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

Chapter 98, Consumables, Copying, Refusing to Reduce Prices
Jiang Zhe left the courtyard of Teacher Miao's house and strolled on the paved sidewalk.

After turning a block, the road gradually widens.

From the old street lined with green trees to the new street lined with shop signs, it seems as if more than 20 years have passed in an instant, and the whole person is surrounded by heat and noise.

On his way back to the studio, he received a call from the owner of the art supply store. The items he ordered had arrived.

Jiang Zhe hailed a taxi and rushed to the art supply store.

He was sitting in a taxi, listening to music on his MP3 player.

The learning accumulation in recent days has decreased. In order to accumulate learning time, I must make use of some scattered time.

The owner of the art supply store smiled happily when he saw Jiang Zhe.

The store's big business is supplying schools and art groups, and secondly, customers like Jiang Zhe.

The boss personally led Jiang Zhe to the store's warehouse.

"The things you want are hard to find. Fortunately, I have a lot of supplies. I order them from Shanghai and the capital. Take a look. I guarantee you'll be satisfied."

He brought a few packages and opened them for Jiang Zhe to check.

The package was filled with painting supplies sorted into different categories.

Jiang Zhe first took out the glass pestle, grinding plate, and ceramic mortar.

The glass grinders come in two sets, which can grind watercolor and oil paints. The grinding mortars come in five sizes, which can grind traditional Chinese painting pigments, such as cinnabar and ochre.

Put away the grinding utensils and then check the linen.

Three rolls of linen with different textures take up the most space.

The package also contained several large bottles of linseed oil, walnut oil and resin varnish, as well as several bottles of commonly used color powder, a set of ox-ear hair oil brushes and a set of gui brushes, and more than a dozen tubes of imported oil paints.

Jiang Zhe confirmed that there was nothing wrong with the things.

The shop owner waited for Jiang Zhe to finish checking and said, "I have all the watercolor paints here. No need to order."

Jiang Zhe selected a dozen of the commonly used Owl and Windsor watercolor paints and 300 grams of rough-grained watercolor paper from the store. Recently, watercolor supplies have been consumed very quickly.

As the shop owner packed up the painting materials Jiang Zhe had chosen, he said, "Next time, just give me a call and I'll have someone deliver them to your studio."

Jiang Zhe asked, "Is the book I ordered available?"

The shop owner said, "It's here. I was too busy just now and haven't taken it out yet."

He opened a corrugated cardboard box and took out a book of Caravaggio's paintings and a set of CDs.

The shop owner said, "This set of CDs is hard to find. Some people don't even know about this material. How about this video? If it's good, I'll have someone burn a few copies."

Jiang Zhe said: "This set of materials is good. Luyi invited French contemporary oil painter Claude Yves twice to give lectures and held a research class on oil painting materials and techniques. This is the video of that time. How is the engraving?"

The shop owner said, "Don't worry, you can return it if it's not good."

Jiang Zhe asked his boss to play the CD once on the computer to confirm that it could be played.

The shop owner took the opportunity to copy the two videos to his hard drive.

This is what Jiang Zhe saw online in his previous life. After his rebirth, he couldn't watch it online, so he bought a set himself.

Yves's video talks about traditional Western painting materials and techniques, especially the transparent glazing technique of French academic oil painting.

Among the basic skills of classical oil painting that Jiang Zhe has acquired, there is a lot of knowledge that needs to be put into practice, which can be learned in conjunction with Ivel's courses.

When paying the bill, he sighed in his heart that Western painting supplies were too expensive. The materials he bought today cost him nearly three thousand yuan.

The shop owner drove Jiang Zhe and his painting supplies to the studio.

Jiang Zhe classified the painting materials one by one and began to prepare for oil painting.

Since you have applied for the oil painting major, you must prepare in advance.

He found a few transparent glass bottles, poured linseed oil into the bottles, and placed them on the windowsill to dry in the sun.

Linseed oil and walnut oil are both drying oils that can be oxidized and dried in the air and form a film. They are the most important oils for color matching. Linseed oil is best used when it is purified and turned into thick oil through sun exposure. Using such oil to mix pigments can avoid yellowing and discoloration to the greatest extent.

Some resin varnishes need to be stored away from light. These delicate works require long-term accumulation.

Jiang Zhe found a dozen or so pieces of prepared oil painting paper and placed them on the workbench.

These oil painting papers are cut into 10+15 cm sizes. Some of the oil painting papers are coated with glue and glue powder on cardboard, and some of the cardboards are covered with a thin layer of linen.

He plans to use these oil papers to experiment with the layers of oil paint and transparent glazing techniques.

Because the oil and paint are not yet fully prepared, only ready-made oil paints can be used during the practice stage.

He tried to use domestic oil paints to create brown, terracotta and olive green colored bases on several sheets of oil painting paper.

It takes some time to wait for the oil painting base to dry.

Jiang Zhe began to look through Caravaggio's album.

In addition to his personal preference, there is another reason for buying this painter's album. Caravaggio brought about an important turning point in the history of Western art since the Renaissance.

Caravaggio lived in Italy in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, an important period when painting shifted from the Renaissance to the Baroque.

This painter did not accept the traditions of Mannerism and classical rules, and tried to create paintings using a naturalistic approach. He is a key figure in the history of art.

Jiang Zhe slowly flipped through the album, and was amazed by the exquisite works such as "The Crown of Thorns", "The Trunk Player", and "Little Boy Peeling Fruit".

When he saw the work "Boy with Fruit Basket", he put the album on the easel and admired it slowly.

In "Boy with a Basket of Fruit", a young man holds a fruit basket and looks out of the painting with a melancholy look. This is a self-portrait. According to the biographer, Caravaggio used a mirror when creating it. The man in the picture holds grapes and looks out of the painting. This depiction method has already demonstrated a distinct individualistic style.

Jiang Zhe likes the painter's naturalistic expression the most. He does not avoid the imperfections of real life and boldly displays them.

He picked up the album and quickly found a painting - a fruit basket.

A painting of the Caravaggio Bridge that is widely known in China is the Fruit Basket.

Various reproductions and prints of this painting often appear in calligraphy and painting markets and decoration shops.

Jiang Zhe looked at the painting of fruit basket and quickly decided to copy it for his first oil painting.

He prepared a 46×64.5cm sketch paper according to the size of the original painting and first used the sketch to copy the work.

The composition of this painting is very simple. The bottom is the edge of the horizontal line, and above is a basket full of fruits. The basket occupies 1/2 of the picture, and there is a large blank space in the background.

The simple composition of this painting has served as a model for many artists over the centuries.

Jiang Zhe wanted to use sketches to solve the modeling and detail problems before copying the oil painting draft. Therefore, he was particularly careful when copying. The clear and solid outline, the simple and simple light, the vivid apples, grapes, lemons, figs, bamboo indigo, leaves and every other element, strive to be close to the original.

Among them, there are some very simple and interesting details, such as dry leaves and worm holes on apples, which make Jiang Zhe feel Caravaggio's frankness and realism, and truly experience the different effects of copying and appreciation.

Jiang Zhe spent three hours to finish a sketch. He felt a little tired and planned to look for problems in the sketch tomorrow.

During the break, he played Ivel's teaching materials on his computer. After watching for more than ten minutes, he received a call from his mother, asking him to go home for dinner.

He looked at the time and realized that he had been busy in the studio for most of the day.

He packed up his things and prepared to go home for dinner. Although he was a little hungry, compared to the thrills, gambling, calculations, and absurdities of the past two days, he preferred this peaceful, fulfilling, and comfortable life.

While riding the bus, he quietly opened the system to check the daily accumulation.

Today, the learning accumulation after most of the day far exceeded the average of previous days, slightly making up for the difference of the previous few days.

This kind of learning accumulation is more practical.

He looked at the taskbar again.

The progress bar of the random task still hasn't changed, which means that the matter between Wei and Du is not over yet.

There is no news about Ning Anchi and Sister Liao. I don’t know what stage the current game has reached?
Jiang Zhe opened the door, and Xiao Ka heard the sound and hurried over.

It hadn't seen Jiang Zhe for a day, and when they met again, it eagerly pounced on Jiang Zhe.

Jiang Zhe picked up Xiao Ka and stroked its head.

Xiao Ka squinted his eyes comfortably and used his head to match Jiang Zhe's movements.

"You still remember to come back. Hurry up and wash your hands and eat." Mother Xu Li complained.

Jiang Zhe put Xiao Ka down, washed his hands, and helped serve the dishes.

The three of them sat around the dining table, and Jiang Zhe fed Xiao Ka.

Jiang Yi asked, "Is there any trouble with that matter?"

In order to reassure his parents, Jiang Zhe told them that he did not report it.

Mr. and Mrs. Jiang Yi are still worried about their son's youthful vigor.

Jiang Zhe said, "It's over, forget it."

Jiang Yi said: "Yes, the most important thing is that you study peacefully."

While Jiang Zhe was eating, he received a call from Wang Zhen.

A customer took a fancy to a still life painting by Jiang Zhe and wanted to buy it for 2000 yuan.

Jiang Zhe thought for a moment and refused.

Jiang Yi and his wife heard some of the conversation.

After Jiang Zhe put down his phone, Jiang Yi asked, "Selling paintings? Why not?"

Jiang Zhe said: "The price is too low."

"How many?"

"two thousand."

Jiang Yi said, "Your mother's monthly salary is 1100 yuan. My monthly salary is 2000 yuan. Is yuan not enough?"

Jiang Zhe explained to his parents: "This price is already a reduction.

If we lower the price arbitrarily, it will only cause more and more trouble in the future.

I am not short of money now, so I cannot sell them. Also, I will control the number of paintings I sell in the future.”

He had already thought about this problem. Now, he would receive rewards every month and did not need to be in such a hurry to sell paintings as he did when he was just reborn.

After hearing their son's reasons, Mr. and Mrs. Jiang Yi said no more.

After dinner, Jiang Zhe took Xiao Ka for a walk.

Jiang Yi and his wife said, "There is a night market today, let's go for a walk together."

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