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

Chapter 276, End of Month Settlement, Advanced Skills, Porcelain
On Sunday evening, Jiang Zhe put down his brush, stood up and stepped back to observe the oil painting of a woman on the easel. This was his copy of Ingres's masterpiece, Princess Brogli.

Before going out to sketch, he had already started copying this painting. After coming back from sketching, he used his spare time to use the transparent shading technique (indirect painting method) to create a sketch effect on the canvas, and then shaded it over and over again with semi-transparent and transparent colors.

Today, the painting is finally completed.

He was very satisfied with the copying result. Looking back on the copying process, he had a better understanding of Ingres' techniques.

Open the system and use the system to review this copy.

The system gives a high-quality evaluation.

Two-thirds of the semester's learning goals have been completed. We only need to study one more work of Raphael to achieve the goal.

He hummed a song and packed up his painting supplies.

After a day of practice, although I am a little tired, devoting myself to painting can make me happy. Looking at my own works gives me a sense of satisfaction and allows me to ignore some troubles.

Today is the last day of May, and it is time to settle rewards.

The accumulation of the previous two months and part of the rewards were consumed to fight back against the opponent.

Jiang Zhe waited until midnight and heard the system prompt.

Click on the system.

You will see a prompt on the page: Do you want to start the month-end settlement?
Jiang Zhe clicks settle.

The system quickly displays the calculation results.

Your learning accumulation this month has reached an excellent level, and you will be awarded a reward of 9.6 yuan.

Because you have learned new skills this month, you will be awarded a chance to win a skill prize draw.

Jiang Zhe did not receive the financial reward, but chose to accumulate the reward. Because he was not short of money at the moment, he could accumulate it and collect it when there were more rewards. He could also prepare for situations that would require the use of rewards.

He clicked to use the skill to draw a lottery opportunity.

The lucky draw wheel appeared. The prize area was filled with skill gift boxes.

Click on the lottery, and the turntable pointer starts to spin rapidly, eventually pointing to a high-end gift box.

Jiang Zhe felt happy. No matter what skill it was, as long as it was a high-level skill, it would be fine.

Bang—the gift box exploded.

Information appears on the page: You gain the Ceramics Making skill (Advanced).

Jiang Zhe felt his heart beat faster. This was a good skill. After all, in the domestic environment, ceramic art is always an art that is close to life and accepted by most people. This skill has a very strong professionalism and also integrates a variety of arts, which can give you a glimpse of many types of art.

In his previous life, he also participated in the art examination of Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute.

Click to receive, and a huge consciousness comes into your mind.

He accepted and digested the skill gift package.

Ceramics has a long history and a wide variety of types. The skill package includes the complete process from the selection and production of clay materials to firing, as well as the knowledge and skills of different types of ceramics.

Before, he approached ceramics from a layman's perspective, but now, with the skill package, he has quickly mastered the two skills of pottery and porcelain.

Because the skill package is an advanced skill, it includes a wide range of skills and the skill level reaches the high level of traditional crafts. If you want to improve it again, you need to obtain special skills.

After Jiang Zhe digested the skills, whenever he thought of a certain type of ceramic craft, his mind would immediately recall the relevant production memories. With the current skills, it is enough to complete high-level ceramic works. If you add creativity, you can create ceramic masterpieces, or even better works.

Because I had to digest so much knowledge, my head felt a little swollen. Although I wanted to put the knowledge I had just acquired into practice as soon as possible, I couldn't resist the urge to sleep.

On Monday morning, Jiang Zhe got up early.

While washing up, he recalled the skills he had acquired last night. Some of the ceramics he was very interested in were secret color porcelain and purple sand craft.

He wiped his face with a towel and walked to the tea table, looking at the two purple clay teapots and several teacups on the table.

This is the tea set I bought for daily use after I earned money. After I acquired new skills, I was no longer satisfied with these teapots and purple clay cups.

With the new skills, I couldn't help but practice them. Chen Yan also wanted me to make a sculpture for her, and I also wanted to make some desk decorations and tea sets...all kinds of creative ideas came one after another.

He looked at his watch, grabbed his bag, and hurried out the door. It was Monday, and it was time for another big class.

From Monday to Wednesday, whenever Jiang Zhe has free time, he will go to the library to look up information or draw sketches in the dormitory.

He sketched the ceramic vessels he wanted to make.

The shapes of these vessels are derived from traditional crafts, but the patterns and some changes come from his creativity.

For three days, he was obsessed with studying these traditional crafts, and put aside the unfinished painting tasks for the time being.

On Wednesday night, Jiang Zhe looked at the dozens of sketches he had accumulated and looked forward to tomorrow's professional courses.

On Thursday, during the professional class, Mr. Zhou led the students to start making ceramics. He explained and demonstrated the methods of making clay molds, such as hand-kneading, clay strip coiling, and clay board joining, and then asked the students to make more than two creative works.

According to the requirements, students can choose the material voluntarily. If they choose ordinary clay, they will complete their study after completing the homework.

If you want to fire your work into ceramics, you have to buy pottery clay or porcelain clay at your own expense.

Jiang Zhe chose to use porcelain clay to make a set of utensils. Because he also wanted to make a small porcelain sculpture, he bought enough porcelain clay.

The porcelain clay purchased by the school can be used directly, saving a lot of time.

After all the materials were prepared, the students began to make them.

Jiang Zhe stood in front of the workbench and decisively cut off a piece of porcelain clay based on his estimation. He then used the hand-kneading method to make a brush washer. The shape of the device was based on the traditional boring washer.

He planned to make a set of small porcelain utensils for study.

With the improvement of his skills, Jiang Zhe now has a very high understanding of ceramics, but he just lacks proficiency.

In the process of making porcelain, he applied different skills one by one. With continuous practice, his skills became more and more proficient, and he became more and more adept at mastering the characteristics of porcelain clay.

Although there was no electric turntable and only a manual turntable could be used, the shape of the vessel produced was exactly as expected.

Brush washer, Taibai zun, willow-leaf vase... one piece of equipment after another appeared on the workbench.

Teacher Zhou was patrolling the classroom and had noticed Jiang Zhe's work a long time ago. It was not until he found that Jiang Zhe was making the sixth piece of porcelain that he walked closer and stopped to watch.

Each of the five completed works is very delicate, with the proportions of the shapes being just right.

Teacher Zhou has done a lot of research on ceramics because of his profession and personal interests. When I first saw Jiang Zhe's work, I felt that it was not the work of a student, but more like the work of an old artist who has been immersed in this field for decades.

His gaze turned to Jiang Zhe. If he had not seen the production process with his own eyes, he would never have believed that this was a student's work.

Jiang Zhe is using a small bamboo knife to slowly trim the shape of the instrument. Each trimming is stable and accurate, with a steady pace.

With gradual refinement, the instrument is gradually approaching perfection.

Teacher Zhou feels that watching the production process is a feast for the eyes.

When Jiang Zhe finished and put down his bamboo sword to rest, Teacher Zhou said, "You did a great job. The shapes are beautiful. These vessels can be noticed from a long distance. Have you learned to make ceramics before?"

Jiang Zhe said, "This is my first time making ceramics. If it weren't for your class, I might not have had the chance to try it. What do you think are the shortcomings of the homework?"

The students told the truth and Teacher Zhou was speechless.

He knew that Jiang Zhe was already somewhat famous, and he couldn't help but wonder, could some talents allow a person to know everything?
Faced with the student's question, he could only use his brain and carefully respond: "Are the shapes of these vessels from the eight-piece set of kidney bean red porcelain from the Kangxi period?"

Jiang Zhe said, "You are right. I saw a picture of the eight-piece set in the library, and I chose the six I liked and learned how to make them."

Teacher Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, pointed at the works, and read out: "Apple Zun, Gallbladder Vase, Willow Leaf Vase, Taibai Zun, Tongluo Washbasin, this one was originally a Panchi Vase?"

Jiang Zhe replied: "Yes, it was originally a Panchi vase. I didn't make a three-dimensional Panchi carving, but planned to make it a dark-carved Chi pattern."

"Yes, it can be modified. Taibai Zun can also have dark carvings added."

The conversation between the two has attracted several classmates.

"Teacher, what are these eight-piece sets you are talking about?"

Teacher Zhou said: "The eight-piece set I'm talking about is the red-glazed kidney bean porcelain from the Kangxi period, which includes a pan-chi vase, an apple vase, a radish vase, a chrysanthemum-petal vase, a willow-leaf vase, a Taibai vase, a seal box, and a gong washer..."

After explaining the set of porcelain, he said to Jiang Zhe, "Our school only has white glaze and green glaze. If you want to choose other glaze colors, you need to purchase them in the market. Cowpea red is too troublesome to make, so you have to be careful."

Jiang Zhe has already considered the glaze color. "I want to use white glaze."

Teacher Zhou nodded: "Yes, white glaze is simple and elegant. The white glaze used in our school is more stable."

While waiting for Teacher Zhou to instruct other students, Jiang Zhe picked up the remaining porcelain clay and began to make Chen Yan's head portrait. The porcelain sculpture was scaled down according to the previous clay sculpture, but the details were exactly the same.

Teacher Zhou came back after a walk and saw the porcelain sculpture made by Jiang Zhe. He smiled but said nothing.

Many classmates also smiled secretly when they saw Jiang Zhe's work. They all recognized Chen Yan.

Jiang Zhe's sculptures are lifelike and recognizable at a glance.

After the ceramic works are completed, the students send them for drying according to the teacher's instructions.

The school's ceramic studio is in the basement of the teaching building. Teacher Zhou calls the person in charge of the studio Master Zou.

Teacher Zhou brought the students to the studio and asked Master Zou to help with drying. He also explained all the instruments and production processes here.

On Friday, after the porcelain body was dried, Jiang Zhe began to refine the shape of the vessel, adding dark-carved round dragon patterns to the Taibai Zun, adding dark-carved dragon patterns to the original pan-chi bottle, and refining the details of the porcelain carving.

After the porcelain body is made, the glaze is applied
The school's glazing process uses spray glaze. Although it is difficult to experience the traditional process, Teacher Zhou said that this modern process can produce a more uniform glaze color.

(End of this chapter)