Almighty painter

Chapter 375 Gu Weijing’s Draft
  What kind of line drawing is that?

Neat, regular and precise.

The sun hangs high in the sky. Because it is just a line drawing, the sunlight has no color and the sky has no color, only the simplest lines.

The absence of color does not mean that the painting is boring because of it.

Sketchbook is a painting skill that uses the simplest drawing method and uses simple shapes and outlines to write out the appearance of the real world.

Gu Weijing's paintings are very thoughtful.

He used irregular ovals to outline the brilliance of the sun.

He also uses a line of reef-like clouds and folds on the water waves that appear above the picture.

Cleverly depicts the shape of the wind.

A long corridor passes through the water waves, and low shrubs sway in the wind between the piers of the covered bridge.

The grass blades hang low and the bridge shadows are mottled.

The entire line drawing looks like an old photo that has been exposed to the sun for too long.

There are no unnecessary details, only the simplest and most capable shallow outlines, like a real world that has faded over time.

The sketch teacher stretched his neck and looked to the side.

Gu Weijing is using the tip of his pen to draw a simple reflection of the covered bridge on the water waves. In the finishing process, he is carving out the last trace of reality for the world he writes.

"Sorry, it's a bit slow...Is it okay to type it up like this?"

Gu Weijing put down his pencil.

He noticed that Professor Wattel was still pouting his lips behind him and looking at him, so he asked casually.

"Slow? Maybe, it's better to be slow, it's worth it." Professor Watter was still staring at the sketch on the paper, and unknowingly, he slowly placed him on top of his sketch. The comment came out, "The teacher asked you to pay attention to speed practice in class. First of all, the art joint examination, AP, and college entrance exams you are facing all have speed requirements."

"If you don't hand in the paper within the stipulated time, you will get a zero score, so no matter how good your drawing is, it is meaningless. In addition, and more importantly, the vast majority of students can draw at the same ability level. Since they are given more time, It’s just a waste of time.”

"At least we can practice speed first."

"If you can draw it to this point..." Professor Watter twitched his nose, "Such a work. No matter how slowly you draw it, how long it takes, no matter how long you wait, it will be worth it."

From the simplest number of scenery.

Gu Weijing's drafts on paper were much more than his painting.

It's just watercolor painting practice. The covered bridge they painted is equivalent to the grid when sketching and painting.

Therefore, what Professor Wattel originally asked him to draft was that as long as he could draw the general outline of a covered bridge, it would be considered qualified.

Wattel really only made the outline of a lonely covered bridge.

The reflection on the water, the sunshine in the sky, the hazy clouds, and the small shrubs under the bridge... all these scenes are not available in his line drawings.

They are all very simple lines.

But these foils suddenly support the entire painting.

Turn the cartoon pieces of Professor Wattel that children cut out on cardboard with photos into a living covered bridge that flies across the lake.

If you have enough time.

Professor Wattel was also able to fill in all these exterior scenes.

The question is, enough time?

The sketching professor pretended to raise his wrist casually, glanced at the time on his watch, and then calculated again.

This is my first time painting something like this.

It takes time to study the composition of the scenery, and time to determine the size and proportion relationship. If the lines are not drawn well, it also takes time to revise them, right?
  and.

Not to mention that I had to stop to sharpen a pencil or something in the middle.

Professor Wattel has been drawing so fast.

The ten minutes he gave was originally based on the time of his Gallery Bridge plus one or two minutes, so he didn't expect to have time for Gu Weijing to paint such a complicated painting.

The result is in front of you. The other party's painting is very delicate, and it takes a little longer than him.

Well, unless the other person happens to lock himself in a small dark room every night and practice sketching crazily, and what he happens to practice is the water covered bridge on the west side of Museum Island in the center of Berlin.

There is only one reliable explanation left.

The student in front of me has mastered and understood lines to the point where he doesn't need to worry about composition and proportion.

The other party was able to draw immediately, and at the same time, his fluency with the brush when drawing scenery was not much lower than his own...even though it was his first time coming into contact with this photo.

It is completely a mature and smooth muscle reflex.

Thinking of this section, Professor Wattel stopped talking.

What is the gap? This is the gap.

If someone suddenly pulled out a gun, pointed it at Vattel's head, handed him a pencil, and a photo of a scenery he had never touched before.

He was told not to think, and immediately began to write and draft. If he couldn't draw it, he would die.

With so many years of sketching experience, it's not like he can't just draw and draw.

But if the other party still demands, the other party must draw fast, draw well, draw smoothly and neatly, and make no mistakes when using the brush... Brother, otherwise you should just shoot.

Lv.4 and Lv.5 are both professional painter-level painting proficiencies.

The biggest difference is that the so-called first level of profession is just a glimpse into the path of a professional painter. Through diligence and practice, one has reached the basic level of being able to barely make ends meet with a paintbrush.

This is similar to Lv. 4, which is like a Dongxia sports student reaching 11.5 in the [-]-meter run.

The level of national second-level athletes.

For ordinary students, Level [-] is a very powerful and awesome level that can easily cause girls to cheer and scream.

For those who want to go to Qingbei through independent recruitment, Level [-] is a stepping stone, and the minimum requirement is Level [-].

But if you really want to achieve results in the competition, you can drive a small Mercedes-Benz and live in a large flat by practicing sports. So in this field, everyone has Level [-] qualifications, no shit.

The second level of professional painter is the level where even athletes are slowly beginning to achieve results and can be successful in the profession.

Whether you are using an oil brush to easily outline the faint brilliance of the candlelight through the stained glass windows in the church, or you are sketching a grid game and filling the small squares with perfect conch-like polyphonic curves. space, or pick up the brush and easily dot the wisteria flowers in your chest on the paper.

In addition to the painting method becoming more delicate.

The biggest change in the painting method at this stage is that the precise use of brushes is as natural as eating and drinking.

There is no need to pursue it specially, it has been integrated into a part of your body. It is a life skill that you have refined over time to survive, as easy as breathing. Professor Wattel's sketch is like an ordinary person who, after practicing countless times, finally ran a time of 11 and a half seconds under tailwind conditions.

He ran out triumphantly to show off.

I bumped into a professional sprinter. I casually warmed up and did some stretching, and then ran for 11 seconds on the plastic track. I still felt that his running was a bit slow.

It depends on the situation.

He didn't seem to even sweat much.

Hmph, it's too bullying!
  Gu Weijing didn't know the shock in the teacher's heart. He saw the watercolor paper in Professor Watter's hand.

"Teacher, tell me, you also made a draft there, specifically to show it to me." He smiled, "I'm really sorry to trouble you."

Watter's nose twitched.

He is a teacher!
  This painting has the jade in front, and the watercolor paper in his hand is turned into gray rubble without any bright spots.

Professor Wattel was a little embarrassed to take it out again.

On second thought.

take! Why can't it be taken out?
  As long as I am not embarrassing myself, it is others who are embarrassing.

The corner of Vattle's mouth suddenly curled up.

"In terms of sketching, your draft is indeed pretty good. But I still want to criticize you. What is the purpose of drawing this painting?"

"Isn't it an exercise in flat watercolor painting?"

"Yes, but don't you think this sketch is a bit too complicated for flat painting practice? I have specifically told you before that when practicing flat painting, the most important thing when getting started is to use a large area and regular shapes of the same color. Come and color. If you draw these low shrubs and water waves, you are just superfluous."

With a straight face, Watter pointed out Gu Weijing's problem seriously.

"Check the questions, Gu, you must pay attention to the questions! I have emphasized this point many times in class. Every year in the AP exam, there are papers that require you to use cold color paint to complete a work. As a result, the students themselves are too confident. Without even looking at the title, I just used warm-toned paint on it.”

The sketch teacher showed a distressed look: "I tell you, don't take it for granted. Many of the children who make such mistakes are those with very strong drawing ability. So what if they are strong? They did not complete the task as required by the teacher. . It’s not like you can’t even get a passing C-. No matter how good your words are, you can only get a consoling D+ at most?”

Gu Weijing was startled.

He didn't expect that such a simple thing, such as a few extra strokes of things, could become so serious in Teacher Watter's mouth.

although.

He vaguely felt that there was some essential difference between his behavior and not reviewing the questions during the exam, or taking the wrong paint.

but.

In class, Gu Weijing has always been a good student who is obedient and obedient.

The teacher took the trouble to teach him how to paint watercolors alone in the afternoon. Of course, Gu Weijing didn't need to be quarrelsome with the teacher.

"Sorry sir, I'll pay attention next time."

He asked: "Then I leave these reflections and bushes blank and don't paint them. Is that okay?"

"Hmph, there's no need. The teacher has long known that you young children will make some frivolous mistakes. Therefore, I have made a draft for you in advance as a reference. In the future, come to my place to draw and make it look like this. Just draw the outline of the covered bridge. It saves time, and it’s still early for you to be able to draw a complete lake view.”

Snapped!
  With an expression of "I knew you would make mistakes", Vatel slapped the watercolor paper in his hand on Gu Weijing's face.

Then he took away the one in front of Gu Weijing without changing his expression.

"Okay, go get the watercolor painting tools. There are ready-made paints in the drawer of the workbench. I will take away this watercolor paper. If you and other juniors make similar mistakes in the future, I will Take it out and show it to them as a teaching aid, telling them that painting well does not mean painting is right."

The sketching professor took out the watercolor brushes.

He gave Gu Weijing a few instructions on the details of using the brush when practicing the flat painting method, and how to physically check the trajectory of the paint flowing and spreading on the paper. Finally, he painted two strokes in person to demonstrate on the spot.

So he sent Gu Weijing to paint.

Holding the watercolor paper he procured, he turned around and walked back to the office. There was an evil smile on the corner of his square face.

"Kid, I admit that you are good at painting. But there is more to learn than human relationships, accidents, and social experience. Haha, you still have more to learn."

At this time, Walter, who was sitting at the table, threw the beer bottle into the trash can.

He took a small spray bottle of fixing fluid and sprayed it up and down on the watercolor paper. Then he took a folder from the bookshelf.

I carefully put it into the plastic sandwich inside, and flicked it through the plastic film proudly.

"It's done!"

The shameless old guy from the principal took away the picture of the class exercise from the last class and pinned it on the promotional board in front of the school. Professor Vatel often scorned him in his mind.

Well now.

He had a better replacement.

The sketch teacher collected this painting without any particularly utilitarian ideas.

Gu Weijing's proficiency in using pencils is one of the best he has learned over the years of teaching at Dulwich.

If so, judge based on this.

This student will become famous in the art circle in the future, and it is a bit outrageous to even think about whether his works will be valuable.

Apart from being the type of teacher who sees a perfect-scored test paper with a neat surface and beautiful handwriting, Vattle can't help but feel the pure appreciation of it and wants to keep it.

More because.

Such a line drawing with the same subject matter, but "extraordinarily wonderful" is really rare for his sketching ability.

It is an excellent teaching material and a source of progress.

I want to see the work of an artist with better line skills.

Just go out and buy a ticket to a European art museum. It is not easy to find famous artists whose black and white sketches are collected by art museums even if they are worse than those painted by Gu Weijing.

Basically, the market price of any one of Leonardo da Vinci's handed down sketches is around 99 million US dollars. After deducting the [-]% fame bonus, Da Vinci's sketches themselves are really awesome.

In particular, he has a meticulous observation of the painting objects, a combination of hard and soft lines, and his unique signature of diagonal lines of varying density.

It can be said that he plays with lines superbly.

Just Google it and you will know what the master's sketch looks like.

But what’s the point of knowing it? There’s such a huge difference in rank. Can you draw it if you know it?
  In martial arts novels, when Xiao Bing fought against Guo Jing, apart from shouting "Ah!" and being killed instantly, could he understand the true meaning of the Eighteen Palms of Subduing the Dragon?

On the contrary, someone like Gu Weijing, someone who can be understood by Watter, can bring about direct progress.

(End of this chapter)