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

Chapter 250: New mission begins, honor value increases

Teacher Lu’s office.

Jiang Zhe placed two unfinished works on the empty desk.

Teacher Lu pulled over a chair and moved closer to observe.

Several other teachers also gathered around.

"Are you planning to draw still life and animals?" asked Teacher Lu.

Jiang Zhe said: "I want to try to see if I can use tempera material to paint different materials and show them in a more detailed way."

"The idea is right." Teacher Lu said as he gently touched the wooden board and the canvas base that had not yet been painted with paint with his fingers, then checked the back of the work, and finally, got close to the picture at a distance of only a fist to observe the draft and color changes.

“The wood and canvas, as well as the base, are all good.”

Jiang Zhe was stunned for a moment when he heard the evaluation. Generally speaking, saying that the materials used by the painter are good means that his technical level is not good.

"Do you grind your paint or use gouache?" Teacher Lu asked. She taught two simple methods in class: mixing gouache with tempera blending liquid, or using color powder and tempera blending liquid.

"I use raw brown color powder and grind it with blending liquid." Jiang Zhe replied.

“Nice grinding.”

"I used the method you taught me, and I didn't dare to change it."

After checking the materials for the work, Teacher Lu placed the two paintings back on the desk and adjusted his seat to observe from a distance. "Jiang Zhe, your ability to paint realistically is better than mine. I can't teach you this."

"Teacher, please don't say that." Jiang Zhe thought to himself that Teacher Lu's words were too jumpy.

"I'm not flattering you. This painting of animals is very vivid. You can refer to Dürer's paintings of rabbits. In addition, your still life painting has too much content. When you go into more detail later, don't make the picture look messy.

I teach you painting materials, but you can't focus all your energy on this when painting. You still have to consider the rules and feelings of painting. Your direct painting and glazing techniques are both good. You can try to use tempera coating as the first and second layers of color because it dries quickly. On this basis, use oil paint to paint another layer, which is a comprehensive technique.

There are some things that haven’t been mentioned yet, but you can give it a try.”

"Thank you, teacher. I will go back and try it."

Teacher Lu asked: "Did you paint these two works based on photos or did you create them based on real objects?"

Jiang Zhe said: "I put a still life in my studio. The puppy is my pet."

Teacher Lu thought for a moment and said, "In that case, you can create in your own studio except for the time when I teach. I also give you a suggestion. Take pictures of the different stages of your work. Maybe it will be useful when you publish a book in the future."

"Thank you, Teacher Lu." Jiang Zhe listened to the teacher's instructions and left with his work.

When there are only colleagues in the office, teachers can chat more relaxedly.

"Teacher Xiaolu, do you feel any pressure when teaching Jiang Zhe?" a teacher older than Teacher Lu joked.

Teacher Mu walked back to his seat: "When you teach their class life drawing class, you will know."

"Be content. It's not easy to have such a talent in a class." Another teacher said with emotion: "Our school is the best in the province, but to compete with several major art schools nationwide, one of the most important factors is the comparison of students' grades."

The other teachers all agreed. Although art students cannot compare their grades like other subjects, their artistic achievements can be compared. "I think it's not just one class. In recent years, only Jiang Zhe has been able to make it. Apart from other things, the awards he has won and the results of his works at auction are already outstanding enough. Do other art schools have this? In the few years he has been in school, our school's achievements have been outstanding."

Some teachers also said: "He won the award, there must be some luck involved."

Teacher Lu said: "You can't attribute the reason to luck. You will understand when you teach their class in the future that the learning atmosphere in this class is relatively good, and half of the students are very motivated. Take Jiang Zhe's two paintings just now, for example, from the selection of materials to the production, he was very serious. When sticking the canvas on the wood board, it was meticulous. His pigments were ground very finely.

Although he used sepia as the draft, I could tell that he used the traditional transfer method, first drawing the sketch and then transferring it to the painting. With these details, the chances of success would be higher.”

A teacher said leisurely: "I will be evaluating my professional title this year. After Jiang Zhe graduates from university, I wonder if he will take the postgraduate entrance examination in our school."

When it comes to this topic, several teachers present fell silent.

Jiang Zhe took his work to Professor Qin for advice. When he came out of Professor Qin's studio, he saw several missed calls on his phone.

The Art Association and the Art Society called.

Jiang Zhe dialed the numbers of both companies one after another.

The purpose of the staff from these two companies calling Jiang Zhe was very clear, they all wanted to congratulate him on having his work collected by the Smithsonian Museum of Art.

Jiang Zhe gradually felt the impact on himself after the good news spread.

At the same time, he found that the Art Association, a more formal organization, just congratulated him and didn't say anything else. The society wanted to celebrate for him and even asked him if he wanted to hold a personal exhibition.

Jiang Zhe thought that at this moment, the works he had on hand would not be able to support a personal exhibition. Besides, he had tasks to complete and could not be distracted to participate in activities, so he declined the society's suggestion.

After the call ended, he opened the system, found his personal honor page, and checked the honor experience bar. He hadn't paid attention to the honor experience bar for a few weeks, but it was already halfway through.

He originally thought that it might take a long time to fill up the experience bar at the level of being a little famous, but he could actually gain so much experience points by winning awards and having his works collected. At this rate, it might not take too long to achieve the maximum level of honor at this level.

……

Art Association. Director Zhang put down his phone and immediately reported to the president.

After listening to Director Zhang's description, the president said, "We have said what we need to say, and that is enough."

Director Zhang hesitated for a moment and suggested, "President, due to work reasons, I heard from some friends that the Binhai Art Society seems to want to celebrate this event and organize some academic activities. Although I don't know if it can be done, it is obvious that they want to use this event for publicity. Do you think we can do it?"

The president said, "A society? That's a non-governmental organization, a group of people who get together and entertain themselves. We are different. We are led by relevant departments and have rules and regulations for doing things. We'll talk about this later."

Director Zhang knew what the president was worried about and wisely did not continue asking.

……

Jiang Zhe came to the library to borrow picture albums.

He found Dürer's classic work - a meticulously detailed rabbit - in a high-definition picture album.

Looking at this work, one cannot help but admire the great artist's exquisite skills. The rabbit's shape is vivid, and its fur is clearly visible. It is both artistically realistic and vivid, but not too detailed and rigid.

Jiang Zhe captured several details with his camera; these ways of expressing beauty were exactly what he needed.

(End of this chapter)