Almighty painter

Chapter 531 Spring Scenery
The oil painting knife cuts sideways into the paint.

It started with a very thin and light sound, like a table knife cutting the butter on a cake, and then evolved into a faint rustling sound, which was the sound of an oil painting knife sliding across the solidified oil film below, like an Arab businessman. Walking among the huge sea of ​​sand in the middle of the night.

Later, when using the scraping method.

Gu Weijing could hear a soft "clang" sound coming from the back of the cold metal knife. It seemed that it was not the oil painting knife rubbing against the linen canvas, but the scribe rubbing the silk strings with his fingertips.

There is still a slight sound...

……

There seemed to be countless voices in Gu Weijing's ears, following the oil painting knife into his ears.

Without exception.

These sounds are very thin and light.

It was softer than the sound of the wind, the sound of the heartbeat, the friction of the knuckles, and the peristalsis of the intestines and stomach.

Gu Weijing said that there should be spring.

The little "like skin rub" in the hands of her boyfriend has almost been elevated to the level of art.

The magical chef told the stunned King Wen Hui.

then.

Therefore, they are not transmitted into the ears, but are emitted from the drawing board, slowly suspended upwards, and floated into the ears supported by the air.

Sakai Katsuko watched his movements with great energy. The girl had never thought that the oil painting knife could be controlled so freely.

They are just too light.

Like a beam of light, relying on intuition, traveling through the endless space.

As one of the two most famous Armstrongs in the world, perhaps in many places in the United States, the one who played jazz in St. Louisiana is the more famous and influential one (Note). When Mrs. Sakai was a student, Is his big fan.

(Note: The most influential jazz master in history and winner of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Louis Armstrong.)
A year before Apollo 11 landed on the moon, he knocked the Beatles off the Billboard charts with a trumpet in his hand.

Even softer than the sound of blood flow that can only be heard in the absolute silence of a million-dollar special sound-absorbing acoustic laboratory.

It does not break the flow of water, but merges with the surrounding water flow.

But they really do exist.

Shengzi almost saw the shadow of Armstrong in Gu Weijing's expression at this moment.

All that remains is absolute concentration and absolute self-confidence.

Two thousand years ago, the philosopher Zhuangzi saw a discussion about undressing an ox. The sound made by a chef while undressing an ox actually harmonized with the elegant music of Yao's "Jingshou" and was as beautiful as a divine comedy.

Quite the opposite.

Techniques have no boundaries.

That is the background color of spring.

Without norms, there are no restrictions.

Even the concept of "self" is no longer important.

It's so light that it can't really exist, as if it's an illusion.

As his spirit gradually deepened.

There was no hesitation or hesitation in his body, and he seemed to let the drawing knife in his hand lead him forward.

He didn't listen to the sound of the wind or the clanking, and even his own breathing and heartbeat gradually became unconscious.

His SOLO is free and full of vitality, transcending the limitations of time and space.

The painting knife cuts across the canvas.

All that remains is the superb skill of cutting through the paint with the oil painting knife.

Gu Weijing used the drawing knife to transform the work in front of him again and again. It was very rhythmic, and there was a kind of composition directing the symphony-like beauty.

It seems as if a layer of light is breathable, crystal clear, as moist as amber, and as clear as moonlight, emerging on the painting.

Absolute silence returned to Gu Weijing's ears.

The sounds appear to be only a few decibels, lighter than air.

Gu Weijing said he had to do subtraction, but when he cut the paint with the small spatula held by his fingers, the painting did not become broken or thin because of the knife in his hand.

Gradually.

This is called "flow".

Silver tableware cut butter, merchants led camels over the sand dunes, scribes strummed the strings on their knees... all the sounds disappeared from the ears one after another, like bubbles breaking one after another under the sun. , and it seems that after one decay after another, the universe has returned to eternal heat death.

The so-called Chef Ding Jie Niu means that the metal edge of the painting knife shuttles through the paint, like a fish returning to the sea——

He does not use his eyes to cut beef, but uses his heart to feel it to achieve such magical skills.

The spirit of spring blooms in the painting.

Not the one who walked on the moon, but the one who played jazz.

There is no need for rigorous skills like measuring with a ruler, and there is no need to think over and over again.

He himself is the only limit.

"Your oil painting knife is really superb. Do you have any special skills?"

When Gu Weijing put down the painting knife in his hand, Sakai Shengzi couldn't help but asked curiously.

"It seems that painting with an oil painting knife is quite popular recently. Didn't that Detective Cat get nominated for this year's Writing and Art Master Award from the Scholastic Group by relying on painting with a painting knife?"

Ms. Sakai said casually.

"Practice makes perfect, I guess. It's not very difficult. Maybe I'm born with some talent in drawing knives. But Detective Cat is really great, better than this."

Gu Weijing smiled.

This is really not Gu Weijing's boasting.

After all, what you just did was to let the oil painting knife do its original job of "rubbing", rather than using the brush to create a delicate texture.

Even if "wiping" is more artistic and comfortable, the objective technical difficulty is still not as good as those fairy tale illustrations he used for publishing and society as a detective cat.

after all.

There are only so many tasks you have to complete. The main tasks are quiet and detailed, and there is not much room for showing off your skills.

It's like an Olympic qualifying race with an official pacer following behind, strictly following the time.

It is only required to run 2 kilometers within 15 hours and 42.195 minutes, at a pace of three minutes and six points per kilometer. If you can persist and finish the race, you will be fine.

Run by regular international athletes, Kipchoge, Captain America, Spider-Man or Superman.

Everyone can do it.

But the level of awesomeness inside is definitely different.

The legendary knife painting technique may have reached the running level of Captain America, but when it comes to executing the requirement of "rubbing like skin", it is quite a step beyond the supermodel.

For a 100-point test paper, if you are really good at it, you can only get 100 points at most.

Gu Weijing knew that Professor Boggs or Anya Gallery owner could actually do the same thing at a similar level.

of course.

It's the same marathon of 2 hours and 15 minutes. If an ordinary athlete or Captain America runs it, their physical condition must be different. Maybe the latter doesn't even have to sweat.

The most impressive thing about Gu Weijing just now was not his skills, but his self-confidence, which he could easily do with ease. but.

The tricks of masters are not something ordinary people can understand.

I want to understand how casual he is, how awesome he is, that kind of mellow state like practicing Tai Chi.

It also takes a fellow master to discover it.

You have to be at least at Anya's level to understand how scary he is.

After all, painting with a knife is still too unpopular. In the daily life of art students, there are few masters who play with the knife, and there is lack of sufficient reference coordinates.

Neo-Impressionism and Post-Impressionism are both painting methods that use more knife skills.

However, Sakai Katsuko could only see that Gu Weijing's knife-drawing skills were far beyond her level.

I don’t know more.

She is very careful and smart.

Like a great detective, he can break the connection between Gu Weijing and Mr. Cao's speech with just one word.

But even if Holmes really came over in person, it would be difficult to discover the connection between Gu Weijing and the detective cat through his actions just now.

I don't know the true face of Lushan, I am only in this mountain.

The higher you climb the Snowy Mountains, the higher you will find them.

Among the people around Gu Weijing, perhaps only the spiritual Miss Koko may be closest to the truth of the matter.

It's not that Coco is more careful than Miss Sakai.

But Kou Kou is more quirky, and more... to be honest, more dishonest.

In terms of painting, the distance between Kou Kou and Katsuko Sakai is much greater than the difference in level between the two of them in tennis.

You can play tennis with one hand, but when it comes to painting, Sakai Katsuko couldn't wait to use her heel, so she stepped on Kou Kou.

The personalities are different, and the pursuits are also different.

Koko's artistic talent is quite good, or in other words, Koko is quite smart in everything she does. She is not a stupid girl, but she learns everything according to her temperament.

Sakai Katsuko is a climber who climbs to the peak of art step by step and a tireless seeker.

After climbing for two days, Miss Koko felt bored, so she wandered into the nearby forest to catch deer, chase butterflies, fish for toads, and happily build snowmen with her hands on her waist.

Mona has always regarded Coco as the silly rabbit in the tortoise and the hare race. She doesn't sleep in, but she runs around, secretly hoping in her heart that she will run wildly, hit a tree stump, and come out with a big belly.

however.

If you jump out of the mountain, you might be able to see it more clearly.

Anyway, for the level of a crazy girl riding a deer, holding a butterfly, carrying a caught big frog, running around under the mountain, whether it is Xiangshan, Taishan, Kilimanjaro or the Himalayas, it is all awesome. The beautiful mountains are covered with clouds and fog.

and so.

Her judgment is not based on painting skills, and maybe not even very logical.

Dare to make any wild guesses.

The important thing is to be brave and ask the magical little conch in your heart. We can point our fingers in a coherent way and think of whatever we click on.

Hey, it’s all about confidence.

After modifying the color feeling of the leaves, the bare background color and some texture of the canvas were translucently exposed to increase the breathability of light.

Gu Weijing took back the brush again.

"We agreed not to use oil paints, but now that I've reached this point, I still feel that I can paint as well as I can."

The physical properties of the oil painting knife determine that it is not suitable for delicate and fine texture shaping.

For Gu Weijing, flowers are not a subject that cannot be painted with an oil painting knife.

Just the flowers carved with oil painting knives, color dots, and color blocks will tend to be fairy tale, psychedelic, or crazy and gorgeous flower shaping styles.

It does not apply to the overall mood of this painting by Katsuko Sakai.

Again.

That is the painting of poppies and roses, not the spirit of magnolia.

It is difficult for you to play "My Heart Will Go On" on a suona, and it is also difficult to use heavy metal death music to "high" the melodiousness of mountains and flowing water.

Fortunately.

After switching to a paintbrush, Gu Weijing no longer had the freedom to use the oil painting knife to make bold and bold strokes, which was completely an extension of his fingers.

but.

With his current level 3 professional oil painting skills, he can still achieve many skills that Shengzi can't achieve for the time being.

Gu Weijing carefully adjusted the colors in the palette, mixed a small amount of pearl white, and added fine turpentine.

This resulted in a very light and bright jade color.

"Use turpentine instead of linseed oil. Do you want to use slimming to cover fat? It's a bold choice. Don't use this. I'll go to the box and bring you a bottle of white essential oil. It will look more transparent after using it."

Hear the string song and know the elegant meaning.

Ordinary art students standing next to him would definitely make some crazy comments when they saw Gu Weijing's behavior. Maybe there would be a rant meeting.

The principle of fat covering thin means that when covering colors, use thicker pigments to cover thinner pigments, and use thicker color diluents to cover more delicate color diluents.

The lower layer mostly uses turpentine, and the upper layer mostly uses linseed oil.

This is almost the first painting rule that every art student must be familiar with when learning oil painting.

The basic level is the same as opening a vocabulary book and memorizing "abandon" in English words.

The principle is also very simple.

Because thick pigments and oily pigments dry slowly, the lower layer of pigment dries first and then the upper layer of pigment, so that the painting will not dry and crack.

Gu Weijing only uses very light and watery light colors as the upper layer of color, which does not conform to the basic painting standards.

If you take it to the studio, you will be criticized by the teacher.

However, the level of oil painting at the LV.6 level is not only the level of one in a thousand, but at least the level of one in a thousand. It is no longer limited by basic standards or even the mediocre suggestions of basic teachers in the studio.

The function of superb techniques is to break the conventions and distinguish them from the cliché limitations of mediocre people.

And Shengzi is not an ordinary art student, so not only did she not stop him, but she was interested in making suggestions.

No matter how rare the thin and fat painting method is, it is still used when it is necessary to create a sense of history and when it is necessary to paint portraits with different skin textures.

At least it won't be any more unusual than the young man's oil painting knife just now.

After seeing Gu Weijing's performance just now, Shengzi was curious about what else he could do.

Gu Weijing thought for a moment, nodded, and asked Shengzi to get the white essential oil and mix it again to a similar color.

White essential oil is thinner than turpentine, has less flavor and is more volatile.

When applied, it is like applying a layer of water, a shallow layer, and it dries no slower than watercolor painting.

He deliberately made the brightness very high and painted it very thin.

The jade color of the upper layer and the background color of the lower layer are almost the same brightness, so the color matched will not look dirty and will brighten the color slightly.

After this treatment, the color of the flowers and trees will be more elegant.

(End of this chapter)