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

Chapter 206, Attention, Plan, Chen Yan's Reward
Wang Zhen told Jiang Zhe about the recent interesting things in the art circle and quickly downplayed the topic of the invitation.

"Have you created any works recently? After selling that last painting, I haven't seen any official works from you for a while."

Hearing Wang Zhen's question, Jiang Zhe was speechless.

He recalled his recent paintings.

Ever since I painted the two oil paintings with Yuan Xiaohan as the model, I have been very busy. It seems that I have done a lot of things and have been painting all the time, but I have never produced a work that I am particularly satisfied with.

Recently, various drafts, watercolors and oil paintings I have drawn have been flashing through my mind like movie films. It seems that any one of them will do, but I am not quite satisfied with it.

He said frankly: "I have drawn a lot of drafts recently, but they all have some problems. I am busy with the New Year's painting exhibition of the Art Association. I don't know if I can draw a good work."

He did not say everything, and at the same time he thought whether he could use this opportunity to paint a few more landscape works.

He did it as soon as he thought of it. In front of Wang Zhen, he called the owner of the art supply store and ordered a few more frames of larger sizes.

Wang Zhen waited until Jiang Zhe put down the phone and said, "I'm just asking, I don't mean to rush you. You can take out those watercolor paintings, even if it's just to show them to me. I think your watercolor paintings are already very good."

Jiang Zhe shook his head. It was not easy to build a good reputation. It was too bad to fool around. "Those watercolors were just drafts for the final draft. They can't be taken out. I'll take a look after I finish this batch of oil paintings."

"Okay, don't worry, take your time. Someone contacted me recently and wanted you to help paint a portrait, but the price was not enough, so I didn't tell you. Your fame is getting bigger and bigger, have you ever thought about accepting custom portraits?"

If it was in the past, Jiang Zhe would definitely agree, but now, "Definitely not in the next month."

"I understand."

Jiang Zhe saw that Wang Zhen had finished his business and prepared to leave.

"Don't worry. I saw that you were preparing to paint a landscape painting. Coincidentally, a friend gave me a set of things. You can take them back and see if you can use them." Wang Zhen found a wooden box, put it on the table, and opened it to show Jiang Zhe.

Jiang Zhe's eyes lit up. Although he was not good at Chinese painting, he knew what was good.

The box contained various colors, both in paper packaging and in porcelain cups. These plant or mineral colors had different prices. The most valuable ones were two reddish-red gamboge tubes with bright yellow inside, and two gold cups.

"These are all good things." Jiang Zhe picked up the color cup and looked at it over and over again. These things came from different manufacturers and different years, but they were all of good quality.

"A friend gave it to me. It's more suitable for you. Garcinia is produced in Southeast Asia, and Golden Bell was produced in China in the 80s. Oh, there are also a few brushes here." Wang Zhen took out a paper package from the box.

After opening it, several plain-looking brushes of different sizes were revealed. "I heard these are the last of the 80s export batches. See if you can use them."

Jiang Zhe picked up the brush and said as he looked at it, "The materials and workmanship of these brushes are very good."

He picked up the gamboge again. This long and thin gamboge is very suitable for painting and can be ground directly on the inkstone. There is also a gold cup, which can be used to dip a brush containing water directly into the cup to obtain gold.

"These are all great colors." He liked the painting materials very much. "Thank you, then, you're welcome."

"You're welcome. It will come in handy when you take it back." Wang Zhen felt that he had probably figured out Jiang Zhe's preferences and knew what gifts to give to Jiang Zhe in the future.

If Jiang Zhe knew what Wang Zhen was thinking, he would definitely say that your guess is slightly off.

Wang Zhen sent a car to take Jiang Zhe back to school.

She watched the car leave, quickly returned to the office, closed the door, took out her cell phone and dialed a number.

"Boss Yang, I just talked to Jiang Zhe. He doesn't have time for the moment."

"It's not that I'm dissatisfied with the price, I just really don't have time. Many members of the Binhai Art Association are preparing for the New Year's art exhibition... Yes, yes, yes, many people know about this. If someone can accept a custom portrait at this time, then think about what level he is..."

"Don't worry, as long as he has time, I will definitely do this for you."

Wang Zhen ended the call humbly. After hanging up the phone, he stared at it calmly, thinking for a long time.

She has received three similar custom commissions, but did not tell Jiang Zhe the details.

Although he didn't want to offend these people, but through today's conversation, he could see that Jiang Zhe was not eager to accept the custom commission. Therefore, he didn't want to rush Jiang Zhe.

……

Jiang Zhe came to the painting studio of the elective course.

At this time, students who took the elective courses have returned one after another and started to make preparations.

The model Jiang Zhe chose to copy was Qiu Ying's "Peach Blossom Land", a panoramic landscape painting with a vertical size of 175×66cm.

According to the teacher's requirements, their homework only requires them to copy a part.

Jiang Zhe calculated the proportions, cut a piece of rice paper, and then mounted it on the drawing board.

While waiting for the paper to dry, he stared at the template, considering which part he should choose to copy.

The painting of Taoyuan Fairyland adopts a high and far composition method, and is divided into three layers. The foreground is the foot of the mountain, with three noble men and a child as the theme, and there is a small bridge and flowing water; the middle layer of the picture has pine forests and peaks and several tall buildings; the third layer of the picture is the distant mountains and sea of ​​clouds. Each layer is beautiful.

After much consideration, Jiang Zhe decided to copy the foreground foot of the mountain and part of the middle layer of the model in his own copying practice.

In addition, because the original painting was on silk, he wanted to use silk as a carrier to copy a painting of the same size.

Copying on rice paper and silk can be done simultaneously, and can also promote each other.

He thought of a rough plan and took advantage of the time to copy the model with pencil sketches. He started with the rocks in the foreground, and then presented the deep ravines, the small bridge, the flowing water, the boy holding a cup on the bridge, the grass bank, the cave on the other side of the stream, the stalactite hanging wall, the spring outlet, and the hermit playing the piano or listening quietly by the water at the cave entrance.

Each of these images is very beautiful. There will be a certain difference when copying them with a pencil, but it is convenient for modification and learning modeling methods.

Jiang Zhe's traditional Chinese painting skills are not comprehensive, so he is particularly serious when copying and strives for accuracy. When he draws complex images, he will slow down, see the image accurately, understand and grasp it, and then start to paint. When depicting the mountain peaches and various flowers between the rocks at the root of the mountain; the ancient pines lying horizontally, and the green vines winding around, he truly feels the different modeling concepts of China and the West.

Although he did not understand these concepts for the time being, it did not prevent him from remembering the images and internalizing them one by one.

During the practice, the teacher came to the studio once to check the students' preparation.

Jiang Zhe seized the opportunity to ask the teacher for advice on questions he didn't understand.

The teacher saw Jiang Zhe's current situation in Chinese painting through his questions and exercises. After a brief explanation, he told the students present that he would explain the techniques in class tomorrow.

The vibration of the cell phone pulled Jiang Zhe out of his copying state.

He checked his cell phone and saw that it was already 4pm. The call was from the owner of the art supply store.

"…Are you ready so soon?"

"I've talked to the processing factory and asked them to expedite it for you. It has been delivered to my shop, and I'm having someone stretch the canvas according to your requirements. It will be sent to your studio soon. Are you in the studio?" The shop owner was becoming more and more concerned about Jiang Zhe's affairs.

"Okay, I'll wait for you in the studio." Jiang Zhe packed up his painting supplies and happily returned to his studio.

Soon, a delivery truck arrived at the gate of the community.

The shop owner directed the porters to move the picture frames into the studio.

Because the frame was so large, the workers moved it slowly and carefully.

Jiang Zhe checked and found that both the frame and the canvas were fine. He paid the balance without hesitation.

After the shop owner and workers left, he looked at the studio and felt a headache.

The size of these oil painting frames is more than 1m×2m. The originally large studio is already a bit crowded. Thinking of making oil painting bases on canvas and adjusting his own creative process, he came up with the idea of ​​renovating the studio, or even moving to a bigger one.

However, those are just ideas. Right now, we need to solve the problem of the oil painting foundation first.

He called Chen Yan, asked her to help, and then prepared the materials for the foundation.

Chen Yan came to the studio and smelled a strange smell as soon as she entered.

She covered her nose with her hand, frowned and asked, "What did you make that smells so weird?"

Jiang Zhe, wearing a white apron, was steaming glue in an aluminum pot.

"I'm boiling rabbit skin glue to make a base for the oil painting. Come and help."

"You asked me to come here just to do odd jobs for you, right?" Chen Yan complained while washing her hands, ready to help.

"There's a reward tonight."

Pah! Chen Yan spat and walked to Jiang Zhe.

"Double the reward!" Jiang Zhe adjusted the steamed glue to the appropriate concentration and prepared to scrape the glue bottom for the first time.

Chen Yan helped and spread out several oil painting frames. The closer to the rabbit skin glue, the clearer the smell. "Other people use white glue as the base, why do you use this?"

"That's a temporary solution." Jiang Zhe used a brush to evenly apply glue to the canvases of the five frames. After checking that there was no omission, he let the canvases dry naturally.

In order to avoid waste, he smeared the remaining glue in the pot on the scraps of canvas to make a canvas for practice.

After finishing these tasks, Chen Yan complained to Jiang Zhe while washing her hands. Jiang Zhe comforted her with kind words and took Chen Yan out for dinner.

When they returned to the studio, it was already 7 o'clock in the evening.

Jiang Zhe is in good physical condition and has recovered half of his strength by meal time.

After washing up, Chen Yan lay on the sofa, motionless.

Jiang Zhe stared at Chen Yan's back, and the impulse in his heart rose again.

He sat down next to Chen Yan and asked softly, "Are you tired? I'll give you a massage."

Chen Yan hummed and said nothing else.

Jiang Zhe rubbed his hands together to make them warm, and began massaging Chen Yan's head, back of the neck, shoulders, arms, torso...

He secretly admired that Chen Yan's figure had been getting better and better since she went to college.

Chen Yan felt that Jiang Zhe's grip was too strong, so she asked him to be gentler.

However, when Jiang Zhe's strength in his hands gradually increased, she did not resist.

Jiang Zhe felt that Chen Yan was beginning to feel hot, so he immediately stopped massaging and turned off the lights...

(End of this chapter)