Almighty painter

Chapter 93 Miscellaneous Baiyishu

in a quiet courtyard,

Gu Weijing fixed a small candle with wax oil above the drawing board, and under the flickering candlelight, he used his brush like flying.

This new sketch is very smooth.

He hardly needs to spend any time thinking about using a pen, and he doesn't need to expend energy at all to compose pictures. Even the photos on his mobile phone only need to look up occasionally.

The happy expression of little girl Jasmine bloomed quietly in Gu Weijing's heart.

Almost naturally, when he completed the last line on the skirt, the relevant data of the painting appeared in front of his eyes.

【Work title: "The Girl in the Spinning Blue Dress"】

【Sketch Techniques: Professional Painter·Level 607 (5000/[-])】

【Emotion: I feel something in my heart】

This is the first time that Gu Weijing has devoted himself to painting a picture.

It didn't take long, but there was already a light layer of sweat on the nose.

[Your current task has been completed, please receive your reward. 】——As his painting was completed, the system's prompt sounded at the right time.

Gu Weijing opened the virtual panel and clicked to receive the reward.

[The ultimate reward for serial missions: a random legendary skill]

The extraction of legendary skills is different from any previous rewards.

The system did not directly issue rewards, but a silver book appeared on the virtual panel.

The pages of the book are automatic without wind,

Attractive rewards are engraved on each page, and then flipped over the next moment to be filled with new content.

Just glanced at it casually, and Gu Weijing's breathing became short of breath.

[Tang Wu Daozi - "87 Immortals" drawing experience (legendary level)], [George Seurat (French pointillist master) pointillism skills (legendary level)], [Jean Jacques Rousseau’s Ghost Fragment of "Children's School" (Legendary Level)]...

These names appearing in the reward column are all world-shaking great artists, and even cultural symbols of a certain country.

The pages of the book have been flipping rapidly, like a silent invitation.

Gu Weijing stretched out his hand and placed it on the skill book.

The page stopped automatically when his hand touched it, and a silver page fell from it.

[Miscellaneous Baiyi Tree (Legendary Level)]

The book page turned into a silver skill tree on the system panel.

[Miscellaneous·Baiyi Tree: Provide various (legendary level) daily painting skills that painters need to master. Every 1000 free experience points can water the small tree once. Every time you water the Baiyi tree, there is a probability that the small tree will grow new branch】

Gu Weijing's eyes fell on the Baiyi tree.

There is only one branch and leaf on the young sapling, which looks pitifully bare.

Gu Weijing saw that there was a written description on the branch and leaf. This time there was no name of a certain master, but an independent painting method appeared.

【Drawing knife painting method】

[Special effects: You will master the knack of painting with a knife. 】

[Introduction to painting method: The oil painting knife has a completely different expressive power and strokes from the brush. It will always be a good helper for the painter when expressing thick and layered light and shadow. 】

[Remarks: Light fragrance and strong "wiping" are always suitable. 】

"Painting with a knife?"

Gu Weijing quickly poured a lot of knowledge about painting with knives into his mind.

Although the painting knife is called a knife, it is actually more like a small shovel.

The palette knife is used to mix the paint, and the oil painting knife is used to clean and remove excess color on the screen, which has an effect similar to an eraser.

but,

Under certain conditions of dealing with special color relations, painting knives can also be used to smear paint for painting.

The painting knife can squeeze the paint on the screen to create a series of smooth volumes, and form a ridge-like or linear unique curved edge where the painting knife touches, intersects, and ends.

The oil paint spreading and stacking ability of the painting knife is not comparable to soft brushes.

This is a very versatile and expressive way of painting,
Wide open and wide.

In general schools, it is basically not too important to teach the drawing method of drawing knives.

Art students in middle school can use a painting knife as well as an oil painting eraser, which is considered good.If you can use some characteristics of oil painting knife in painting modeling, it must be regarded as excellent.

Even if you have never heard of Huadaohua, it is normal.

A hard metal painting knife is far more difficult to control than a light oil painting brush. Its advantages are the ability to shape and rich colors, and the knife touch is calm and the shape is clear.

The disadvantage is that it is not easy to control and accurately describe.

Not to mention art students, there are not many artists who are proficient in painting with knives in the entire art circle of the world.

Even if you are willing to separate painting with knife from traditional oil painting, it is not impossible to become small categories such as spray painting and chalk painting.

Compared to old-school Hong Kong-style martial arts kung fu movies, the artist who studies painting with knives is a bit like a heretic master who uses unpopular weapons such as judge pens and nine-section whips.

There are basically no top artists, but the performance of the pictures is very distinctive.

However, even if it is a bit niche, Gu Weijing does not despise this skill.

For painters, there are no unpopular or unpopular skills, only common and uncommon skills.

The oil painting knife is the most commonly used tool when painting oil paintings, second only to the paintbrush.

After careful comprehension, Gu Weijing opened his eyes.

It is indeed a legendary skill, and the experience it brings is so rich and real.

The thin and narrow long blade is suitable for pulling out long and thin colors; the small pear-shaped painting knife is matched with a forged steel blade with high softness, and the colors drawn are elastic and rippling, like a thick layer of cream ;Straight blades with paint mixed with thick wood chips can create a beautiful flaky texture... ;

Numerous various painting experiences emerged in Gu Weijing's mind, and he even thought for a while that he knew more about oil painting knives than he had held paintbrushes for more than ten years.

Even without the blessing of a well-known master, this skill does not have a time limit like Menzel's painting experience, and it is more like a knowledge card that is instilled in one's mind.

Even if you don't use a painting knife to paint alone, it's good to use it as an auxiliary tool for occasionally dealing with special colors when you make your own painting.

Gu Weijing wanted to simply try the effect of this skill.

He looked up at the moon looming among the clouds in the sky.

There is an idea in my heart.

Gu Weijing brought an oil painting knife, white paint, and a small piece of stretched dark canvas.

He just dabbed on the canvas casually with a painting knife.

On the dark picture, there is an extra color spot that seems to be printed with a silver dollar stained with paint. It is hard to figure out, hazy and damp,
Like the moonlight in the sky.

……

"Xiao Gu, wait a minute."

Just when Gu Weijing packed up his things, stored his painting tools, and was about to hail a car home from his mobile phone, the concierge stopped him.

"Uncle Alai, what's the matter?"

Gu Weijing turned his head to look.

It was the caretaker of the orphanage, a lame Burmese named Alai.

When others see Alai for the first time, it is a bit reminiscent of Quasimodo, the famous bell ringer in "Notre Dame de Paris".

Myanmar is jokingly called a dwarf country by some Europeans. The average height of local men here is not very tall, only about 1.6 meters, and even many local girls are taller than men.

But Uncle Alai's figure is very burly,

Close to 1.9 meters, with thick limbs and dark skin, it looks like a little giant.

To be honest, the janitor's facial features are not ugly, but his face has been injured, one side of the skin has a scar from being burned by high temperature, his left foot is also a little disabled, and his left hand is missing a pinky finger and a part of his ring finger.

These scars must not be left in normal life.

It is said that he used to be an officer of the Burmese Army, and some say he was an anti-narcotics policeman in Yangon. It is said that he was also featured in newspapers as a national hero.

It's a pity that he was kicked out by the army in the end with dishonor.

Some people say that the drug dealer set up a revenge scheme, and some say that he was involved in factional struggles between warlords and high-level government officials. It seems that even today, some old comrades in the army still complain about his experience.

In Myanmar, the society is turbulent and the political situation is turbulent. Anything can happen.

Considering that the address of the Lucky Orphanage itself was given to him by the officer brother of the VIP protection team, this statement probably has some credibility.

However, Gu Weijing had no intention of exploring his past.

Life in the orphanage is full of vicissitudes.

As Gu Weijing visited the Lucky Orphanage more often, he found that it was really a melting pot of society. Whether it was children or volunteers here, many people had their own stories.

There are gay couples who come to adopt orphans, young students from the Department of Sociology at Yangon University, old aunts whose son died in a nearby factory accident, beautiful older sisters who usually work as escort girls but feel uneasy, and some who believe in daily life. Believers who do good deeds...

Compared with these people, Uncle Alai's faint recklessness of a down-and-out hero is not very eye-catching.

Moreover, after Gu Weijing got in touch with the other party, he found that Alai, the gatekeeper, was not as fierce as his appearance. Instead, he was a very gentle middle-aged man, only a little taciturn.

I seldom hear him speak on weekdays, and I don't know what he suddenly asked me to do.

"Thank you for today's matter. I have rarely seen her so happy."

"Jasmine?"

Gu Weijing was stunned for a moment before realizing what Uncle Alai was talking about.

"My sister."

"Jasmine is an orphan, right?"

Theoretically, all the children in the Good Luck Orphanage are orphans and should not have living elders or guardians.

"My sister."

Alai raised his tone.

Gu Weijing no longer speaks, just treats it as a scripture that is difficult to recite in every family.

"It's okay. Jasmine is no different from a normal child. I also gained a lot from playing with her today."

Gu Weijing raised the sketch in his hand.

"It's different." Uncle Alai shook his head and repeated seriously: "It's different."

"I heard that you have been looking for historical information about this orphanage?"

Gu Weijing nodded.

His dissertation with Katsuko Sakai has already begun.

The point of view of the article itself is not complicated, and the core content can be summed up in one sentence - "Extra! Big discovery! We have discovered an unknown early impressionist female painter who is good at dark art style."

But the paper obviously cannot be written like this.

Experienced Professor Sakai spent several days thinking and packaging, and also studied the preferred style and direction of several reviewers of "Asian Art" before drafting the current title of the paper.

"The Female Artists Carol Forgotten by Time: The Color Entanglement and Visual Dimension of Dark Tone Impressionist Works" (The Female Artists Carol Forgotten by Time: The Color Entanglement and Visual Dimension of Dark Tone Impressionist Works)
It is basically the same thing as the previous big vernacular.

But the vernacular style is not to mention aiming at the top A&HCI publications such as "Asian Art", even if you want to publish a top-notch paper, it is very difficult.

The same content, after being packaged by Professor Sakai, suddenly looks taller, which immediately makes readers feel confused.

This is the art of stereotyped writing in English.

The writing outline of the thesis is mainly divided into two major aspects.

The first part establishes the identity and creation time of the painting's owner, Carroll.

The second part is based on "The Old Church in a Thunderstorm", and compares and summarizes the processing and application of light and color by representative impressionist painters such as Monet and Degas in history when using dark pigments.

In fact, the latter part is not difficult,

With the guidance of Professor Sakai, even a simple summary of the style of existing Impressionist works can be written into a colorful and comprehensive paper.
But this kind of paper is relatively watery,

Anyone can write as long as they are professors who know a lot about art, and they can write whatever they want.

Therefore, these contents can only be used as flesh and blood to fill the skeleton, so that the paper will not look thin.

The real selling point should also be placed on the mysterious female painter Carroll and "The Old Church in a Thunderstorm".

Gu Weijing has been collecting information about Carol during this time.

There were too many foreigners in Myanmar in the [-]th century, and there were no official passport records, so it was difficult to find clues.

His focus is on the building of the Good Luck Orphanage.

Gu Weijing has almost confirmed that the church in "The Old Church in a Thunderstorm" is the Lucky Orphanage.

He asked the dean to find old photos of the time when howitzers destroyed the statue of the Virgin Mary in the church during the Anglo-Burmese War.

The photo was taken in 1890,
Therefore, it can be basically determined that the creation time of this painting was before 1890.

But stronger evidence was nowhere to be found.

This painting was painted in 1890, 1880, or 1875.Basically every ten years, or even five years, the value of the paper is different.

Gu Weijing is not a god either, the chance to find this precious painting is largely due to luck.Apart from old photos, he couldn't find any more valuable information.

Hearing Uncle Alai mention this matter at this moment,
Gu Weijing was a little confused.

"Is there anything you want to tell me?"

"I remember that there are some documents preserved on oiled paper in the iron cabinet with the church logo in the underground storage room. The dean doesn't understand English, so he didn't pay attention. I went to look through it in the afternoon. It should be the church's sermon log and charity donation records. I thought it might be useful to you. I found it when I was playing with Jasmine."

Uncle Alai took a wooden box from a drawer in the porter's cabin.

Gu Weijing took a look, and his spirits immediately lifted.

He recognized what it was—

This is a sermon log left by a church!

The church in the West is like a small government.

For a long time, it has indeed acted as a government.The church has its own legal system and functional departments, and of course things like work reports are indispensable.

The archives left by missionaries have always been good historical materials.

If the female painter Carroll had been a believer in the diocese here, or had donated money to the orphanage, she would probably leave her name.

"Thank you so much..." Gu Weijing didn't know what to say.

"You don't need to thank me, just play with Jasmine when you have time, she likes you very much."

Uncle Alai waved his hand, not taking a cloud with him.

　Sorry, I have something to do tonight, only four thousand.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)