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

Chapter 325, subjective colors, difficult problems.

In the evening, Jiang Zhe and Chen Yan had dinner and took a walk on the campus.

It’s the first day of school and the freshmen are still getting familiar with the campus. They seem to be everywhere.

Jiang Zhe sent Chen Yan back to the dormitory and drove back to the studio.

When leaving the campus, I attracted a lot of attention.

He has gradually become accustomed to this kind of gaze.

After returning to the studio, I organized today's cultural homework as quickly as possible, and then began to perfect my work.

With Liu Yifei as a model, the previous creations can continue.

After understanding, Jiang Zhe knew that Liu Yifei just wanted to make money, make more money. This kind of employment relationship is very good and pure.

He felt that if Liu Yifei was willing to continue being a model, she would not lack material for a period of time.

In a blink of an eye, it was Thursday and time for professional classes.

In the sophomore classroom of the oil painting major, students are attending class.

On the podium, a skinny male teacher sat on a chair, adjusting the projector while giving a lecture.

This is the first professional course of this semester, which is color practice. The teacher is Associate Professor Yan Shaohua.

This teacher once studied in Belgium and liked to study colors. His classmates said that this teacher had very modern creative ideas and was willing to accept new things.

"Take one minute to look at this painting. What's good about it? Many students have seen this painting. Please think about it carefully. I will ask a few students to speak." Teacher Yan looked at the students.

The screen shows one of Monet's works, "Haystacks."

Many teachers in universities like to give lectures, but Teacher Yan started asking questions to students within a few minutes of the class.

The students silently considered their words.

"Time is up, who will speak first?" Teacher Yan looked at everyone.
The monitor raised his hand almost immediately.

"Okay, the squad leader will speak first. Everyone sit down and relax."

The squad leader was about to stand up, and then slowly sat down.

The atmosphere in the classroom relaxed instantly.

The monitor cleared his throat and began to explain: "The theme of this painting is a haystack. The composition is simple, and it is an ordinary rural scene. There are no people or animals in the picture. The painter focuses on depicting the light and shadow effects of the haystack. He uses rhythmic brushstrokes to quickly capture the color changes under the light."

Teacher Yan looked at the monitor and asked, "No more?"

The squad leader said, “No more.”

Teacher Yan said, "Okay. Next one."

Led by the class monitor, many students who like to show off began to speak.

“The glossy finish is bright, saturated, and very rich in color.”

"Some grays are pure colors juxtaposed, creating a strong contrast. Gray is formed only when the distance is increased. These colors blend into each other to form a harmonious whole."

Some people say that the painter expressed the magnificence of dusk, others say that the painter captured the ever-changing light and shadow of nature, retaining the fleeting impression of nature, and so on.

After more than a dozen people spoke, Teacher Yan just kept smiling and did not comment.

Seeing that no one spoke for the time being, he looked at Jiang Zhe.

"Jiang Zhe, tell me."

Jiang Zhe thought about his answer, and at this point, he could only say what no one else had said. "The painter turned the ordinary haystack into an artistic symbol of Impressionism, which influenced the development of art history. Many famous painters were inspired by this series of works with licorice. If I remember correctly, Kandinsky, the master of abstract painting, was attracted by this series of works. He said, I suddenly realized that this was an unexpected power on the palette that I had never understood before, and it was beyond my wildest dreams."

When Jiang Zhe said the last few words, several classmates looked at him with strange eyes. Everyone knew that he liked realistic painting, but he actually studied Kandinsky? !

Teacher Yan nodded: "Okay. Let's end our comments for now. Let me first say that there is no very strict answer here. Everyone's comments just now are good, but they focus on books and lack some personal thinking.

I use this painting to tell everyone that Impressionism is a revolution in the way of feeling and observation in the history of art. It changed painting and has not lost its influence even today.

Jiang Zhe’s comment just now is somewhat close to the point, but it did not point out the meaning of change and breaking the previous rules.

What I want to tell you is that the value of Impressionism lies in its breakthroughs and changes.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand, let’s look at the next one.”

A landscape painting appeared on the screen.

"This is the work of Monet's mentor, Eugene Boudin." Teacher Yan briefly introduced the author.

"People call Eugene Boudin the forerunner of Impressionism. It was he who told Monet to paint from life. But why do many people not know this painter?"

He looked at the students, waited a moment, and gave his own explanation: "The step forward taken by Eugene Boudin was not big enough."

Teacher Yan saw that the students had started to think, so he said, "Come on, let's compare their paintings."

Eugene Boudin's garden and Monet's garden appear on the screen at the same time.

"Monet depicted the different colors of the garden in different time periods. He absorbed the elements of Ukiyo-e and developed the language and concepts of oil painting. His works, including those of Van Gogh later on, have the aesthetic characteristics of oriental culture. I believe that the source of oriental aesthetics is in our country.

Monet and other painters of his time indirectly absorbed the concepts of Chinese painting.

Of course, some people will disagree with what I say.”

He told the students: "Okay, let's get back to our topic. Why is his work valuable? It absorbs foreign culture and dares to make changes.

Innovation and change are topics that everyone will talk about, but when you actually start to paint, you will find that everything you have learned before will dominate you and you will keep painting according to habit. "

He paused for a moment, "You have all copied works. Some students are particularly good at copying. When creating, they will unconsciously use the works of famous painters."

Many students nodded.

“Today I want to teach you the second piece of knowledge: it’s okay to learn by copying, but when it comes to actually creating, try to use your own things.

This topic is easier said than done, and it is just a reminder for everyone.

Let's get back to the color we are discussing. Do you think the colors in this painting are really the same as those in nature? "

This question was easy to answer and the students all shook their heads.

"That's right. When Monet was creating, he had his own observations, thoughts and refinements, as well as his own subjective factors.

His colors reflect his emotions.

In today's class, I want to tell you that colors cannot be copied. Draw what is in nature, the inherent colors, the environmental colors, and the light source colors. That is just copying. Have you brought your own feelings into it?
Come, with this question in mind, let’s look at the following paintings.”

Next, Teacher Yan took the students to look at Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and some abstract paintings.

Jiang Zhe gradually understood what he meant.

Before the lecture ended, Teacher Yan assigned homework, asking everyone to go to the library, observe outdoors, and look for inspiration.

The subject matter of the exercise can be abstract or concrete, but the colors cannot be copied. The exercise must have subjective color expression and allow the audience to associate.

Teacher Yan’s creative thinking is indeed very free, but it also makes many students feel at a loss.

(End of this chapter)