Napoleon, who built a magnificent rose garden specifically for him at the Melmaison House on the outskirts of Paris. He also became a Long-time personal painter to the Queen of France.

Mr. Sloth told Gu Weijing that "Raphael of Flowers" was the honorific title given to Redood by the artist at that time.

This watercolor master has devoted his life to plants. He is known as the "first master of Western watercolor painting" and the best flower painting expert in history. He is famous for his very rich colors and extremely realistic color texture.

Imitation prints of his works are still a national gift from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to heads of state.

It seems that if the expectations are correct, the direction of this upgrade should be to specialize in plant painting and landscape painting.Turner was the one who single-handedly supported the artistic face of the British Empire.

As a man who can appear on the current pound sterling with Queen Elizabeth II, this guy's reputation in the watercolor world does not need any introduction from Mr. Sloth. Gu Weijing has been famous since he was a child.The Turner Watercolor Prize is one of the most awesome watercolor prizes currently and is known as the fast track to millionaires.

Which painter wins the Turner Prize, he will be the most beautiful artist in the entire Commonwealth this year.

Even a poor boy can become worth millions in an instant.

However, Mr. Sloth did explain the origin of the term "romantic rain".

If she remembered correctly, there was a famous art review magazine in the Victorian era called Fraser, which commented that Turner's painting style was composed of "romantic rain and complex light."

His paintings about the subtle relationship between air influenced the artistic creations of Monet and Pissarro, representatives of Impressionism, and he is known as the "pioneer of Impressionism".

And the opposite of Turner.

Menzel's watercolor style mirrors his sketches, which are as precise and sharp as a scalpel.

There is never any romantic processing or modification in his works, and his realistic writing reaches its peak.

Menzel attached great importance to the depiction of ordinary people and the reproduction of the true beauty of nature on paper, and only described and recorded things within his sight.

all in all.

Gu Weijing speculated that the three limited skills should be divided into superiors and inferiors without quality. Redud was a special upgrade, the ceiling of plant painting, and a top-level master in technique.

Menzel and Turner, one is romantic, the other is realistic.

It's so romantic that it couldn't be more romantic.

The pinnacle of realism and realism.

They are all great masters in the watercolor world.

If he had a choice, he would be very curious about how Ms. Tangning would react if he used Redoute's watercolors to create an alternative "Hundred Flowers" painting.

Or paint a watercolor using Turner's own technique and send it to England to be published anonymously.

Let’s see if an unknown painter can win the Turner Prize.

It's quite an interesting social experiment to think about.

However, I don’t know how long it will take to develop the techniques related to these two painters according to the speed of system tasks.

The first two are just attractive fruits painted on the tree by the system. In the short term, all I can count on is the limited skill of "real world".

of course.

It's good enough.

Menzel's original basic painting experience alone helped him gain such a big reputation on the Internet. If he upgrades it further, he can become even more famous!
There is good news and there is bad news.

While the rewards provided by the system are so impressive, the conditions for equipment have also become slightly higher.

In the past, all the rewards were given to Gu Weijing, so he just used them directly. The equipment conditions column was almost useless.

Now on this skill panel, in addition to the painting experience tips of Redud and Turner, the equipment conditions of Watercolor Painting Technique Lv. 4 are also gray.

Remind him that it is temporarily unavailable to equip.

Gu Weijing switched to take a look. Among his current pen proficiency in the five major categories of painting, the watercolor painting column is currently only - [lv.3 Semi-Professional (276/1000)]

In fact, the system is not to blame.

It sounds like such an amazing technique, and the conditions for use only need to meet the entry level of professional painters.

Other watercolor painters who have worked so hard to copy the master's paintings would definitely cry to death if they knew that such a bug existed in the system.

Gu Weijing originally focused on oil painting rather than watercolor.

During this period of time, I had never even touched watercolor. Today's semi-professional evaluation was only achieved by relying on that point of analogy when Chinese painting broke through its bottleneck.

Such a professional and sophisticated painting technique like watercolor.

No effort, no reward.

It is obviously an impossible wishful thinking to want to rely on other techniques to improve casual insights without contact or intensive study, and just use them at your fingertips.

"You still need to practice more." Gu Weijing whispered to himself.

He thought for a moment, created a new blank canvas, and glanced up at the teacher on the podium.

The foreign teacher was still humming at the computer and describing the history of the Konbaung Dynasty in a smooth tone. He seemed to care neither about Myanmar's glorious history of dominating the Indo-China Peninsula nor the past of being a British colony. Looks like a salary thief without any passion.

He didn't even care whether the students under the podium listened to the lecture or not.

Anyway, studying abroad does not depend on this score. Once you leave this professor, you may have nothing to do with the PPT you learned in class in your life.

Everyone is happy to live a comfortable life.

Gu Weijing put on his headphones, selected an audio clip called "Mr. Sloth's Fun Little Class (4.16)" from the voice memo, and listened back.

He lives a busy and fulfilling week, not only preparing paintings for the art exhibition and dating Miss Sakai, but also attending Professor Lin Tao's WeChat video classes on time.

same.

Gu Weijing still maintains the habit of regular voice communication with Mr. Sloth.

Let’s talk about the progress of the contract he submitted for Scholastic Group, and Mr. Sloth will read him some chapters from the book.

The full text of "The Blazing World" only has about [-] words, which is a fraction of the length of "The Little Prince", but it is different from the super efficiency of "The Little Prince" in which they completed all the contract contents in one or two months.

After entering this book, their work efficiency slowed down.

The Duchess of Newcastle wrote the first female utopian novel in human history. Like the writing habits of the upper-class aristocracy at that time, it maintained a large number of obscure political metaphors and twisted French and even Hellenistic vocabulary.

The reading difficulty is much more difficult than doing the SAT (American College Entrance Examination) grammar questions in high school.

It may be an elegant duchess manuscript, but it is really not an easy-to-understand popular novel. After reading two paragraphs, Gu Weijing felt like his head was spinning.

It was Mr. Sloth's repeated persistence and patient interpretation that prevented Gu Weijing from giving up early in the process.

Miss Irina has always guided Detective Cat's creative habits, but she is unwilling to lower any requirements when it comes to interpreting texts.

Being easy to win and being able to win are completely different concepts.

She is not the only smart person in the world, and she is not the only one who found that the text "The Blazing World" has a chance to win awards.

Two years ago, the American director Carlson had the same views as Anna. He ambitiously landed at the Sundance Festival with the movie "Blazing World" adapted from the film, preparing to win two awards.

The result was a terrible shot.

The box office and reviews were abysmal, with a poor rating of 4/10 on IMDB.

The illustrator is the second author of the book.

Without a deep understanding of the text, there will be no creation of excellent works.

(End of this chapter)