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

Chapter 363, Drama, Reports in Provincial Newspapers

On Thursday morning, the creative writing class began.

Jiang Zhe sat in front of the easel, drawing a watercolor draft.

From Monday to Wednesday, every day after dinner, he would stand at several specific locations in the school and observe the changes in the campus from dusk to dark, including the changes in light and color, as well as the activities of teachers and students. These familiar life scenes can provide rich materials.

He initially thought of three sketches. One showed a brightly lit road in front of the canteen. The second depicted the open space in front of the teaching building, and the third was the road leading to the playground.

The common characteristics of these scenes are that there are strong street lights and the characters' activities contrast with the ambient colors.

The difference is that the trees and buildings on both sides are different and have different tones.

Jiang Zhe expressed all his ideas in the form of watercolor paintings, and then took the three drafts to ask Teacher Chi for guidance.

Teacher Chi looked at the three sketches one by one, and after a while he said, "This one is about the passageway at the entrance of the cafeteria?"

"Correct."

"The colors are cold and the characters lack some variety. The other scene in front of the teaching building has rich colors and a lively atmosphere because there are many light sources. Both of them are good."

He pointed to the third chapter and said, "This is the road leading to the playground. It's not distinctive enough. I suggest you focus on the first two pictures.

You need to think clearly whether to focus on the night scene or the characters.

If the focus is on the characters, then the scene should be smaller. If the focus is on the night scene, then the current state can be maintained.”

"I see. Thank you, teacher."

Jiang Zhe returned to his seat and after weighing the pros and cons, decided to turn both drafts into final drafts.

So, readjust the composition.

For the scene in front of the teaching building, he wanted to change it to show characters, increase the proportion of the characters, and use changes in lighting to highlight the characters' movements and emotions.

Another painting, which depicts the road in front of the cafeteria, was changed to depict a dusk scene.

Jiang Zhe plans to create figure paintings during his time at school, and then create dusk landscape paintings when he returns to his studio.

Adjusting the composition and structure requires trade-offs. The scene is reduced, the background is changed, especially in front of the teaching building, there are many people coming in and out, it is impossible to depict them all in detail.

He selected several characters as the focus.

Two people carrying school bags were walking and chatting, their expressions and movements were intimate, like lovers. There was another person in front of them, with his head down, walking very quickly.

A few steps behind the couple, there is a girl who is looking back to greet her classmates. As the distance gets farther and farther, the person walking behind them gradually becomes blurred, showing the changes in space and light.

Jiang Zhe looked at the draft and felt that the dramatic conflict in the picture was not enough. Recalling the interesting scenes he had discovered, he soon came up with an idea.

He added two more people behind a pair of intimate lovers, but the couple was having a quarrel. The girl shook off the boy's hand and turned her face in another direction. The boy was trying to get closer to the girl, as if he wanted to try again from another direction.

In this way, the group of characters in the whole picture becomes an interesting combination.

A boy is in the front, a couple in love are in the back, then a couple quarreling, and finally a girl is greeting someone. As for what kind of connection the audience will make, let them think about it.

In order to make the picture not too rigid, Jiang Zhe changed the positions and brightness of these people to make the picture more interesting.

Especially when the lovers are quarreling, half of the girl’s face is hidden in the shadow and cannot be seen clearly.

After Jiang Zhe finished the draft, he began to work on a 56×80cm canvas. Because the size was not large, a group of characters and the surrounding scenery occupied two-thirds of the area. The remaining one-third was the environment and the sky.

Due to time constraints, after finishing the draft, he used direct painting method, starting with the characters and depicting the environment, trying to complete it in one go.

In the afternoon, he completed the first pass of carving and returned to his studio.

When I was considering whether to start creating new works or copying famous works, Sister Liao called me.

"Sister Liao, what's the matter?"

Sister Liao first asked about Jiang Zhe's recent situation, and then said, "I saw news about you in our provincial cultural newspaper today. Have you contacted the newspaper to promote it?"

Jiang Zhe didn't know what was going on: "No, I didn't contact you?"

Sister Liao said, "The provincial cultural newspaper published information about your work winning awards, especially the auction, and also published a picture of your work."

Jiang Zhe said: "No one greeted me? Do you think there is a problem?"

Sister Liao said, "He should be reprinting it. I can't see any problem for now. Tomorrow, I'll ask Wang Zhen to find you a newspaper. You can take a look at it and you'll know. Since you don't know, I'll ask someone to ask you."

"Okay, thank you Sister Liao."

Jiang Zhe has already thought about whether this could be the special opportunity that the system mentioned?

He checked the system, but it only prompted that the honor value had increased. Perhaps this report had an effect.

Jiang Zhe felt that he had no way to influence this matter, so he simply let it go and started thinking about new creations.

Today, the figure painting created at school expresses campus life, and another creation will express different content and emotions.

Jiang Zhe thought of depicting the scenery at dusk.

The students, with their full harvest, had dinner, took a walk or went to activities, while some were ready to study. At this time, most people were in a state of rest and relaxation, so the work should show a quiet and peaceful atmosphere. After adjusting the draft, he prepared for formal creation.

The next day, Jiang Zhe came to the class studio and saw Fu Min and others standing in front of their works, observing and commenting on them.
Fu Min saw him coming and asked, "Who did you draw of the person who was arguing?"

Although the work was not completed, several people saw interesting moments because of the vivid dynamic portrayal.

Jiang Zhe said: "This is what I saw, I don't recognize it."

"Tell us about it." Others were also curious.

"really do not know."

While several people were talking, Teacher Chi walked into the classroom.

The students returned to their seats one after another and began to create without the teacher's reminder.

Teacher Chi made a round of inspection, then came to Jiang Zhe and said, "Yesterday, I saw your painting. The revisions were good and showed your strengths. Take your time. Don't be anxious. If you can't finish it today, you can extend the time. Just produce a good work."

"Thank you, teacher."

Jiang Zhe began to make further adjustments to the base color. Although the painting was about the scene after dark, when dealing with the sky and the surrounding environment, he did not simply paint it black, but painted it in a blue-gray, hazy tone.

The positions of several characters are illuminated by lights, and the contrast between light and dark is prominent, a bit like a stage effect. On the left side of the picture, you can see the entrance to the teaching building and part of the building. There are lights shining through some windows of the building.

When depicting characters, Jiang Zhe focuses on expressing movements and expressions. Although he has to summarize some details due to the size of the characters, he can still make the paintings very vivid.

The characters' skin color, the changes in lighting, and the popular clothing worn by students are as close to reality as possible. At the same time, different colors are integrated into the tone of the entire painting.

He worked in one go and finished the work before school was about to end in the afternoon.

The system gave a high-quality evaluation.

Jiang Zhe left his work in the studio, waiting for the teachers' evaluation.

Teacher Chi told the students that they could continue to revise their works before next Tuesday.

Jiang Zhe plans to use Saturday and Sunday to paint another landscape painting and submit it for scoring.

Just as he got into the car, Wang Zhen called him and told him that he had received the newspaper from the provincial capital and asked if he wanted it delivered to him.

Jiang Zhe thought for a moment and said, "I was originally planning to go home, so I'll go directly to your gallery first."

"Okay, I'll wait for you in the office."

Jiang Zhe quickly drove to Wang Zhen's gallery, knocked on the door, and saw Wang Zhen sitting in an office chair, reading a newspaper with a smile on his face.

There were several other newspapers on the table.

Jiang Zhe was looking forward to seeing how he would be reported in the newspapers.

Wang Zhen found a newspaper and handed it to Jiang Zhe. "Look, these two newspapers have good comments about you."

"Two servings?" Jiang Zhe asked.

Wang Zhen said, "The provincial capital's cultural newspaper published a report yesterday that contained your information."

She shook a newspaper in her hand. "This is today's copy. It's of a lower grade, and it also has your information."

Jiang Zhe first picked up the newspaper that Sister Liao mentioned and found the relevant information.

The report was not long, recording his awards in the United States, the auction of his works, and publishing the award-winning works. The most interesting thing is that the reporter also published Jiang Zhe's mountain village series, which is the painting collected by the Provincial Art Museum. There is also an evaluation of the art museum at the end of the report, saying that it is an excellent realist work.

Although the printing is not very clear, the main content of the picture can be seen.

Jiang Zhe didn't know why this reporter reported on him, but fortunately, the report only said good things about him.

Today, he found that he had been gaining honor points, which should be related to the report.

"This one is even more interesting." Wang Zhen handed him the second newspaper.

This is a local newspaper, but it is also in the provincial capital. In the small section, it reported on four young and outstanding painters, including Jiang Zhe's information.

Jiang Zhe saw that there was another person in the report - Lin Yi, the female painter who competed with him when his works were collected by the Provincial Art Museum.

He didn't know the rest of the people.

Jiang Zhe read the report and felt that although the reporter reported his award, he seemed to want to tie himself to other people for publicity.

"I have nothing to do with the other three, but when he talked about it, it seemed like we were very familiar with each other." He said to Wang Zhen: "He wanted to report, but he didn't even say hello to me."

Wang Zhen said: "They reprinted the information from the Cultural Newspaper, and the Cultural Newspaper reprinted the information from the Binhai Newspaper."

She consoled him, "Don't worry about this matter. Regardless of whether they have other purposes, they are promoting you after all. You can't pursue the details at this time."

She picked up the newspaper again and said, "Look, people say that the mountain village series is an excellent realistic work that focuses on social life and is full of humanistic care."

Jiang Zhe was helpless: "I didn't know myself that the work belonged to realism, but he summarized it for me."

(End of this chapter)