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

Chapter 320, Seafood Market, New Creation
Chapter 319.

Jiang Yi parked his car in a parking lot near a supermarket.

Before getting off the car, Xu Li said to Jiang Yi, "Go to the supermarket quickly and buy what you need. Wait for us to come back."

Xiaozhe, come with me to the market, and we'll cook seafood tonight."

Jiang Zhe agreed, got out from the back seat, watched his father lock the car, and followed his mother to the largest market nearby.

Today, he was working in the studio when he received a call from his mother asking him to go home for dinner. He ran home excitedly, only to find out that he had to go out shopping before dinner.

Recently, it’s time for seafood to be on the market.

The two walked into the market, and were greeted by noisy sounds and unpleasant smells.

Part of the market is outdoors, the other half is indoors, and wherever it is, it is bustling.

The two came to a seafood stall.

More than a dozen stalls were crowded with customers.

Each stall is similarly equipped, with plastic and metal tanks displaying seafood in different categories. The ground nearby is wet. Each stall owner wears a waterproof apron. There are various utensils for scooping and processing seafood, as well as electronic or old-fashioned scales.

Although there were two ceiling fans on top of the indoor market, they were useless and the fishy smell of seafood was strong.

Xu Li took Jiang Zhe for a walk and looked around, occasionally asking Jiang Zhe what kind of seafood he wanted to eat.

Whenever Jiang Zhe said he wanted to eat some seafood, she would tell him how to choose.

Passing by one stall after another, Xu Li quickly found some seafood that she liked and started queuing in front of the stall to buy it.

Jiang Zhe saw the common swimming crabs, octopuses, pen fish and eels on display in this stall.

The stall is run by a couple. The plump wife is responsible for selling goods and collecting money, while the taciturn husband is responsible for catching and packaging fish. If customers need to process seafood, he will also help process the seafood.

A man bought a few eels and asked the stall owner to help him process them.

The stall owner saw an eel, grabbed it and threw it to the ground. The splashing water made people around him step back, and even a few young ladies screamed.

The stall owner's subsequent handling of the matter was as smooth as flowing water, and the people in the queue watched with great interest.

The stall owner was noticed and his movements became more fluent. He quickly processed several eels, packed them in bags, and handed them to customers.

During the processing, they will also take the time to throw those octopuses that are about to crawl out of the water back into the pool.

Jiang Zhe watched and remembered everything that happened just now.

Xu Li bought a pound of clams to stir-fry with chili sauce when she got home, and also bought a pound of small pen fish to stew with tofu, as well as half a pound of octopus and two pounds of swimming crabs.

When Jiang Zhe took out his wallet to pay, his mind was still recalling the scenes he had just seen.

The environment here is dirty and noisy, but full of the atmosphere of fireworks.

The female stall owner who speaks fluently, warmly solicits customers, and always has the upper hand in bargaining, and her taciturn but agile husband; the customers around her with different expressions...

After Jiang Zhe saw these images once, they were deeply imprinted in his mind. They are all very good materials.

He already had the urge to paint this scene.

"Hey, why are you distracted while looking at the stairs?" Xu Li reminded Jiang Zhe.

"Oh, it's okay." Jiang Zhe followed his mother and bought a few more vegetables.

The two men carried the ingredients, came out of the market, and walked to the parking lot.

Xu Li unexpectedly ran into two old colleagues and started chatting with them.

Jiang Zhe and his father were waiting in the car.

Jiang Yi waited for a while and complained: "Your mother, when she meets these old colleagues, she can't stop talking. They have all retired and don't keep in touch. Do they have so much to talk about?"

After waiting for a while, Xu Li finally finished chatting and returned to the car.

When Jiang Yi started the car, Xu Li talked about the colleagues she met today, how their relationship was in the unit back then, and how their situation is now.

Because he was not interested in the topic, all Jiang Zhe was thinking about was how to create.

The family returns home to enjoy a delicious dinner and family time.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Jiang Zhe returned to his studio.

Now, he has two themes to continue his creation.

The first is the mother and child at the beach. The second is the scenes seen in the seafood market.

He decided to start with the seafood market. After all, he saw this topic today and it was very fresh.

He sketched some of the images that were imprinted in his mind today on paper.

After drawing several compositions of seafood markets, I started to add some characters. For example, the couple running the stalls, some impressive customers. These people's expressions, movements, demeanor, appearance, as well as their positions in the picture, the background they reflected, etc. Jiang Zhe also needed to match them with some more suitable environments, lighting and objects, such as the various seafood sold and market utensils.

Whether it is the indoor incandescent lights, cement floors and various seafood, it requires a lot of filling in details. Any slight mistake will affect the picture effect.

Jiang Zhe painted until 10 o'clock in the evening, then very self-disciplinedly ended his creation and continued the next day.

It took him two days to finally draw a relatively satisfactory sketch. During this time, he went to the seafood market again to observe the details.

Looking at the works on the easel, I feel like I can continue to improve, but I can't find a breakthrough.

He began to look for works with similar themes in picture albums and on the Internet to learn from them.

Finally, he found an oil painting with a similar theme in the album - "Fish Market"

This work is now housed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.

Jiang Zhe looked at this work and was glad that he had paid attention to collecting various picture albums after returning from Paris, otherwise it would have been difficult to find this work.

The author of this work is Snyders, and it was created between 1620 and 1630. The size is 225×365 cm. This is a work in the Baroque style, depicting a seafood market stall.

The painting shows two busy vendors with a harbor in the background.

On the display stand of the stall, there are all kinds of seafood and animals, which are depicted vividly and exude a fresh breath, which is very vivid.

Jiang Zhe looked at the details of the work. Although some details could not be fully displayed due to printing, the contents that could be seen clearly were enough to reflect the artist's keen observation ability and superb painting skills.

This kind of realism and accuracy is completely different from the so-called realism that depicts high-definition photos.

The author's portrayal of images is precise, with rich and in-depth details.

Jiang Zhe became interested.

He had never paid attention to this painter before, so he looked up information about the author.

Snyders was a Flemish painter who studied painting with Bruegel the Younger in his early years.

He specialized in animal themes and created a new field in the European painting world in the 17th century. He had many students and had a profound influence on later generations. He was also the most famous "green leaf" in the Flemish painting world in the 17th century. He had collaborated with many top art masters. Although his contribution was not obvious, it also played the role of icing on the cake and even turning stones into gold.

For example, he became good friends with Rubens.

Rubens is a representative of Baroque art. Snyders used the dramatic, dynamic and rich artistic characteristics of Baroque art in a relatively static painting form.

According to records, Snyders and Rubens had a close relationship and admired each other. Some of the animals, flowers, and fruits in Rubens' paintings were completed by Snyders. It can be seen that Snyders's depiction ability won the trust of the master Rubens.

When Jiang Zhe looked at the fish market painting, the first thing that came to his mind was that the work reflected the prosperous market and abundant products in Flanders at that time, and on the other hand, it met the aesthetic needs of those wealthy customers.

Customers can buy Snyders' paintings to show off their wealth and demonstrate their taste.

It can be seen that the pursuit of luxurious aesthetic taste in Baroque art is supported by the market.

This painting also reflects the fact that art at this time shifted from focusing on mythology to focusing on people and secular life.

While studying this painting, Jiang Zhe was deeply inspired. Different eras express different lives and beauty.

Snyders' works are intended for a specific audience, pursuing a luxurious aesthetic and reflecting the culture of the time.

What he shows is what just happened and the life of ordinary citizens.

What was once a topic used to show off wealth to wealthy clients has now become part of the homes of ordinary people.

Of course, in Snyders's works, there are some fresh seafood, which have become protected species and cannot appear in the picture. However, the commodities in the market today can still express various fun things in life.

With the idea in mind, Jiang Zhe quickly made adjustments to the picture.

He used a new visual angle to focus on the stall run by a couple. The woman was collecting money and chatting with customers, while the man was processing eels. The seafood display area had several different types of seafood on display.

There were several customers around the stall, some were choosing seafood, some were chatting, some had just completed transactions, and some left the stall and greeted naughty children.

In addition to some dramatic scenes, Jiang Zhe also added interesting details to the pictures. For example, the different states of seafood. Some swimming crabs are spitting, while others have turned white and are not fresh enough. Some octopuses shrink into a ball when crawling. The fish in the water tank are swimming.

Some of the water in the water tank and the reality box are sparkling, while others are relatively calm, reflecting some images faintly.

In the process of depicting the details of people and objects, Jiang Zhe found this kind of painting that expresses life very interesting and became more and more involved.

It took him two days to complete the new sketch.

He was very satisfied with the draft and immediately began to prepare the final draft. He set the size of the oil painting at 125×198 cm, with a horizontal composition.

In formal creation, Jiang Zhe did not strictly use the transparent glazing technique. Instead, after completing the oil painting base and sketching effect, he used direct painting to complete the background and secondary effects, and then used the glazing technique to gradually complete the main characters and several important details.

Although many steps have been omitted, a long time is still spent on portraying the main characters.

Time passed very quickly because I was immersed in creation.

Eight days later, the painting was basically completed.

(End of this chapter)