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

Nearly a hundred spectators were sitting in an oil painting studio at the Repin Academy of Fine Arts.

Jiang Zhe is introducing himself to the Russian teachers and students.

More than a dozen teachers and students of the Repin Academy of Fine Arts and the study team from China had different reactions to Jiang Zhe's initiative.

Let’s talk about the team from China first.

Except for Professor Qin and a few others, most members had not known Jiang Zhe for long. They were not familiar with each other, but they were gradually getting to know each other after spending these days together. However, after all, the team had just started to get along, and everyone was in the stage of being polite to each other.

According to Chinese customs, especially some old customs in the art circle, when faced with this kind of hair dyeing and face showing situation, everyone will be humble and will eventually line up according to seniority.

However, Jiang Zhe took the initiative to take responsibility after being recommended only once, which was a bit out of character.

Many people say on the surface that Jiang Zhe is straightforward and cheerful, but they can't help but curse him in their hearts, what kind of person is he?
For the sake of face and considering the honors Jiang Zhe had achieved in the past, everyone still expressed encouragement.

Many people also turned their attention to Professor Qin and Teacher Hu.

Jiang Zhe's two teachers also had different moods at this moment.

Professor Qin knew Jiang Zhe's personality. He seemed gentle, but when it came to fighting, he would not give in at all. So, he was not surprised.

Facing everyone's gazes, he remained calm, as if saying, this is my student, what do you think?
Teacher Hu was a little embarrassed when facing the gazes of the crowd. He couldn't stand it. After all, he was still young. Jiang Zhe, why don't you be more humble before going up?

The teachers and students of the Repin Academy of Fine Arts are very curious about Jiang Zhe.

When Galina accompanied Jiang Zhe in, someone had already noticed them.

Although Galina is not the most outstanding one in the Academy of Fine Arts, she is a beauty after all, and many people still pay attention to her.

Seeing that she was accompanied by a young man from China, many teachers and students speculated about the relationship between them.

Some people were smart and found out Jiang Zhe's background after a little inquiry.

When Jiang Zhe introduced himself, several people who knew Jiang Zhe's situation had already quietly told his information to several teachers at the Academy of Fine Arts.

After hearing this, the teachers' eyes became more curious. They had also heard of Jiang Zhe's name, but they did not expect to meet him in such a situation.

The teachers and students of the Repin Academy of Fine Arts are proud of the history and honor of their school, and they also consider themselves to be world-class. They are used to looking down on the learners from China. After all, these students have been coming here to study since the last century.

Regarding the emergence of such a young painter in China, Russian teachers and students have both psychological advantages and also want to see whether this person is worthy of the reputation or is just packaged.

With this in mind, some people looked at the basic teachers who were preparing to demonstrate.

The teacher appeared calm on the surface, but he was no longer as relaxed and calm as before.

I thought this was just an ordinary teaching session. There were many people visiting the school in the past, and I had faced such scenes more than once. But when I heard about Jiang Zhe's honor today, I couldn't help feeling a little pressured.

So far, none of his students has surpassed Jiang Zhe in fame and sales. At the same time, he also had the idea of ​​competing with him. He gritted his teeth secretly and decided to surpass this young man in painting.

Wait until Jiang Zhe finishes his introduction.

A teacher from the college asked Jiang Zhe to take a seat and prepare his materials. Then he spoke to the audience, which was translated by the student from China.

"On behalf of the college's basic teaching department, I welcome all the guests. Our exchanges have a long and profound history, and I hope that our generation can continue this tradition.

I heard that Mr. Jiang Zhe is an outstanding student and a representative of young painters. Our teachers and students have seen Jiang Zhe’s excellent works before. Of course, we can only see some prints, so we are also looking forward to seeing his paintings. "

After listening to the teacher's opening remarks, the members of the learning team finally felt more comfortable. Jiang Zhe began to select painting tools. The canvas was ready, and he could only choose according to the material of the oil painting base. The tools here were all daily learning tools. Although they were not very convenient, they were enough.

He selected several ox-hair and pig-bristle brushes of different sizes, and chose the medium and pigment.

Russian oil paints have both traditional European pigment classifications and their own unique pigment names.

While Jiang Zhe was selecting, he had already thought about what techniques he would use today to ensure success.

The reason why he did not show any humility was not only to show off, but also because the system had issued a challenging task as soon as he entered the studio.

If you can win honor in this exchange, the system will issue rewards.

Whenever he encounters this kind of task, Jiang Zhe usually won't let it go.

In order to get a better reward, he wanted to use the most proud tradition of the teachers and students of the Repin Academy of Fine Arts to win the jackpot.

Seeing that Jiang Zhe was able to speak Russian fluently, the Russian teacher who was in charge of the demonstration asked Jiang Zhe, "Is it okay to draw a half-length portrait of a real person in two hours?"

Jiang Zhe said it was no problem.

After he finished speaking, he had another idea. He asked if he could ask someone who rarely models to be the model for today.

The reason is straightforward. Several well-known models of the Repin Academy of Fine Arts have become famous thanks to the works of teachers and students, and many Chinese painting students have seen them.

Jiang Zhe took into consideration that the models hired by the Private Academy of Fine Arts for a long time had very high professional qualities, which was beneficial to the creation of teachers and students, but they were unable to show their own advantages, so he hoped to change to a new model.

Several teachers at the Academy of Fine Arts quickly decided and agreed to this suggestion.

When Galina heard Jiang Zhe's proposal, she was already attracted and immediately took the initiative to apply to be a model.

The teachers in the basic department were secretly happy. Although Galina was a student, the teacher who was in charge of the demonstration happened to have drawn Galina's portrait before, so he agreed very happily.

He heard that Galina and Jiang Zhe had only known each other for a short time, so he had the advantage no matter how he looked at it. Moreover, he didn't think such a young painter could surpass him in terms of basic skills.

Galina took the model's seat and struck a relaxed, natural pose.

Jiang Zhe and the teachers of the basic department started observing at the same time.

The audience also perked up and prepared to watch the two's demonstration.

After the observation, the teacher of the basic department started to write a draft while explaining it to his students.

After he finished explaining, he signaled Jiang Zhe that he could also communicate.

Jiang Zhe was not polite and directly talked about his common methods of drafting, and also explained how he would choose the angles to observe and portray the model.

As he spoke, he used a medium-sized oil brush dipped in a small amount of raw umber to start the draft.

In order to prepare for the later overlay of paint, he hardly used any medium in the draft stage, but only rubbed the paint to form faint traces of color.

During the drafting stage, both demonstrators chose to use paint directly to start the draft. To bystanders, it was difficult to tell who was better.

(End of this chapter)