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

Chapter 249: Works Prepared for Spring Auction

During the break, Jiang Zhe took the opportunity to get some hot water, found a place where there was no one around, and quietly turned on the system.

A prompt appears on the system page:
You are exposed to and learn tempera techniques and materials. This technique has already appeared in the branch of oil painting skills and is currently in the introductory stage.

You have triggered the challenge task. Please work hard to improve this skill from the entry-level stage to the elementary stage or higher in this color course. If you complete the challenge task, the system will issue corresponding rewards based on the completion status. If you do not complete it, there is no penalty. Are you willing to accept the challenge task?

Jiang Zhe did not rush to make a choice. He clicked on the skill page first and saw a branch in the oil painting skill, Danpela painting technique (not yet entry-level).

Without hesitation, he returned to the task page and clicked to accept the task.

The previous learning process has gradually made him accustomed to doing different tasks in a period of time. For example, school homework, personal interest exercises, and works for competitions or exhibitions can be done alternately in a period of time.

He originally thought that the color class this semester was an opportunity to gain new knowledge, but he didn't expect it to trigger a system task. Tasks meant new income.

When I returned to the classroom, I saw Teacher Lu preparing materials for the second half of the class. Some students were helping and took the opportunity to ask questions. A girl asked, "Teacher Lu, I see a lot of contemporary photorealist paintings that also use oil paints and can be painted very detailed, and it seems that there is no restriction on the materials."

"The tempera pigment and technique were the best solution at the time." Teacher Lu put down the materials in his hands, sat back in his chair, and continued to explain: "Painting materials are constantly changing and improving. For a long time in the past, painters mixed the medium of oil paint to make the oil paint viscous. I have read some records of Rubens. When he was painting, he often dipped his brush into linseed oil to dilute the pigment and make the strokes smoother.

At that time, there were not many materials that could produce smooth strokes, and Danpela was a good choice.

Contemporary oil painting materials are much richer than before. Some materials can maintain the characteristics of oil painting materials while allowing the strokes to flow smoothly.

You will also learn hyper-realistic oil painting in the future. Photo-realistic or hyper-realistic painting requires the subject to be enlarged. For example, if you enlarge a person's face several times, it will be easier for you to express details such as pores and sweat hair. "

In the following time, the teacher demonstrated the complete painting process of a work, then assigned homework, explained the requirements, and asked the students to go back and prepare materials.

The students in the class wanted to buy materials together, but they had different opinions on what kind of boards to use, so they had to make their own arrangements.

In order to save time, Jiang Zhe directly called the owner of a familiar art supply store, ordered the necessary materials, and asked him to deliver them to his studio as soon as possible.

Not long after he returned to his studio, the owner of the art supply store delivered the materials.

Jiang Zhe chose four pine boards, all 35.5×45.5 cm in size. Following the method described by Teacher Lu, he mounted the canvas on the boards and applied two layers of primer on the same day. While waiting for the primer to dry, he considered the subject of the painting.

Teacher Lu asked me to complete two works. If I wanted to master this technique in a short period of time, I could only consider simple and familiar subjects.

He finally decided to use still life and animal subjects to complete his homework and tasks.

Because he had applied to create in his own studio, he arranged a set of still lifes on his workbench, and then found photos and sketches with small cards as the subject matter.

Still life themes are not complicated, and Jiang Zhe quickly completed the pencil draft. When drawing animal-themed works, he made many attempts. He first used sketches to draw Xiaoka in different actions and states, and finally chose the action of Xiaoka playing with a plush ball to depict it.

He started by making a detailed sketch.

Xiaoka stands on a wooden floor, looking up at the audience. There is a plush ball on the wooden floor. A ray of sunlight enters the picture.

In Jiang Zhe's conception, the most noteworthy highlight of this painting is Xiaoka's cute and adorable movements and expressions, especially his big watery eyes, which must be painted brilliantly.

Secondly, this painting should focus on depicting the texture of its hair, while reflecting the characteristics of tempera painting.

In order to make the picture effect better, Jiang Zhe used photos to enlarge and observe Xiaoka's hair for the first time.

After completing the sketch, transfer it to the prepared wooden board.

On Friday morning, Jiang Zhe was in his studio, making raw brown tempera paint and using it to complete a monochrome draft.

Because of the material, its drying time is shorter than that of oil painting materials.

After finishing the draft, Jiang Zhe opened the system and saw that there was no change in the challenge task bar and his skills had not been improved. Before lunch, he received a call from Manager Zhao of Times Auction Company.

After the New Year, the two talked on the phone and he knew why Manager Zhao was looking for him.

"Jiang Zhe, our spring auction has already started. The spring auction is an important auction every year. Don't you have any good works that can be auctioned?"

Jiang Zhe had thought about it a long time ago. "I have recently completed several paintings, both portraits and landscapes."

Manager Zhao said: "It would be best if the work is more conducive to publicity."

Jiang Zhe said: "I sent three works to the United States for competition, and two of them won awards..."

"Really? What's the subject matter?" Manager Zhao asked quickly.

Jiang Zhe said: "Don't worry, the two winning paintings have been collected by the Smithsonian Museum of Art."

"Which Smithson?"

After Jiang Zhe explained, Manager Zhao smiled and congratulated him: "I know this art gallery. This is a good publicity point. You said there are three paintings?"

Jiang Zhe said: "There is another work, which is still a painting of a dancer, but in the competition process, it was only shortlisted and did not win. I wonder if it will work?"

"No problem. Your paintings of dancers have been verified by the market. Moreover, this is a shortlisted work. You are different now than you were last year. Your works have been collected by large art galleries abroad. This is good material for publicity. Can you send us the information as soon as possible?"

Jiang Zhe said, "Don't worry, I'll ask when the works can be shipped back. Wait for my news."

He ended the call and dialed Wang Zhen's number again.

After listening to Jiang Zhe's description, Wang Zhen immediately said, "This is a good thing. The work was returned very quickly. I think that if your work is auctioned, it may break the auction record for your work."

After discussing with Wang Zhen, Jiang Zhe sent the work information to Manager Zhao.

Manager Zhao quickly replied: "Jiang Zhe, although I don't know much about calligraphy and painting, our business experts have determined that your work is fine and should be auctioned in the contemporary oil painting special. When the work comes back, we will discuss the details of the commission, how about that?"

Because of the good cooperation they had before, Jiang Zhe agreed immediately.

In the afternoon, Jiang Zhe brought his finished draft to Teacher Lu's office. Although he was more familiar with Professor Qin, the county magistrate was not as good as the current manager. The main teacher of this class was Teacher Lu, so he had to ask Teacher Lu questions first.

After knocking on the door of Teacher Lu’s office, he saw several professional teachers present, who were chatting.

Because of the phone call, Mr. Lu knew Jiang Zhe's purpose: "Come in, have you brought your work?"

Jiang Zhe said, "Teacher, I drew a still life and an animal-themed painting. Please find the problem with them."

"It's just right, let's appreciate Jiang Zhe's masterpiece." Several professional teachers came over.

Jiang Zhe said: "Teachers, I'm just practicing."

A teacher said, "I'm not being polite. We just said we want to congratulate you. I heard that your work has been collected by an art museum in the United States?"

Jiang Zhe said: "Yes, I received the news not long ago."

"This is a happy event."

“The works of us have not yet been collected by art museums.”

(End of this chapter)