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

In the studio, students were painting individually, and the only sound they could hear was the sound of their brushes moving across the paper.

Jiang Zhe was observing the model, occasionally lowering his head to draw a few strokes in his sketchbook.

He could see the right side of the model from where he was standing. Considering that the painting would take a long time, he chose to depict the model from a slightly lower angle than the model.

While capturing the model's physical and spiritual characteristics, he was also thinking about how he should create this work.

After entering university, he would do a long-term sketching exercise almost every semester, and he would gain something from it every time.

He didn't want to repeat the method he used before for this practice.

Nearly eight full days of practice were enough to make a very detailed portrayal, so he had ample time to consider exploring techniques and aesthetics.

The most reliable method is to build on the sketching techniques you have learned before and make some breakthroughs, for example, breaking through the norms established by Renaissance masters or neoclassical painters.

While drawing the draft, Jiang Zhe gradually summarized and refined the model's characteristics.

The skin color of the man's face and body is slightly different, and is generally darker. The hair on his head has begun to thin, the wrinkles on his face are more obvious, and the skin on his body has begun to sag.

He imagined using the techniques of several masters to depict the model in front of him, and thought about how to express the imperfect images in reality.
The morning passed quickly, and Jiang Zhe was not in a hurry to start drawing the final draft.

He went over and over again and drew many drafts.

Some are expressed with lines, while others are slightly rendered. He carefully depicts each draft, striving to treat each one as a final draft for sketch creation.

"Everyone stop for a moment." Teacher Lin, who was patrolling in the classroom, saw that the morning class was about to end, so he asked the models to go back and rest first, and then began to comment.

“Although the naked full-body portrait is a new lesson, you have already done many long-term sketches. I have also seen your drawings, and there are some problems that should not appear.

More than a dozen students in our class have already started to draw the final draft. I want to remind everyone not to repeat the same mistakes as before. You need to use your brain to draw and figure out what you want to express in your painting. Don't be dominated by your painting habits.

Many students start to paint after drawing several drafts. This looks very cool, but it is a habit from the past. This needs to be changed.

A few days ago, when our school was selecting outstanding works, your class had the highest percentage of selected works. If the quality of this work is not high, think about whether you will be laughed at. Please take it seriously. "

Teacher Lin's tone was always calm during the morning class, but these words made many students feel uneasy.

The teacher changed the topic: "I suggest that you don't rush to start painting. You can go to the library at noon. In addition to looking at the works I talked about in the morning, you can also look at Rubens' work - "The Rape of Europa".

The painter's depiction of the two burly men, the horse and the woman is very brilliant.

Also, you have all seen the famous painting by the French painter David, The Sabine Women, and I suggest you analyze it carefully.

Because of the costumes, the painter depicted a large number of full-length portraits of people of different ages.

We don't have the opportunity to see clearer pictures, but our school library has some picture albums with clearer prints. You can go and take a look at how they portray the characters.

Although those masterpieces are oil paintings, you can learn how they express a narrative scene in their own language and express the beauty they want. "

After Teacher Lin finished speaking, he looked at his watch and saw that it was already lunch time, so he dismissed the students.

Jiang Zhe and Chen Yan had dinner and took a walk together.

On the way, I met several classmates who were preparing to go to the library.

Someone invited Jiang Zhe to go to the library together.

Jiang Zhe declined.

As the students walked towards the library, some of them didn't care, while others were secretly delighted, thinking that Jiang Zhe was obviously slacking off while walking with his girlfriend. Did they have a chance to surpass him?

Jiang Zhe returned to the car, took a short rest, and then turned on the system.

Because there is a lot of information in the system, there is no need to go to the library to check it out.

He found out the painting materials of the painter David and recalled the scenes when he visited the Louvre.

Next to the famous Coronation of Napoleon is The Sabine Women, also known as The Rape of the Sabine Women. He analyzed the character creation method in this painting and found from the data that Poussin also painted a painting with the same theme in the 17th century.

Poussin painted the moment when the Roman soldiers began to loot.

Jiang Zhe put the two paintings together for comparison.

Different painters will choose different moments. In terms of dramatic conflict and the portrayal of human nature, David's work is better, as he depicts the differences between the characters. But in terms of the elegance of painting, Poussin is better.

After comparing the two paintings, Jiang Zhe found that although they depicted different scenes, every character and action was as graceful as possible, like the sculptures of ancient Greeks and Romans.

Therefore, what makes them masterpieces is not the subject matter or content, but the painter's portrayal.

Jiang Zhe looked at the masterpiece and thought of the model he was going to portray.

The models hired by the school are not as perfect as ancient Greek sculptures, but full of traces of life. Dark, wrinkled, and sagging. If we copy the methods of famous artists, it will definitely not work.

How can the traces left by that kind of life be transformed into something that looks imperfect but is classic like Caravaggio's Basket of Fruit?
With a direction in mind, Jiang Zhe started to think and came up with a temporary solution - the mental state of the character in the painting should be consistent with his physical features.

Estimating the class time, Jiang Zhe walked from the parking lot to the teaching building and met Teacher Hu.

"Jiang Zhe, I have good news for you. Your work has passed the school-level selection. The next step will be to push it to the city." When Teacher Hu saw Jiang Zhe, he immediately told him the good news.

Thank you, teacher. Although Jiang Zhe had some guesses about the result in his heart, good news always makes people happy.

"Go and call Mou Xing out."

Jiang Zhe immediately realized. "His work was also selected?"

Teacher Hu nodded.

"Okay, I'll go call him." Jiang Zhe agreed with a smile.

When I walked into the classroom, I saw Mou Xing sitting in front of the easel.

He went over and quietly patted Mou Xing, motioning him to follow him.

Mou Xing followed Jiang Zhe out of the studio. "What's wrong?"

"Congratulations, there is good news." Jiang Zhe said in a low voice.

The two found Teacher Hu.

Teacher Hu told Mou Xing the news that his work was selected.

Mou Xing's face flushed with excitement.

"You are the only two people in your class who have been selected. Don't tell anyone about this for now.

We notify you in advance so that you can frame your works as soon as possible."

"Okay, we'll arrange it right away." Jiang Zhe agreed.

Seeing that Mou Xing's reaction slowed down due to his happiness, he said, "Manager Wang, can you please frame our works together?"

"Okay. Okay." Mou Xing agreed?
"You can arrange it yourselves as soon as possible." Teacher Hu had other things to do, so he left after giving the notice.

Jiang Zhe first called and made an appointment with Wang Zhen.

He looked at the excited Mou Xing and suggested: "Why don't you take it easy before entering the classroom."

Although he was excited, Mou Xing quickly realized that out of five people's works selected, only two people won in the end.

The other three students would probably be very disappointed if they heard the news.

(End of this chapter)