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

Chapter 110: Final Draft Completed, Harvest of Creation

Jiang Zhe used the largest squirrel hair watercolor brush, dipped it in cobalt blue-based gray, and lightly dotted it on the picture.

The water and colors flow very quickly, covering a piece of paper under the guidance of the brush, and colliding with the surrounding base color to form the colors in the dark areas of some hillsides.

He continued to lay down the colors with the brush, and the tip of the brush paused several times deliberately, leaving rice-grain-sized blank spaces on the paper, like pearls of varying sizes.

Jiang Zhe rubbed the paintbrush on the brush erasing cloth a few times, then quickly used the tip of the brush to touch several colors in the palette, slightly rotated it on the palette, and began to lay down new blocks of color without waiting for the colors on the brush to be completely mixed.

After blending some of the colors of the middle and background, he stopped and observed for a moment, then picked up a piece of plastic board and scraped off some of the colors to form the bright part of the house.

After several renderings, a landscape drawing at dusk was completed.

Jiang Zhe waited until the draft was completely dry, then examined the picture again. If he was not satisfied with it, he would remove the draft and replace it with a new piece of paper.

There is already a stack of 16-page manuscripts on the workbench.

Jiang Zhe's new draft depicts a village in the early morning. He blends white with other grays to create a grayish white with a color tendency, and then places it on the houses, walls, and courtyards.

Gray blends with other colors to form a fuzzy gray, making part of the picture hazy and seeming to have flowing clouds and mist.

Jiang Zhe discovered this unexpected effect, remembered the process of creating the special effect, and began to paint the trees with translucent colors.

Because the houses in the village are located at different heights, he used light colors to paint the roofs and dark colors to paint the walls when painting the houses at the foot of the mountain. When painting the houses at the foot of the mountain, he used the opposite. When the virtual and real layers of the picture appeared, he stopped and observed the effect.

He was quite satisfied with the draft and posted it on the wall.

On one wall, there were seven or eight color drafts of the same size.

Jiang Zhe took a few steps back and observed the manuscripts that he was relatively satisfied with.

These drafts show different effects of the village at different times, such as dawn, morning, noon, afternoon, and evening. Because of the different light, each painting has different color tendencies, some are colder and some are warmer.

None of the drafts depicted too many details, but only solved the problems of color levels and matching.

This morning, he has been drawing color sketches in order to solve all problems before creating the final draft.

Jiang Zhe discovered that the colors of several drafts had special light and shadow effects due to the blending layers.

He recorded the coloring process of these drafts and then began to rest.

This creation cannot be completed in one go. I will make some adjustments when I get tired of painting.

He found a small calligraphy brush bought from an old artist, ground ink, spread paper, and started copying the small calligraphy.

After adjusting for a while, start painting again.

As the day passed, the number of color drafts on the wall increased to sixteen.

Jiang Zhe selected three paintings with the most satisfactory color effects and planned to draw another double-page draft tomorrow.

After dinner, he took Xiao Ka for a walk on the beach.

Xiao Ka was running happily on the plank road, while Jiang Zhe was holding the rope and watching as they walked.

As the sky gradually darkened, the outline of the sea became blurred. Today's sea was very calm, and the lights of the city added a colorful effect to the nearby sea surface.

Jiang Zhe was keenly aware of the calm and tranquil beauty of the ocean under the night sky.

He stopped, stared at the sea, mobilized his senses, and carefully felt and pondered.

He thought about his own paintings. Although they were not of the night, it seemed that he could draw on this kind of beauty.

During the walk, he had a new idea.

On the second day of formal creation, Jiang Zhe completed a draft on a piece of folio paper.

It is called a draft, but in fact it is no different from the final draft.

In this painting, he boldly uses light gray with different color tendencies to make the contrast between cold and warm colors subtle, showing a village in the morning mist. The colors of the sky and the distant view are integrated, and the houses, trees, roads and early-rising villagers in the village are connected by the mist, creating a special harmonious beauty.

After he finished the draft and felt satisfied, he started the formal creation without stopping.

Because the previous preparations were done thoroughly and every step was taken into consideration, when it came time to create the final draft, I could let go and work on it.

His creative process was exceptionally smooth, and even when he was depicting certain objects, he was in a good mood, which enabled him to achieve better results.

Four hours later, the entire watercolor painting was completed in one go.

Jiang Zhe stood in front of the easel and examined the painting.

The foreground of the painting includes earth slopes, trees, and grass, which are linked together by the road leading to the village. The center of the painting is the trees and courtyards on the hillside, and the back hill of the village is only vaguely visible under the mist.

Jiang Zhe hides part of the village roads in the mist, and through the composition arrangement, he implies the direction of the village roads. At the same time, he also allows the viewer to feel that there are some houses behind the trees and the mist.

In addition, he deliberately raised the village's terrain to give it a stronger sense of overall layering.

During the creation process, Jiang Zhe kept part of the painting wet at all times. When the painting was completely dry, some special water marks, brushstrokes and unexpected textures vaguely presented the image, making the color changes richer. Under effective control, both color and brushstrokes were integrated into the image.

He looked at the picture, becoming more and more satisfied. He picked up the paintbrush and found a suitable place to sign his name.

Jiang Zhe called Wang Zhen and started to clean up the studio.

After several days of creation, the studio was in a mess.

He specially sorted out the color drafts in the early stage of creation.

He looked at the many drafts and suddenly felt like playing. He picked out the color drafts that he was satisfied with and used them as abstract colors to piece together various combinations like a jigsaw puzzle. This little game was very interesting to Jiang Zhe, as if he was experimenting with abstract painting.

When he got a satisfactory combination, he rearranged the drafts on the wall in the order of the combination and took photos with his camera.

Knock, knock, knock...there's a knock on the door.

"Jiang Zhe, it's me, Wang Zhen." Wang Zhen's voice came from outside the door.

Jiang Zhe opened the door and saw Wang Zhen standing outside with his assistant.

"Please come in. I didn't expect you to come so soon. I haven't cleaned up the studio yet. Sorry for the embarrassment." He let Wang Zhen and the other two into the studio.

Wang Zhen walked and looked: "Don't be so polite. You moved to the new studio and this is my first time here.

This is much better than the previous studio.

After the competition results and exhibitions come out, you should be able to move to a better studio."

Jiang Zhe made tea for them: "I hope it's as you said."

Wang Zhen had already seen the final draft on the easel and the rough draft leaning against the wall.

She admired the two works one after another, and said as she looked at them: "Your works have changed again. The two works have their own characteristics. Especially the fog in the painting, this texture makes people unforgettable at first sight.

Many people also paint fog, but they tend to make the color gray and the tone dull.

You also use a lot of grey, but it looks very vivid.”

Jiang Zhe said, "Don't get so close, step back and look."

Wang Zhen stepped back two steps and observed again. "It's better to look at it this way. The color changes are very subtle. It doesn't deviate from the realistic style, but it's more enjoyable to watch."

Jiang Zhe said: "No matter whether it is good or not, I have tried my best to draw it to this point."

Wang Zhen said: "You are too modest. If a painting like this is not good, what else can it be considered good?"

She pointed to the draft on the folio and said to Jiang Zhe, "How about selling this painting in my gallery?"

Jiang Zhe shook his head: "I only plan to sell this draft. There are some overlaps between the draft and the draft, so I can't sell it."

Seeing Jiang Zhe's firm attitude, Wang Zhen had no choice but to give up.

She asked her assistant to take out a booklet. "Take a look and see what kind of frame you want. Our gallery has a cooperative factory that can guarantee the best framing. When the framing is completed, you can take a look at the result. If you are not satisfied, you can make changes. We have plenty of time."

Jiang Zhe looked through the pictures of the frames in the brochure and finally chose one. Although he had not seen the real thing, he knew what kind of frame would best set off his work based on his perception.

He took down the watercolor painting, put it into a paint tube and handed it to Wang Zhen's assistant.

Wang Zhen noticed that there were more than a dozen manuscripts of the same size but completely different colors on the wall, arranged in an orderly manner into rectangles.

She looked at it for a while and asked Jiang Zhe, "Are you planning to experiment with abstract painting?"

Without waiting for Jiang Zhe to answer, he continued, "No, there are a few drawings that look a bit like the final draft. Is this a draft?"

Jiang Zhe said: "Yes, it is a draft."

Wang Zhen stood in front of these color drafts, looking at them repeatedly, and even measuring them with his hands.

"These drafts of yours are particularly interesting when arranged in a special sequence. Have you ever thought about whether there would be unexpected effects if these drafts were framed in a large picture frame and exhibited as an abstract painting in the current way?"

She quickly figured it out and suggested to Jiang Zhe: "Jiang Zhe, you can put these drafts together with the original draft, the exhibition will be better."

When Jiang Zhe was conceiving the painting, he had already considered the exhibition hall environment and its impact on the painting, so he was confident that the painting would be better in the exhibition hall environment than it is now.

He was inspired by Wang Zhen's suggestions from another perspective.

"Do you think it's okay? Will the Art Society allow it?"

Wang Zhen said very confidently: "Of course, why not give it a try? Anyway, you have this watercolor painting as a backup, and you can use the color draft to experiment. Don't worry, I will arrange it."

Jiang Zhe said: "Then give it a try, but the order of placement must not be disrupted."

"no problem."

Wang Zhen took a photo of the color draft for reference, and made an appointment with Jiang Zhe for the exhibition time before saying goodbye.

She returned to the car with her assistant.

The assistant started the car, "Mr. Wang, do you think Jiang Zhe can do it?"

"We have invited several painters to participate in the exhibition. We will know whether it works or not when the time comes." Wang Zhen held the paint tube tightly.

At the same time, Jiang Zhe was checking the system.

After a few days of creation, the proficiency of watercolor painting skills increased and the perception attribute also increased.

On the honor progress bar of the random task, the cursor has reached the 90 mark.

The progress has slowed down in recent days. I hope to reach the full mark after the exhibition starts.

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