Almighty painter

Chapter 4 A Colored Pencil Drawing Worth Five Hundred Dollars

"You drew this?"

Mr. Gu thought for a moment, and asked a question that he thought was stupid even if he said it.

But he couldn't figure out how a young man could have such good painting skills.

This can't be explained by leaps and bounds, it's simply an epiphany, a fucking soaring in place.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes outside the window, it was drawn by his grandson stroke by stroke, he would have thought it was the work of a master artist.

"Your school has a new art professor?"

There are very few local ordinary schools in Myanmar that offer special art classes. Like most oriental families, the Gu family has always been not stingy in education.

Gu Weijing attended the art class of a well-known private international middle school in Myanmar. Of course, its tuition fees are as famous as his education quality.

If the school can invite some experienced old professors to pay close attention to basic skills, then...

"It's also difficult."

Looking at the colored pencil drawing in front of him, Mr. Gu judged.

It's not a matter of changing teachers.

He is also well-known in Myanmar. To be honest, he felt that he was at the peak of his painting skills 20 years ago, and he was almost embarrassed. After all, as a professional painter, no one just practices basic skills every day. something else.

And as he got older, his hands were not as stable as before.

"No, this is in very good condition just now, let me do it again, I will definitely not be able to draw such a work." Gu Weijing replied honestly.

"It's already pretty good."

The old man nodded, obviously wanting to pretend to be serious, so as not to make his grandson too proud, but the corners of his mouth still curled up slightly uncontrollably.

"Even if a blind cat meets a dead mouse, it's the accumulation of practice that makes perfect. I'm your age... Generally speaking, I'm still a little worse than this level of brushwork."

This made old man Gu Tongxiang blush a little.

How old, he thought to himself.

Mr. Gu found a picture frame of a suitable size, asked Gu Weijing to sign his name and date on the white border, and simply fixed this small colored pencil drawing in the picture frame.

"Why do you need a picture frame?"

Gu Weijing is a little strange. Sketches and colored pencil drawings are different from oil paintings. Unless very precious works, they are rarely framed.

For those who are more particular, most of them are just sprayed with fixative liquid and then received into the painting bucket.

It is also common for works like this to be directly destroyed and thrown away.

He heard that in the 80s, some people even made a lot of money by digging through the trash cans of the master's house.

Of course, these are all old calendars. Nowadays, professional studios have a very mature process. They often use shredders when dealing with waste manuscripts to prevent their own painters' works from accidentally leaking out.

"I originally wanted to re-educate you, but after seeing your painting, I don't think there is anything more I need to say."

"Grandpa, you misunderstood, this is not my daily level." Gu Weijing is not yet so thick-skinned.

"It doesn't matter, you're only 17 years old, you have a long career ahead. If you can draw the first picture, you can draw the second picture, and one day, this will become your normal level."

Mr. Gu chose a suitable location, hung the picture frame next to an impressionist oil painting purchased from a New York artist who had participated in an art exhibition, and wrote on the sticky note next to the picture frame with a pen.

【Category: Colored Pencil Drawings (11×15 inches)】

【Artist: Gu Weijing (abbreviated G·W)】

[Price: 500$ (MMK: 1)]

"500 USD?"

Gu Weijing looked at the price tag.

MMK is the international code for the Burmese kyat. Over 100 million kyats plus the fluctuations in the daily exchange rate of the kyat are almost 500 U.S. dollars. He was a little helpless: "Grandpa, no tourist will pay [-] U.S. dollars to buy a pencil drawing of mine. of."

Many people don't understand the operation mode of painting and calligraphy stores or galleries.

There are several types of galleries, such as Galerie Perrotin, Lisson Gallery, Gagosian Gallery... Such giant galleries can be said to be the helm of the entire art market.

Take the most famous Gagosian Gallery (Gagosian Gallery) as an example. His founder is the famous art czar Rally Gagosian, a madman who opened an art gallery in the red light district.

Some love him and some hate him.His galleries are located in London, Rome, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong... There are more than a dozen Gagosian galleries around the world, and they all have their own contracted painters, and the annual transaction volume is measured in billions of dollars.

These galleries are the largest promoters of artworks in the world. The art media claim that they have the magic power of turning stones into gold. It is up to these galleries whether a painting is worth 100 million or 1000 million.

The rest are thousands of unknown small galleries in the world, they are like small art museums opened in the community, open to the public free of charge.

In many European and American countries, people have the habit of visiting galleries, and some very small private galleries are full of people coming and going every day.Galleries are like parks, cafes and movie theaters, where people take a break in their daily lives. Old people come here for a walk, young people come here for a first date... If they see a work they like, they will also be willing to spend some money to look at it. Very expensive expenses.

Yangon is a tourist city with a lot of foreigners, and its history can be traced back hundreds of years ago.Even the famous writer Orwell or Maugham, people jokingly call them half Burmese.

Every day, the Yangon River is full of luxury cruise ships full of foreign tourists. Some of these people have used Myanmar as a holiday destination for several generations.

Most of the daily income of Gu's Painting and Calligraphy Shop is provided by these foreign tourists.People in developed countries prefer to go to galleries, but it is not necessarily a problem of artistic ability.

The underlying reason is actually very cheesy, because they are generally richer.

"Crazy? An oil painting in the gallery that the artist has painted by hand for two months sells for 3000 US dollars, and a similar print on the Internet only costs 30 US dollars, plus 5 US dollars and an extra frame!"——This is the normal psychology of people .

Your parents are going to starve to death at home, and you still use your meager salary every month to buy expensive oil paintings. This is not elegant, it is stupid [beep——].

Gu Weijing has heard that there is a law in the opera circle - "A city's per capita GDP reaches [-] US dollars, which is the beginning of the rise of the opera industry."

In Britain in the 80th century, the United States in the 2000th century, RB in the [-]s, and major cities in mainland China after [-], operas have all begun to flourish. This is the reason.

In fact, most of the art-related markets follow the same rules.

Finally, there are countless miniature galleries, which are really big waves washing the sand. Before graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts, two or three people dare to call themselves art galleries while renting a room, and most of them broke up within a few months.But there are exceptions. Gagosian started out selling posters on balconies for 75 cents.

Is this painting worth $500?Of course it's worth it, and of course it's not.

Whether a painting can be sold at a high price depends on the level of the painting itself, and the other seven depends on the recognition of the market.

If this painting was painted by Adolf Menzel himself, the $[-] belongs to the Charity Price of Cabbage, and those who are willing to snap up this painting can line up from here to the Yangon River. This is because of the old man. The reason why the auction market is relatively cold compared to the reputation of Mr.

But the same painting, with Gu Weijing's name on it, is not worth the money.At least now it is definitely not worth the money, far from it.

"No, this painting has already been bought."

Gu Tongxiang shook his head. He took out a small blue dot label from the table on one side and pasted it on the identification plate of this work.

This is the [Sold] sign.

There are still a few works with blue labels in the painting and calligraphy shop. These are buyers who have already paid. After their corresponding exhibition period ends, they will be sent to their respective predetermined buyers.

Unsuspectingly, he watched Grandpa take out an envelope from the small safe where valuables and paintings were stored, and took out five brand-new Franklins from it, and patted his forehead amusedly.

"There's no need for that. You're bragging, and you're so formal. But, grandpa, you're so generous this time. Five hundred dollars, I didn't have so much pocket money in the past few years."

Gu Weijing smiled and wanted to take the money, but was slapped away by the old man.

"Young man, this is the first work you've sold, and this attitude is unqualified."

Old man Gu Tongxiang had a serious face, but there was no smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)