God-level Golden Hand

Chapter 275
"What's the plan?" Cheng Lin asked curiously, blinking her big eyes. Now she was full of expectations for Xu Jingxing's endless creativity. When she saw Xu Jingxing's appearance, she knew that Xu Jingxing didn't plan to spend money to buy it, but continued to create by herself, so she pulled Xu Jingxing's arm asked.

Xu Jingxing smiled and pointed to the paper and ink that An Xin used to copy "Dream of Red Mansions" on the table, "I plan to draw a painting, a boundary painting, with the same subject matter, content, and form as the landscape carved on the inkstone."

"Boundary painting? Can you really draw?" Cheng Lin was really surprised at this moment. The "can really draw" she asked was not asking if Xu Jingxing could draw. Xu Jingxing's ability to combine boundary painting with thread carving meant that he would definitely be able to draw. , but she still asked, asking if the boundary paintings drawn by Xu Jingxing could be given away.

To give away calligraphy and painting, one must reach a certain level. If the level is not enough but to give away indiscriminately, one means that half of the bottle is dangling;

Therefore, real insiders will not easily write calligraphy and painting for others if their level is not at a certain level, and they are even more cautious when giving gifts.There is no cost to write and draw. If the level is not good, then what is the value of the gift?
Cheng Lin asked this because she was afraid that Xu Jingxing would not understand this.

Xu Jingxing chuckled, "Not only can I draw, but I can also draw well. This is the only meticulous painting I have ever studied."

Boundary painting is also called "gongbi Jiehua", which is a traditional painting method of fine brushwork. It belongs to a relatively early style of fine brushwork. Although it was only used to outline houses, palaces and other buildings in the early days, it was greatly developed in the Song and Yuan dynasties. , evolved from simple architectural paintings to be more comprehensive, and can also paint landscape paintings, and several variants have been extended, and the techniques and concepts are also quite mature.

Even, some traditional painters still use boundary painting to lay the foundation, thinking that boundary painting is the entry skill of traditional painting.Of course, an unchangeable fact is that Jiehua has always been a school of its own, although it is relatively unpopular.

There are only a handful of people who can draw Jiehua now, because it is so unpopular, and the inheritance of Jiehua was even interrupted several times. In the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, no one even had a decent Jiehua. The entire Qing Dynasty generation also got up early Yuan Jiang and Yuan Yao are relatively well-known.

Jiehua is so unpopular that there is no entry for Jiehua in the "Encyclopedia of China·Art Volume" compiled in the 90s, and it has not been added in the revised edition in [-]. Until now, it is still There is no separate related classification, and even the online version of the encyclopedia can't find relevant headlines. You can only search the full text and learn a thing or two from other encyclopedias.

From here, we can see how unpopular Huajiehua is.

Because of this, Cheng Lin was even more surprised, "Really? I really doubt there is anything you can't do."

"Haha, I don't know much about it," Xu Jingxing laughed, "But I can't do it until tomorrow. Boundary painting is a meticulous job, and the size requirements are very strict, similar to drawing construction drawings. Tonight You have to get a good night's sleep and recharge your batteries until you are full of energy before starting," he said to An Xin, "An Xin, you also have a good rest tonight, and see how I paint tomorrow."

Hearing what he said, An Xin was taken aback for a moment, and then she was ecstatic: "Master, you want to teach me?"

"Well, you can try to learn it. Boundary painting is easy to learn but difficult to master. It is easy to get started. You can make money by doing this even if you don't do sculpture in the future. There are very few famous boundary painting masters now. There are only one or two whose level is very loose. , it’s easier to get started.”

An Xin grinned: "How could I not do sculpture? I've been studying for so long, so it's a waste if I don't do it? But master, you said that 'there is no pressure on the body', so I must study hard, Then study it with your heart, and you will definitely not let down your old man's painstaking efforts."

"Go, go, don't play tricks, what old people are not old people, I am so old?"

"Master, although you are not very old, you have deep knowledge. Look at your ability, who would believe that you are only three years older than me?" An Xin said, putting her arms around Cheng Lin's arm and said coquettishly: "Master, you Say it?"

Cheng Lin didn't expect An Xin to come here suddenly. Although her relationship with Xu Jingxing had been clarified, she suddenly changed from "Sister Lin" to "Teacher's Wife", and she, who had always been bold, blushed with shame. Brain collapsed, "Damn girl, dare to tease me, see if I don't beat you to death."

An Xin clutched her head and turned around and ran, saying as she ran, "I still don't admit it, I even learned my master's unique trick of brain collapse, it hurts so much."

Cheng Lin was even more ashamed and tried to chase after her.

Xu Jingxing stretched out his hand to hold the female goblin's arm, and said with a smile, "This is unbearable? When you teased me before, you never thought you would have such a day, right? Hahaha."

"Okay, I love you, my precious apprentice, to avenge you. Let me tell you, why did you say such a thing all of a sudden? Let's see how I deal with you," Cheng Lin said, stretching out her hand and pinching his waist, but this time she was gentle. Too much, it is said to be pinching, but it is almost the same as touching.

Men and women in love, don't make too many small gestures like this. If there is no An Xin next door, the two may be closer.

In the evening, he did go to bed early, with the fragrant female fairy in his arms, and he slept comfortably, and he didn't feel so uncomfortable under the slightly damp quilt. I guess this is what people often say "drink enough water for sentient beings" Well, even a delicate girl like Cheng Lin doesn't care about the bad living environment at all.

Xu Jingxing had a good night's sleep, and began to work on the boundary painting full of energy.

Jiehua is simple and easy to say, but also difficult to say. Gu Kaizhi once said that painting is "difficult to achieve and easy to master", which means that it is easy to learn but difficult to master. There are many people who know how to draw, but they can become famous painters But there are very few, because the real masters of boundary painting are not just painting pavilions, but integrating boundary painting into landscapes and other themes.

If you can only draw pavilions, towers and pavilions according to the scale with the boundary ruler, then no matter how standard the drawing is, it is just a standard architectural rendering. The shackles of painting itself.

Boundary paintings are unpopular in the first place. If you only stick to the rules and draw buildings, but don't know how to improve the artistic conception and pattern of paintings, how can you become a real famous painter?
For example, Zhang Zeduan's "Surfing the River During the Qingming Festival" adopts the drawing concept of boundary paintings, but transcends the limitations of boundary paintings, and integrates the painting methods of boundary paintings with the themes of genre paintings. The peerless famous painting also made Zhang Zeduan famous.

(End of this chapter)