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

Chapter 260, Task Requirements, Sketching
Teacher Hu stood up, held onto his seat, turned around to check on the students, and when he saw that most of them were resting with their heads down, he returned to his seat.

Jiang Zhe closed his eyes, as if he had fallen asleep, but he was actually reading the requirements of the task carefully.

Because the tasks triggered by outdoor sketching not only have quantity requirements, but also have requirements on the quality and style of the paintings.

Jiang Zhe understood that this required him to not paint according to habit, but to create a unique aesthetic.

This kind of general and abstract requirement is difficult to grasp, but he does not find it difficult. For him, painting is a happy thing. He just needs to relax and create boldly.

Now, life is worry-free and without the pressure of being outside, I can completely regard sketching outside as a kind of enjoyment.

After reading the task, he really began to rest.

Jiang Zhe felt the turbulence getting worse and soon came to his senses, and saw the vehicle entering a mountain road.

Qingshan Village is not far from Lanshan Village where he had been, and is located deep in the mountains.

The car drove along the mountain road, between hills and valleys, with dense forests, orchards, scattered fields on both sides, and occasional streams and deep valleys.

"We're here!" the people sitting in the front of the bus cheered.

Jiang Zhe looked out the window.

After passing through a flat area on the mountainside, the road continues to extend forward. Many rural buildings are gathered in the section where the road passes through the flat area on the mountainside.

The car stopped by the side of the road.

At the entrance of the courtyard with a sign saying "Sketch Base", there was a napping big yellow dog. It was awakened by the teachers and students getting off the bus, and then it walked away, looking back from time to time.

Carrying his luggage, Jiang Zhe followed his classmates into the courtyard of the sketching base.

The site is a wide square courtyard with a row of two-story buildings on the north side. Outside the wall behind the buildings are trees and a gradually rising hillside. There is a row of bungalows on the east side of the courtyard, and a lot of debris is piled up beside the wall on the west side. The ground in the yard is mud. The entire site is built in the style of ten years ago, but it is already the newest among the nearby buildings.

Several teachers greeted the owner of the operating base.

The boss’s surname is Yang, and he and his wife run this base.

Boss Yang introduced to the teachers and students that the second floor was the dormitory, the bungalow was the canteen, and the bathroom was in a corner of the courtyard.

The teacher assigned rooms to the students. The girls lived on the second floor, the boys lived on the first floor, and four students lived in one room.

Jiang Zhe, Mou Xing and two other boys were assigned to a room. It sounded like a room for four people, but it was actually very simple. There were four wooden beds and two chairs, but no stools.

When the boys saw the bed, they all frowned.

Mou Xing said to Jiang Zhe, "I think the bed is a little dirty, so don't take off your clothes when you go to bed."

Jiang Zhe had no choice but to say, "Try to use your own bedding. I saw a drying rope in the yard. Let's take the quilt out to dry it."

Because the ride was long, after putting their luggage away, they ran to the bathroom.

I found out that the toilets here are dry toilets?! There are too many people and not enough space.

After a busy period, I finally settled down.

Jiang Zhe strolled in the courtyard, familiarizing himself with the environment.

Looking out from the courtyard, there are different mountain and forest scenery in any direction. Boss Yang said that there is a market on this flat land on the mountainside on fixed days. Going east and west, there are several villages with different terrains.

It is quiet, the air is fresh, and if you don't consider the accommodation conditions, this is really a good place for sketching.

Two more buses stopped outside the courtyard.

Teachers and students from the Chinese painting and printmaking majors got off the bus one after another. The students brought their luggage into the courtyard and were assigned rooms.

Jiang Zhe saw Lan Xin.

Lan Xin smiled and waved to Jiang Zhe, then followed her classmates upstairs.

"Jiang Zhe, look here." Several classmates called Jiang Zhe.

Several children who grew up in cities have never been to the countryside and are curious about everything.

Jiang Zhe looked in the direction of the sound and saw a few boys making a few "hmm" sounds towards a shack made of broken bricks.

A big black dog suddenly jumped out of the shack and barked at the people.

The noise was so loud that several boys retreated in fear. Fortunately, the dog was tied with a rope and could not get close.

Boss Yang came out of the kitchen and scolded the black dog: "Stop barking."

The black dog shut up obediently.

Boss Yang said to the boys in a very friendly manner: "Don't get close to it. It's very fierce. It would be bad if you get bitten."

Several boys agreed with laughter, their emotions not affected at all.

Teacher Hu came to the courtyard, called the students together, and arranged today's schedule. "In the morning, everyone can move freely. You can go out in groups of three or five. You are not allowed to go out alone. In the afternoon, we will start sketching. Do you remember?"

"I'll remember that." The students agreed one after another, and then called their friends to go out for a stroll.

Jiang Zhe took his camera and went out with his classmates to look for suitable scenery for sketching.

Walking on the mountain road, you can occasionally see flocks of sheep on the hillside.

He used his camera to take pictures of some interesting scenes and kept them as materials.

"Jiang Zhe, look what we bought?" Fu Min called Jiang Zhe from behind.

Jiang Zhe turned around and found that he had unknowingly walked to the front of the line. Some classmates ran to the shops on both sides of the road to shop.

They don't buy daily necessities, but rare things they have never seen before. For example, Fu Min was holding an old-fashioned kerosene lamp, also called a lantern. This is not an antique, but a new kerosene lamp, used when there is no electricity. "Not bad, you can't buy this thing here." Jiang Zhe praised Fu Min's vision.

"I bought it to use as a still life." Fu Min was also very proud.

A boy came up to her and said, "Fu Min, I see many families here raise goats. Should we eat goat meat for lunch?"

Another girl said: "I can't eat mutton. I can't get used to the taste of mutton."

Jiang Zhe listened to the discussion and thought to himself, "The cost of going out for sketching is not much, so the food can't be too good."

The students gradually dispersed.

Jiang Zhe and his companions left the highway and walked along a dirt road into a mountain village.

Although this is a mountainous area, there is no shortage of water. There is a small river winding through the village, and another stream runs through the village and merges into the small river.

The stream meandered, forming several bays in the gentler parts. They walked along the road beside the stream, strolled through the village, and saw two quaint stone bridges.

The houses in the village are built along the terrain, extending from the stream bank to the high ground.

Along the way, Jiang Zhe paid attention to the characteristics of this mountain village. The mountain village is very old, with old houses from decades ago and newly built houses in recent years. The houses are all built with stones, and this is what it looks like from the outside.

The roofs of houses from different periods are different, some are made of red tiles, and some are made of thick turf.

Many roads in the mountain village are mostly gravel paths. The wide ones can accommodate donkey carts, but the narrow ones can only accommodate one person.

While taking photos, Jiang Zhe memorized several beautiful views.

"Fu Min, Jiang Zhe..." He heard familiar voices and turned around to see several students from the Chinese Painting Department and his classmates coming over one after another.

Lan Xin walked closer, greeted Fu Min, and then looked at Jiang Zhe: "You came early, did you find anything good?"

Jiang Zhe said: "The stone bridge, the water bay, and some old houses are all nice."

Lan Xin said: "We came from another road. There is a large riverbed and rocks by the river outside the village. We plan to go there to sketch in the afternoon."

Before Jiang Zhe could say anything, several boys around him said, "Really? Let's go take a look this afternoon."

"Okay, let's go together."

Fu Min and Mou Xing often painted with Lan Xin in the gallery, so they immediately made an appointment with Lan Xin to sketch together in the afternoon and also asked Jiang Zhe to come along.

When Lan Xin saw Jiang Zhe agreed, she appeared calm but was secretly happy in her heart.

At lunch time, the students returned to the sketching base on time.

In a bungalow, teachers and students of the oil painting department were divided into two large tables. There were two large bowls on each table, one containing potatoes stewed with minced meat, and the other containing mutton stewed with radish. Everyone used a large rice spoon to scoop vegetables into their own lunch boxes.

There are plenty of steamed buns. There are only two pots of vegetables.

Teacher Hu said to the students, "Don't just stand there, eat quickly. We will be sketching in the afternoon and dinner will start at 6pm. Eat more, as you will be hungry easily due to the large amount of activities in the afternoon."

Most of the students started frowning when they put the food into their lunch boxes.

Jiang Zhe heard Mou Xing next to him say, "How can there be meat in potatoes? It's just potatoes stewed with potatoes."

There were a few students who were not used to eating mutton and could only eat one serving of vegetable.

Jiang Zhe tasted two dishes and they were indeed unpalatable. Fortunately, the steamed buns were good, big buns steamed in a wood stove, and the wheat used was very fresh.

After lunch, teachers and students from the three majors gathered and set off separately to the selected sketching locations.

After passing several forks in the road, the teachers and students gradually dispersed.

Jiang Zhe and several classmates, as well as several students majoring in Chinese painting, came to the river beach outside the mountain village from another road.

He stood on the high point of the river beach and looked around. To the south, he saw the mountain village he had visited in the morning. To the north, he saw the small river. On the river beach near the small river, there were large pebbles. The area of ​​the river beach near the mountain village was a large flat rock.

Rivers once flowed through these places, and large areas of rock were washed away by the rivers, creating peculiar terrain.

Jiang Zhe's sight extended into the distance and he could see the gradually rising terrain, the dense woods and orchards, the scattered mountain villages with their roofs faintly visible, the distant mountains, the sky, and the white clouds.

The vibrant scene of early spring gave Jiang Zhe the urge to create.

He chose the location and materials, and practiced with watercolor painting.

The large river beach is used as the foreground, the mountain village and large tracts of forest are used as the middle ground, and the distant mountains and sky are used as the background.

Because of the system requirements, he did not deliberately design the aesthetics and style, but just freely painted and quickly completed an 8-page watercolor landscape painting.

Jiang Zhe looked at the time and it only took more than twenty minutes.

Several classmates around came over to watch and admired the painting.

Jiang Zhe was not satisfied. The painting process was easy, but after finishing it, the final result was not satisfactory.

After reviewing the system, the evaluation obtained was that the product was average.

He clicked on the task page and found that the post-count of the completed work was still zero, which meant that the painting was not included in the score.

Jiang Zhe reflected on the painting process just now and soon found the problem. In this painting, the abstraction of the physical appearance was not enough, and many places were copied from reality.

He discovered the problem and immediately rethought it.

Soon, he began to create different works in the same location and using the same materials.

(End of this chapter)