Yipin Tang

Chapter 253 Learning from each other with Xiao Sizi
The sketch of the family portrait of the four people was much more complicated than Li Er's portrait, and it took a lot of effort to finish it, but Wang Xiang thought it was worth it after seeing the excitement of Li Er's family.

With his half-baked sketching skills, which would cost ten yuan a piece on the street in later generations, he never expected that he would immediately become a great painter beyond Yan Liben after being shown in the Tang Dynasty. This feeling is quite cool.

Seeing Wang Xiang's frightened face, it was rare for Li Er not to hit him, because the family portrait Wang Xiang drew was so satisfying to him.

Li Er is the most indifferent and cruel king. His rule of the world is based on killing his brothers and imprisoning his father. Perhaps because of this, he desires and values ​​family affection the most. This sketch of a family portrait drawn by Wang Xiang is lifelike, without The majesty of the royal family is full of warmth.

In the portrait, Li Er and Empress Changsun are sitting side by side. One is heroic and masculine, and the other is gentle and gentle. The cute little guy, Li Zhi standing beside him with his eyes wide open like a little adult, and the little Sizi who tilted his head and leaned against the empress's arms.

He didn't feel the slightest kinship from Li Yuan and his group of brothers, but at this moment Li Er knew that he didn't lack kinship, and he was very grateful to Wang Xiang for giving him this gift from the bottom of his heart. That's why he didn't show his majesty.

He just nodded his head pretendingly and said, "Well, this painting is not bad."

Not only is it good, he is simply too satisfied!

Why did Li Er ask the painter to paint so many portraits of himself?Why do kings and officials in history like to have painters paint their own portraits?

That's because the ancients not only valued power and prestige during their lifetime, but also hoped to be admired by the world after death, so they wanted to preserve their own image through portraits.Although painters like Yan Liben have superb painting skills, their painting style is not realistic after all. Although the portraits they paint are more than majestic, they are not realistic enough.Wang Xiang's sketches are different, only the monotonous black and white colors of charcoal, but with clear layers, clear light and dark, strong three-dimensional sense, almost exactly the same as the image of a real person, natural and real, even if Li Er doesn't wear court clothes, anyone can hold it This portrait is also instantly recognizable of the characters in the painting.

Such a portrait is more in line with Li Er's desire to be handed down for generations and to be admired by the world.

Li Zhi and Xiao Sizi looked at themselves in the portrait, couldn't help but keep looking at each other in the mirror, and kept looking at each other, their eyes full of excitement and surprise.

"When I Guanzi made a new painting, I could wipe the lines on the paper with a gauze towel. Is the portrait made by charcoal pencil impossible to touch, or it will be easily stained?" Empress Changsun was meticulous and noticed this small detail , She also hopes that such a realistic portrait can be preserved intact.

Li Eryi also became concerned when he heard what the eldest grandson said, and asked suspiciously: "Is that true?"

Wang Xiang nodded and said: "That's true, because the sketch is drawn with charcoal, and the portraits on the paper are actually toner, so if touched, the toner will easily fall off and stain the portrait."

Li Zhi and Xiao Sizi, who were about to touch the sketch, quickly held back their little hands and stuck out their tongues.

Li Er wanted his portrait to be handed down forever, so what if it would be stained if he touched it, he frowned and said, "Is there any way to preserve the sketch portrait?"

It was not very easy to preserve, but Gewuyuan has been able to burn glass, so it is not difficult to preserve sketches and portraits. Wang Xiang smiled and said: "Your Majesty can ask craftsmen to make a picture frame with a smooth hardwood board on the back. , the front is made of glass made by Gewuyuan, and the sketched portrait is put into the picture frame, so that it can prevent the painting from being stained by unintentional touch."

"Well, this method is good." Li Er nodded in satisfaction, and immediately ordered Chen Gui to find a craftsman to make the kind of picture frame that Wang Xiang mentioned.

Xiao Si took the opportunity to whisper something in Li Er's ear, and kept secretly looking at Wang Xiang.

After listening to Xiao Sizi's words, Li Er asked Wang Xiang, "Who is the artist of your sketch?"

"I didn't learn from anyone, I figured it out by myself." Wang Xiang was completely shameless. His teacher was a thousand years later. At this time, no one in the Tang Dynasty knew how to sketch. Foreign wandering painters who don't believe it, might as well say shamelessly that they figured it out by themselves, which can be regarded as the first of its kind in Chinese sketching.

Empress Changsun smiled slightly and said, "I really don't know how your brain is so long that you can think of so many weird things, quill pens, stage plays, shadow puppetry, and this sketch, all of which are unheard of, but they all feel so strange Amazing."

Seeing Li Er squinting his eyes and staring at his own head, Wang Xiang's heart tightened. It seemed that Li Er was also very curious...

Depend on!My head is a very ordinary head, you and your wife must not be interested in my head.

Fortunately, Li Er had other things to do, so he temporarily put aside the idea of ​​studying Wang Xiang's head, and said, "Since you figured it out by yourself, you shouldn't have any scruples about being a teacher."

Wang Xiang shook his head because he didn't understand, Xiao Si seemed very happy, Li Er nodded and said: "Little Si is very interested in the sketches you made, and wants to learn how to draw sketches."

Li Er wants Xiao Si to worship me as a teacher. It would be nice to accept a princess as a student.

Wang Xiang felt secretly refreshed, before he opened his mouth, he only heard Li Er continue to say: "You learn calligraphy with Xiao Si, and Xiao Si learns sketch with you. You two should learn from each other."

As soon as the words fell, Li Zhi couldn't help laughing out loud, Wang Xiang blushed, feeling that he was thinking too much, it turned out that Li Er wanted him and his five-year-old son to learn from each other...

Let my daughter worship you as a teacher, it's a good idea.Li Er glanced at Wang Xiang lightly, as if he had seen through his previous thoughts.

Xiao Si learned calligraphy from Li Er, and Li Er is Xiao Si's calligraphy teacher. If Xiao Si asked Wang Xiang to learn sketching, wouldn't it be Wang Xiang taking advantage of it, how could Li Er agree.It's different now, Wang Xiang and Xiao Sizi learn from each other, so Wang Xiang's seniority will naturally be lowered all of a sudden, even if Li Er doesn't use his status as an emperor to overwhelm him, he can still use his status as an elder to overwhelm him.

If Wang Xiang had any opinion on Li Er's words, he could only obediently nod his head and say yes, Li Zhi kept sniggering beside him, while Xiao Sizi smiled openly, and jumped to Wang Xiang's side, raised his little head, and smiled sweetly .

"Wang Jiancheng, we will learn from each other in the future. I will teach you calligraphy well, and you should also teach me how to draw sketches well."

Looking at the little son Wang Xiang who only reached his waist, I really wanted to cry.

(End of this chapter)