Almighty painter

Chapter 362 Watercolor Practice
"The Duchess of Newcastle has never deliberately concealed her political ambitions in her writing... There is no doubt that the utopian new world she created in her writing is a reflection of the New World of America discovered by Columbus at that time. However, in the article, this geography The great discovery was made by our protagonist, a beautiful young lady. And in the plot, she naturally became the ruler and queen of the new world..."

The gentle voice of Mr. Sloth recorded last night came from the earphones.

The amount of documentary information on "The Blazing World" in this novel is huge and mixed.

The agent suggested that Gu Weijing record the conversation between them every night and listen to it for review every time he has free time to cultivate his mood when painting.

When an actor plays a certain role, he will read the script repeatedly to figure out the character's mood and behavioral motivations.

Low-end illustration commissioning is now an industrial assembly line.

But when excellent illustrators receive high-end illustration contracts, they will also make similar insights and speculations.

Because this looks a bit like online classes.

Gu Weijing was out of fun, so he named the audio files between them in chronological order as the "Mr. Sloth's Fun Little Classroom" series.

They just finished sorting out the general outline of the entire book last night.

After all the characters in the book and the meanings represented by certain special intentions are clearly separated, the insinuations about the political struggle of the Royal Scientific Society in some chapters are not considered.

The main storyline of "The Blazing World" is not as complicated as imagined.

So much so that it can be said...

Its degree of "modernization" far exceeded Gu Weijing's original expectations.

The whole book seems to have an indescribable sense of immediacy with Long Aotian's smooth writing.

This is a semi-autobiographical fantasy novel written by the Duchess of Newcastle, using her imaginary self as the protagonist.

A young woman encountered a shipwreck and traveled to a parallel dimension continent called "The Blazing World" that had not been explored before.

There are not only human kingdoms there, but also giants, birdmen, and sea monsters.

Relying on the advanced technology from the British Royal Society, as well as "the light of her beauty, the passion of youth and the protection of the gods", the heroine survived all the way, tore the little bitch with her hands, stepped on the white lotus, and was crowned the king's queen.

Then he relied on his profound knowledge to establish and lead the Royal Science Society in another world, and mastered military power to repel the invasion of foreign lands.

She crowned herself and became the queen respected by all people.

From then on, he gained power over the entire foreign land and reached the pinnacle of his life.

Yes, the whole plot is so simple and crude.

After Gu Weijing stumbled through the entire novel, he almost spat blood on the plain cover book provided to him by the publisher.

Is this really a classic science fiction novel from 400 years ago?
This is similar to mainstream popular time-travel texts such as "Back to the Past and Landlord" and "Time-Travel Queen: I Am the Strongest Queen" that are popular on the Internet at home and abroad.

There is no essential difference!
Whether it is Chinese, Japanese light novels or English-language novels, many of the most popular Shuangwen serial novels on the Internet follow this routine.

"The Duchess of Newcastle is so stylish! I'm not surprised that this is a serialized story written by a modern person on Amazon."

Gu Weijing sighed.

"Ms. Detective Cat, well, I understand how you feel. You will understand if you watch more. This kind of thing is very common."

Mr. Sloth smiled, not surprised by Gu Weijing's fuss.

She said that she had a similar feeling to him when she was taking a literary appreciation class.

Mr. Sloth discovered this early on.

"The Blazing World" is not an exception.

The plots of many ancient novels are not outdated and are very suitable for modern people's reading tastes.

Gothic novels and chivalric novels that were once popular are highly similar to the screenwriting routines of the contemporary Hollywood industry."Dracula", the originator of vampire literature, is a fashionable pseudo-journalistic novel made up of "travel diaries".

Many stories written by Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King have a similar atmosphere when read.

In terms of reading preferences, society 400 years ago and 400 years later has not changed much.

There has always been a saying in the field of modern literature.

Novels from all over the world have developed over the centuries, from Greek mythology, The Tale of Genji, Dream of the Red Chamber to Shakespeare, Hugo, and then to the golden age of Russian literature.

Since the immortal Leo Tolstoy and the great Dostoyevsky.

All the novels in the world have been written.

This certainly does not mean that there are no new stories being born, but it means that all the desires that drive the action of the plot protagonist and the plot design templates with tension have been exhausted by the previous masters.

Every creative idea that modern novelists think is novel is just using a similar plot structure and dressing it up in a different story.

Therefore, if the modern serious literature and art field wants to play something new, when the plot is already locked, it can only start with the narrative structure.

Polyphonic writing, status quo structure, network structure, symbolic structure... Great writers in the past half century have innovated in stylistic structure.

Literature and art do not separate families.

The art field also has similar problems.

The direct reason why classical art emphasizes technique, modern art emphasizes form, and avant-garde art emphasizes concept is that some people believe that classical painters in the 19th century and before have reached the pinnacle of technique.

The sky drawing board, which is the level of painting, has been reached.

Therefore, in modern society, many artists have to start from both painting forms and art concepts to create new art forms.

"I have reservations about this view. Sublime creative forms are certainly an outstanding innovation, but complex expression techniques also make serious novels and avant-garde art farther and farther away from ordinary people's lives."

"The evolution of art may not be able to bear the cost of being separated from ordinary people's daily lives. That will cause the creator's vitality to drain."

Mr. Sloth commented, "Then again, Ms. Detective Cat. This book "The Blazing World" is far inferior to "The Little Prince" in terms of ideological depth and literary achievement, but considering the male-dominated social environment at that time, it is still It’s respectable that a woman could write such a novel.”

"At least the journey our beauty took to the throne step by step is quite exciting. When I was a child, I felt that if Queen Anne Boleyn had the determination and perseverance of the heroine in the book, she might not have had to do so. Guillotine? I, uh...as a woman, you should like this kind of paragraph."

"Well, it's okay."

"When I read this book as a child, most of the plots left only a fleeting memory, but when the book was first published in 1666, the author Margaret Cavendish wrote The message on the title page is still fresh in my memory - although I am destined not to become Charles II or Henry V, I will try my best to become my own Margaret I."

"A very strong and brave expression." Gu Weijing nodded.

"It's so aloof and touching for a woman to be her own king."

At the end of our chat last night.

Mr. Sloth once said with great enthusiasm: "Let us toast to the great sprout of feminism. I will help you work hard to become the first queen of detective cats in the field of art. This is my ambition and my expectation. With you Let’s encourage each other, come on, come here today.”

Detective Cat I Queen?
Gu Weijing twitched the corners of his mouth and smiled helplessly.

At first, he just drew figures online for otakus to take orders, and chose the gender of the girl.

Now, due to some strange combination of circumstances, she is getting further and further under the cloak of "big sister".

There is a situation that is hard to counteract.

Well, what the hell.

Anyway, whether you can live as your own master should have nothing to do with your gender.

If you can't be a queen, it's the same as being a king.Somewhere in Gu Weijing's heart, he felt that Mr. Sloth's tone when he finally talked about the female author was a bit neutral.

But he didn't think much about it.

I just feel that Mr. Sloth often gives him the impression of being mature and powerful.

But sometimes, it's quite cute.

He imported a drawing called "Hercules on the Sea", which was a scan of the first knife drawing he completed for this illustration project while Mr. Sloth was studying.

screen,
The giants stood on the coast, and the foaming waves only extended to the waists of the giants. The three-masted sailing warship was in their hands, like a children's toy made for children.

Beside the burning red sun, birds with iron feathers could be seen whistling past.

Gu Weijing created this painting based on the second half of the novel, in which the heroine commanded giants and bird soldiers to defeat the enemy troops that invaded her territory.

Despite what Mr. Sloth thinks.

Detective Cat is also a woman, so she should have a lot of empathy for the process of a heroine like the protagonist crowning herself.

But Gu Weijing is indeed not a girl, and he does not have an accurate concept or idea of ​​what he should express "belonging to the queen's demeanor and majesty".

Therefore,
He chose to temporarily skip the part about the heroine, briefly tested the waters with the war scenes in the article, and painted this work.

【"Hercules of the Sea"】

[Painting Technique: Painting with Knife Painting·Legendary Level]

【Emotion: A Simple Work】

Details of the painting popped up on the system panel.

The first painting turned out like this, and overall Gu Weijing was quite satisfied.

His depth of understanding of "The Blazing World" is certainly not as good as that of "The Little Prince."

Moreover, this set of books is destined to have low sales.

Some of the detailed paintings in the special illustration manuscript submitted for evaluation can be regarded as meeting the requirements if they are drawn like this.

The reason why he brought up this painting was because he wanted to practice watercolor.

Gu Weijing thought that after he became familiar with its appearance, he could try to paint the same "Hercules on the Sea" again with watercolor brushes.

Overall, the composition lines and color combination remain unchanged, only the painting method has changed.

See how it actually works.

Gu Weijing turned the stylus and began to quickly draw lines and fill in colors on the screen.

He did not use colored pencils combined with the later water-soluble painting method.

Procreate on tablet computers is a powerful software, and the functions it can achieve have exceeded some professional painting tablets of previous years.

However, it can only import different types of brushes such as colored pencils or watercolors, and cannot change the chemical properties of paints like real paintings.

The more important reason is.

Using colored pencils to draw watercolors is like using an anti-fall bicycle with auxiliary wheels on both sides for infants and young children. It is a very entry-level painting method. Except for a single stroke texture, many complex color effects cannot be achieved.

I usually use it to be lazy and hand in my homework, so it’s not a big problem.

If you want to consider it as a career path development direction, you still need to take it more seriously.

After drawing the line drawing.

Gu Weijing used the overlay dyeing method as the painting method for this exercise.

The over-dying method is to brush the paint evenly on the paper layer by layer, superimposing layer by layer. After painting one layer, you can then use it as a basis to modify it.

Nothing fancy, just the most basic and most commonly used painting method.

Not only watercolor is commonly used, but when painting oil paintings, it is also used every three days.

Before writing.

Gu Weijing has already designed it.

He mainly painted giants standing in the sea. The lowest layer of paint was light blue and earthy yellow, and then he added cooked brown and black to the background according to the changes in light.

Once shadows are added, the three-dimensional effect of the picture becomes stronger.

The stronger the three-dimensional effect, the stronger the realistic effect.

Then, he slightly outlines the details of the facial features, and after a while, the entire painting is...

"Oops, it's completely turned into a big ball."

Gu Weijing had only been drawing for a short while, and he couldn't help but frown.

Not afraid of not knowing the goods, but afraid of comparing goods.

In fact, the semi-professional watercolor effect is far from ugly, and is considered excellent among the entire Dulwich student body.

However, after half a year of training, Gu Weijing's vision has become much higher.

For those who have seen the gluttony of the gods, all the delicacies in the world will become tasteless.

Gu Weijing would have been proud of the same effect when he painted it last semester, but now he was faced with the legendary technique of drawing with a knife that he created last night.

The gap is like a country girl bumping into Cleopatra.

It was enough to make him feel ashamed.

Completely delicious.

Gu Weijing did not have such unrealistic expectations that the effect of semi-professional watercolor painting would be better than the legendary painting knife painting.

But he originally hoped that he could paint the characteristics of watercolor.

I am good at painting fairy tale themes with a knife, but watercolor also has its own unique advantages.

The most awesome thing about watercolor.

The reason is that as long as the appropriate painting method is adopted, it can perfectly control any kind of painting subject matter.

If the picture wants to feel like a fairy tale, then it will feel like a fairy tale; if it wants to feel like the vicissitudes of life, then it will feel like the vicissitudes of life.

The watercolor colors are light, moist and translucent, and the smallest mink-hair brush is only as big as the tip of a needle.

To put it simply, if you look at a painting as a photograph, watercolor painting naturally has the highest resolution and pixel density among mainstream painting methods.

Oil painting can also be very realistic.

But the physical properties of the texture created by the underlying brushstrokes on the canvas cannot be changed.

He is a master at watercolor painting. He can paint paintings that are exactly the same as photographs. When you look at them, you can't tell the difference between them.

(End of this chapter)