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

Chapter 159, Mission Rewards, Advanced Skills, Creation
In the studio, Jiang Zhe cleaned the paint off his hands and checked the time. It was 4pm.

He opened the system and used it to review the oil painting portrait he had just completed.

The system quickly gave a review: Excellent. Then, a prompt message popped up on the page.

The painter has prepared all the conditions to complete the task and can submit the task.

Jiang Zhe immediately opened the system page and found the task to contract Yuan Xiaohan as a model.

The task page shows: The painter has reached a contract with Yuan Xiaohan and completed a fine painting using her as a model, and can submit the task.

Jiang Zhe clicks Submit.

The task page is displayed. Players who complete the task and achieve a good level of completion will receive rewards.

Reward 1: 10 yuan of growth funds.

Reward 2: One chance to draw a skill.

After seeing the content clearly, Jiang Zhe was secretly delighted.

The task this time was not difficult. Yuan Xiaohan took the initiative to help him complete half of it, and the reward was generous enough.

He first collected the reward money and chose the channel to sell his paintings.

The system displayed, asking him to wait patiently.

Jiang Zhe didn't think much about it and clicked on the lottery opportunity.

The lottery wheel is full of skill gift boxes.

He clicked to start the lottery, and the pointer spun and landed on a red gift box.

When Jiang Zhe saw that he had drawn an advanced skill, he eagerly clicked to receive it.

The painter acquires the classical oil painting glazing technique (advanced).

Jiang Zhe was relieved. This skill came at the right time, raising his oil painting skills to the same level as watercolor skills, which would be of great help in learning oil painting in the future.

A huge amount of information came into my mind.

He slowly digested the skills contained in the information.

The advanced skills of glazing techniques are general skills obtained from data analysis, including comprehensive knowledge from color production to painting techniques and steps.

While Jiang Zhe was digesting the knowledge, he guessed that the higher-level special skills and master levels might be above the general skills and embody uniqueness.

After receiving all the information, he re-examined the work he had just completed. With a new understanding, he felt that the portrait could be improved.

But not now. He planned to go home and have dinner with his parents.

At seven o'clock in the evening, when Jiang Zhe was watching TV and chatting with his parents, Wang Zhen called.

"Jiang Zhe, are you free now?"

Jiang Zhe walked to his room and said, "When you are free, please tell me."

"Do you remember the two works that won you awards? After the works were sold, a buyer failed to buy your works, so he contacted me through a gallery in the United States. He wanted to buy your paintings. Do you have any works for sale?"

Jiang Zhe said, "I have a few watercolor paintings that I can sell. Can I send you the photos?" He understood that this might be the opportunity the system had found.

Wang Zhen asked Jiang Zhe to send the photos to the email address.

Jiang Zhe eliminated the works that he was going to submit for the competition and selected three works from the rest: one still life, one landscape, and one figure, and sent them to Wang Zhen's email.

More than ten minutes later, Wang Zhen called again.

"Jiang Zhe, I'll send the information about these three works to him. If he wants to buy them, I'll negotiate the price with him. How about that?"

Jiang Zhe said: "No problem, just follow the old method."

Wang Zhen and Jiang Zhe chatted for a few more words. She first asked if she could sell some of her works in the gallery, and then asked Jiang Zhe to help recommend young painters with potential.

Jiang Zhezhi said that he was preparing for the competition recently, but he could help find potential students in the school. After he finished the call, he prepared to go back to the studio.

Mother Xu Li asked: "Is there something urgent? Why don't you stay at home for one night?"

Jiang Zhe said that he was going to participate in a joint exhibition of calligraphy and painting by college students.

Mr. and Mrs. Jiang Yi really wanted their son to stay at home for one night, but when they heard that he had important work to do, they did not stop him.

Jiang Zhe returned to the studio and began to prepare for his second oil painting. He planned to depict another dance move of Yuan Xiaohan and practice the glazing technique he had just acquired.

This technique has many steps and is time-consuming, but there are ways to shorten the creation time.

He first enlarged a sketch onto the canvas with a base. Professor Qin believed that this sketch was the best one in the same batch of works.

After finishing the draft, Jiang Zhe evenly applies a layer of transparent terracotta red paint on the canvas. The next steps require waiting for this layer of color to dry.

The next day, Jiang Zhe began to use white paint on the transparent color layer to create a sketch effect on the picture.

The bright parts of the characters are painted with white and translucent white, which have strong covering power, to create changes in light and dark of the body.

His sketching and painting skills were combined in this step to unexpected effect.

As the day went by, he used paint to create a detailed sketch effect on the canvas.

Three days later, the sketch effect layer was dry, and Jiang Zhe began to paint the skin color, facial features, clothes and background.

Each layer of paint needs to be dried before proceeding to the next step.

Jiang Zhe will take time out to complete his work while attending classes at school.

Each layer of color used in the transparent glazing technique will play a certain role in the final effect.

During the sculpting process, Jiang Zhe put his skills and knowledge into practice, and gradually gained a better understanding of this classical painting technique.

As the portrayal deepens, the structure and skin color of the characters in the painting, as well as many details, gradually become delicate and realistic.

The character's face and hands, because of the superposition of color layers, not only show the healthy skin color of a young person, but one can even faintly feel the presence of blood vessels.

This artistic truth is more contagious than real images.

Because he added a small amount of Damar resin varnish to the oil paint, he deliberately made the dark part of the object appear to have a mirror texture, making the bright part of the image look like it was painted on a mirror.

Because the creation process took a long time, Jiang Zhe could be as detailed as possible when shaping the character.

In order to enhance the atmosphere and increase the interest of the picture, he made some changes to the background of the characters in the painting - the dance studio, and added some interesting details.

For example, he implies that sunlight falls into the classroom and shines on the characters by depicting the changes in light and dark of the characters; the mirror in the painting, due to the angle, occupies a small area, reflecting some details of the room.

Jiang Zhe spent a month to complete this work. This was the result of omitting some steps, otherwise it would have taken longer.

When he was creating this work, the school's professional courses had already begun to arrange knowledge of color and oil painting materials, which played a supporting role in his creation.

Jiang Zhe heard a knock on the door, walked over to open it, and saw Chen Yan standing outside with some fruit in her hand.

During the creative period, Chen Yan often came to accompany her.

As soon as Chen Yan walked in, she covered her nose and said, "Why does it smell so weird?"

Jiang Zhe said: "I just applied a layer of varnish to the picture."

"Is it poisonous?" Chen Yan put down the fruit, went to the studio, saw the oil painting on the easel, and frowned.

Yuan Xiaohan in the painting is youthful and vivid.

Chen Yan felt awkward. "How are you going to arrange this painting?"

Jiang Zhe understood Chen Yan's thoughts and pulled her away from the work area, out of sight, out of mind.

While he was preparing his work, other participating students were also busy preparing their works.

(End of this chapter)