Reborn as a great painter, with a system, you can be willful

Chapter 100: The acceptance letter has arrived

Chen Yan and Jiang Zhe each carried a packaging bag and walked out of the store.

The architectural style of the pedestrian street is very modern, but there are few trees. The two of them soon felt hot while walking on the pedestrian street.

Chen Yan said to Jiang Zhe, "There's a new cold drink shop up ahead. Shall we go there and have some ice cream?"

Jiang Zhe also saw the shop sign. "Okay."

There were a lot of customers in the store. The two walked into the cold drink shop and browsed through various pictures of cold drinks and ice cream while waiting in line.

"I want orange juice, and some vanilla and strawberry ice cream." Chen Yan stuck close to Jiang Zhe.

Jiang Zhe said, "I want to drink peach juice. Two scoops of ice cream, is that enough?"

Chen Yan said, "We can buy a few different flavors of ice cream scoops. There aren't many of each flavor, so we can try more."

The two of them lined up at the ordering counter, and Jiang Zhe chose two glasses of freshly squeezed juice, and one scoop of ice cream each in vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, and matcha flavors.

There were few seats in the store and it was full. Both of them found the store too noisy, so they went to the street and sat on a vacant chair to enjoy their ice cream.

There was no table next to the lounge chair, so Chen Yan placed the ice cream and cold drinks between the two of them.

Xiao Ka grabbed the edge of the chair with his two front paws, stood up and stared at the ice cream.

Jiang Zhe took out some dog food he had with him and used it to comfort Xiao Ka.

Chen Yan opened the lid of the box, picked up a piece of ice cream with a small spoon, and put it into her mouth to taste. "This vanilla flavor is really delicious, you try it."

She picked up another piece and put it to Jiang Zhe's mouth.

Jiang Zhe had just calmed Xiao Ka down and was tasting the food with Chen Yan's spoon.

Sweet and smooth.

You took a spoonful, I took a spoonful, and most of the vanilla ice cream ball was eaten. "Eat more." Chen Yan advised Jiang Zhe, seeing that he was eating slowly.

"Yeah!" Jiang Zhe agreed, quickly scooped up the remaining half of the vanilla ice cream ball and stuffed it into his mouth.

Chen Yan looked into the box, where only a peanut-sized piece of vanilla ice cream was left. She then looked up at Jiang Zhe, who was breathing out the ice cream.

"You, did you do that on purpose? You eat so much in one bite?"

Jiang Zhe held the ice cream in his mouth and smiled with satisfaction.

Chen Yan twisted Jiang Zhe's arm in a nagging tone. "Give it back to me, you must snatch it from me."

Jiang Zhe said vaguely: "Okay, I'll give it back to you."

After saying that, he opened his mouth, revealing the ice cream on the tip of his tongue.

"How annoying!" Chen Yan quickly put the remaining vanilla ice cream in the box into her mouth.

Seeing that she really liked it, Jiang Zhe smiled and said, "I'll buy another one."

"No."

Jiang Zhe bought another scoop of vanilla ice cream.

After returning, I saw Chen Yan split all the other ice cream balls in half. "We agreed that no one will grab them."

"Okay." Jiang Zhe agreed verbally, but still looked for opportunities to snatch food from Chen Yan.

After finishing a box of ice cream, the two sat on chairs to rest.

"Jiang Zhe, it's too hot. I don't want to go shopping. Let's go to your studio and watch a movie."

"What do you want to see?" Jiang Zhe stood up.

"We watched The Mummy last time. I heard that The Mummy 2 is already available on disc."

"it is good."

The two bought some CDs and some snacks and returned to the studio.

Chen Yan came to the studio, feeling as comfortable as if she were at home. She changed into her special slippers, washed up quickly, and sat cross-legged on the rattan chair, watching Jiang Zhe prepare.

Jiang Zhe was ready to play the video and said to Chen Yan, “I’m going to take a shower, wait for me.

"Hurry up." Chen Yan opened a bag of potato chips.

Jiang Zhe took a quick shower, put on his sports shorts, and walked out of the bathroom shirtless and in slippers.

Chen Yan was used to it. She reached out and clicked the mouse to start playing the DVD.

There are several exciting parts in the plot of the second part of The Mummy.

Jiang Zhe has watched it several times.

This was Chen Yan’s first time watching the film and she was quickly attracted by the plot.

When she was watching a movie and saw a tense moment, she would grab Jiang Zhe and forget about the snacks in her hand.

Jiang Zhe reluctantly picked up the snacks that fell on him and rubbed the painful part. "How about we stop for a while and let me take a break?"

"Oh, you're annoying." Chen Yan raised her foot to kick Jiang Zhe.

Because they were sitting side by side, her jade feet were resting on Jiang Zhe's calves.

Jiang Zhe asked, "You don't have athlete's foot, do you?"

"Where is it? Look, where is it?" Chen Yan raised her foot and stretched it towards Jiang Zhe.

Jiang Zhe was not polite and reached out to grab Chen Yan's ankles and looked at them carefully. They were white and tender, with transparent nail polish on her nails.

Chen Yan didn't mind Jiang Zhe grabbing her ankle, and she slightly adjusted her position so that neither of them would feel uncomfortable.

The more Jiang Zhe watched, the more he liked it.

He found that he was a little unsure and couldn't help but start kneading.

"Oops." Chen Yan took it once and didn't take it back.

"Watching a movie." Jiang Zhe said while watching a movie, but his hands did not relax and his movements did not stop.

In the second half of the movie, the two of them were distracted.

Chen Yan couldn't remember when she sat on Jiang Zhe's lap. Jiang Zhe was like holding a large rag doll.

Chen Yan was mentally prepared, but was interrupted by the ringing of the cell phone.

She glanced at the caller ID on her phone, picked up the phone, leaned on Jiang Zhe, and pressed the answer button.

"Hey……"

Jiang Zhe vaguely heard Chen Yan's mother tell her that there were guests at home.

"Got it. I'll be right back." Chen Yan ended the call irritably.

Jiang Zhe stroked her hair, silently comforting her.

"My uncle and aunt are here."

"Okay, go back."

Chen Yan turned her head and looked at Jiang Zhe who was right in front of her. She bit him, then jumped up and changed her clothes while laughing.

"Xiao Ka, your sister is leaving." Jiang Zhe also stood up and said with a smile.

Xiao Ka was originally taking a nap, but when he saw the two were about to go out, he ran over quickly.

Jiang Zhe changed his clothes, held Xiao Ka's leash, and helped Chen Yan carry her bag, saying, "Let's go. I'll take you there."

Chen Yan took the initiative to hold Jiang Zhe's hand and left the studio reluctantly.

When they reached the bus stop, she whispered to Jiang Zhe, "Originally, I wanted to have dinner with you today."

Jiang Zhe said: "There is still time during the holidays, be happy."

Chen Yan saw the bus she was going to take approaching the station. While no one was paying attention, she suddenly kissed Jiang Zhe on the face, turned around, and ran onto the bus.

Jiang Zhe watched Chen Yan get on the bus, find a seat, sit down, and the bus drove away.

On the way back to the studio, he was still savoring the warm feeling just now and thinking about how he met Chen Yan.

At first, I just thought this girl was beautiful, but as we spent more time together, our feelings became richer. Today was an accident, and Jiang Zhe didn't know what would happen in the future, so he just let it go.

After dinner, Jiang Zhe began to make up for today’s learning.

Study with a happy mood and you won’t feel tired.

Two of yesterday's oil painting bases have already dried.

He recorded the materials and production sequence of the dried oil paper in his notes.

Making multiple attempts and recording the material changes is to master the current material properties. The knowledge received from the system is fixed, and the materials and environment in reality are constantly changing, so we must master the knowledge flexibly and adapt to new changes.

After making the notes, Jiang Zhe began to shape the image on the dry oil painting base.

The classical transparent glazing technique, after making the base, drawing the draft, and dyeing a layer of transparent color, it is necessary to create a sketch effect of the image on the transparent color layer.

Use white to transition from the illuminated part to the dark part, and the gradation will gradually weaken. Because the base color is earthy red or brown, it will naturally form a sketch effect.

The modeling material can be lead white or titanium white, and the toner can be oil or tempera liquid.

Jiang Zhe was not familiar with the tempera technique and chose to use oil to mix white.

These two manuscripts, one is a still life and the other is a half-length portrait.

He used small oil brushes and gui brushes to mix opaque and translucent white to create sketch effects on two drafts. Because the paintings are small, the production techniques are very careful.

With the skills and knowledge provided by the system as a reference, Jiang Zhe deliberately left brushstrokes on one painting, while in another work, there were no traces of brushstrokes at all.

The first sketch effect is completed and you need to wait for the white layer to dry.

Jiang Zhe placed the manuscript in a dark place for ventilation, and then turned on the system.

Seeing that his learning accumulation today was not enough, he played music on the computer, prepared tools, and copied small calligraphy. He alternated between learning different contents to make up for his accumulation and avoid slacking off.

During his break, he opened the news page and browsed today's news, paying special attention to local news.

The system task prompts that the two culprits have been arrested, but there is no sign of this in the local news.

For the next two days, Jiang Zhe's life was peaceful.

He spent half a day helping his parents move, and the other half in the studio painting. He began to paint more than a dozen oil-based test drafts.

Jiang Zhe would take time out every day to sketch Caravaggio's fruit basket until he was satisfied with the draft. He prepared an oil painting frame of the same size as the original, stretched the canvas, and prepared the oil painting base.

With all preparations ready, he tried to transcribe the manuscript.

Simply put, it means coloring the back of the sketch paper, attaching the draft to the canvas, and transferring the painted image to the canvas by tracing on the sketch.

This traditional method is designed to ensure that the sketch is transferred to the canvas as accurately as possible.

This method will also cause a large number of sketches to be destroyed and unable to be preserved.

In order to experience the transcription process, Jiang Zhe adopted a method that was as close to tradition as possible.

He had heard that some painters would use modern methods to convert sketches or even photographs into slides, use instruments to project the image onto the canvas, and then paint it.

Jiang Zhe is not opposed to projecting sketches, but he does not like projecting photos. He always feels that this method will be constrained by the image of the photo and lose the flexibility of creation.

It took him several days to master the transfer method and apply the first layer of transparent color.

Jiang Yi and his wife have moved most of their belongings to their new home. The reason they have not moved in is to wait for Jiang Zhe's admission letter.

As time went by, Jiang Yi and his wife inevitably began to feel anxious.

On July 7, Jiang Zhe was painting in the studio when he received a call from his father.

"Jiang Zhe, come back quickly, your admission letter has arrived."

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