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

Chapter 181, The third sketch, full body portrait
Girls' dormitory.

Before Yuan Xiaohan called Jiang Zhe, she had thought of several possibilities and prepared different answers. Recently, Ou Jin had been pestering her to paint another portrait of her. Tao Lin guessed that it might be inspired by the exhibition.

Jiang Zhe thinks Yuan Xiaohan is very practical and purposeful, but, so what? As long as she is a qualified model, it's fine.

He agreed, made an appointment to meet at the dance studio, and ended the call.

Chen Yan heard the whole conversation and stared at Jiang Zhe: "Why did she ask you out again?"

"There may be other reasons, but not that reason."

"I don't want you to meet her alone."

"I understand. Please accompany me. Are you relieved?"

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Jiang Zhe prepared his tools and went to the dance studio with Chen Yan. When he opened the door, he saw more people waiting here than before. He didn't know that after Yuan Xiaohan ended the call with him, she made other preparations to get rid of Ou Jin.

Tao Lin suggested that she invite Lan Xin again and invite a few friends as well. The key point is that one of these friends has a crush on Ou Jin.

Although Yuan Xiaohan complained about her friend's aesthetic taste, it would be the best thing if she could attract Ou Jin's attention.

Yuan Xiaohan greeted Jiang Zhe and the others with a smile, then asked him what pose he wanted to draw.
Lan Xin had already heard Tao Lin's explanation of the whole thing, so she let Jiang Zhe make the choice.

Ou Jin also wanted to express his own suggestions, but there was a girl with twin ponytails next to him, pestering him to talk. In order to maintain his demeanor, he spoke a beat slower.

Jiang Zhe didn't want to repeat the dance moves, so he chose to let Yuan Xiaohan wear a white shirt and a gray skirt, sit on a lounge chair, and pretend to read a book.

He was obsessed with Kramskoy's work, The Reading Lady, and wanted to paint a similar work as a tribute.

Yuan Xiaohan posed according to Jiang Zhe's request. Jiang Zhe and the other two chose the angle and then started sketching.

Jiang Zhe observes from a perspective similar to Kramskoy’s works, but after actually starting to paint, he still composes according to his own feelings.

He chose to depict a full-length portrait of Yuan Xiaohan sitting on a chair. The natural light source appears from behind the character, bathing the character in a gentle light source, which is a little warmer than the dancer.

Jiang Zhe used charcoal to draw the draft, focusing on the facial features and hands, simplifying the depiction of hair and clothing, and then rendering with toner. The changes in toner replaced part of the sketch tone and enriched the texture of the picture.

He adjusts the tones of the characters and the background almost synchronously, creating a poetic feeling.

Two hours later, Ou Jin and Lan Xin had finished their paintings, but Jiang Zhe was still making adjustments.

Yuan Xiaohan had already walked behind Jiang Zhe to watch him paint. Everyone present had already praised this work, either explicitly or implicitly.

Jiang Zhe himself did not realize that his recent extensive practice and observation and learning had unconsciously changed his painting level and appreciation ability. However, this change was very obvious in the eyes of outsiders.

Lan Xin felt it the most deeply. She and Jiang Zhe went from being estranged and unfamiliar to being familiar and gradually became a target of pursuit.

Looking at Jiang Zhe's paintings again today, I feel that the changes are very obvious. The seemingly simple tools can create rich and heavy effects in his hands.

Yuan Xiaohan couldn't help but ask if he could buy the painting.

Jiang Zhe said: "You can discuss with Manager Wang and let her be responsible for selling the paintings." He said this to avoid trouble.

Yuan Xiaohan soon came to his senses and realized that he needed to discuss this with his parents if he wanted to spend money.

After Jiang Zhe finished sketching and was chatting with a few people to take a break, he noticed that there was a girl sitting next to Ou Jin.

The neglect that Ou Jin received from Yuan Xiaohan was compensated by all the girls.

Seeing that the plan worked, Yuan Xiaohan suggested ending the sketching and everyone going back to rest.

On the way back, Chen Yan smiled happily.

Jiang Zhe asked her what good thing she saw. Chen Yan said mysteriously: "Look at Yuan Xiaohan, then look at Ou Jin, and that girl..."

Jiang Zhe seemed unable to react: "Who do you want me to look at?"

"Oh, why are you so stupid? Don't you realize that Yuan Xiaohan has other intentions?"

Jiang Zhe said: "I know she has other intentions, but I can't guess what it is."

"I think she might be creating opportunities for that girl and preventing Ou Jin from bothering him." Chen Yan looked like she had everything under control.

"Oh, I see." Jiang Zhe responded in time.

"This person is too scheming. You can't get too close to her."

Well, you've been talking about this for a long time, just to say this.

Jiang Zhe sent Chen Yan back to the dormitory, then brought his work back to the dormitory and found that the little black cat was missing.

Shao Hui was lying in his seat reading a novel: "Don't look for it anymore, the black cat ran away. We opened the door to throw away the garbage, but didn't close it in time, so it ran out directly and we couldn't catch up with it."

After he finished explaining the whole story, he said with emotion: "You can't compare cats and dogs. I kept it for such a long time, and it ran away just like that."

Jiang Zhe was a little reluctant to leave. The little black cat had lived in the dormitory for a while and had some feelings for it.

While eating dinner, he deliberately went to the path behind the cafeteria and saw the little black cat. It saw Jiang Zhe from a distance and went straight into the kitchen, and he could no longer catch up with it.

Jiang Zhe had no choice but to give up.

During the three days of the class, Jiang Zhe took time to prepare materials for his new oil painting. As he learned the glazing technique, he became more and more meticulous in his choice of materials.

Specialty classes on Thursday.

Teacher Hu had already informed them in advance that they would have to draw full-length portrait sketches of the characters, which would take one and a half months.

Jiang Zhe came to the studio with drawing paper and tools. About half of the students were already preparing easels and open drawing boards.

The teacher who teaches this course is a teacher in charge of basic courses, his surname is Chu.

Teacher Chu has very short hair and a muscular body, more like a bodybuilder.

He also uses projections in his lectures, and the illustrations he chooses are all full-body or half-body sketches, including works by painting masters as well as students' works.

At the end of the lecture, he stated the requirements of this class: to practice painting language and in-depth realistic ability. In addition to depicting characters, the background must also be drawn.

The models will come to the studio in the afternoon, and the students will prepare themselves before that.

Jiang Zhe mounted the drawing paper and then went to the library to read.

In the afternoon, three models came to the studio.

The models are all middle-aged or older men.

Jiang Zhe chose to depict an old man.

The old man had gray hair, a long face, many wrinkles, and many age spots. He was wearing a blue work suit. His hands had thick joints and bulging veins, and it was obvious that he had been engaged in physical labor for a long time.

Teacher Chu instructed the three models to strike their poses, making sure they were comfortable and relaxed so they could hold their poses longer.

All students begin to observe and choose angles.

Jiang Zhe was no exception. He observed the scene and then took out his sketchbook to quickly sketch the image of the old man from various angles.

(End of this chapter)