Traveling through the Prosperous Pastoral of Peasant Girls

Chapter 82 Quicksand Painting

Captain Jin Xing came to the country this time, and brought back six fish skin paintings for Liu Tao, all of which were inlaid in exquisite glass frames. There are rural scenes, scenes of people's activities, distant mountains and forests, flowers, birds, fish and insects. .No matter the body, hair, skin of the characters, animals or the clouds at the foot of the mountain are all made of fish skin. Different fish skins have different colors and patterns, and the paintings made have a concave-convex three-dimensional effect.

They stayed in Lu Run's warehouse and Yantian for three days before returning home. Liu Mao and Xiao Si were very interested in fish skin painting, and as soon as they returned home, they looked everywhere for painting materials.Seeing that they were interested in this aspect, Liu Tao also made it easier for them, not only found a large sheet of white paper, but also gelatin scissors, and even the leftover glass from the decoration of the flower building can be used by the two of them.

Dad saw it and said, "This is like embroidery. It's best for boys not to learn this. It's easy to be sissy after learning this."

"Dad, what are you talking about? Liu Tao and Xiao Si learned fish skin painting. Did you know that a good fish skin painting can be sold for half a tael overseas? Is it two or two?"

"Oh, one or two taels of silver, why is it so expensive?"

"This is the same as the paintings drawn by Danqing masters. A famous painting can cost more than two taels, and it is possible to sell it for five taels of silver?"

"Okay, then you can do it slowly, and try to sell it for money as soon as possible..."

Looking at the fish skin paintings made by the two, Liu Tao felt that they were not too different from the ones given to her by the captain, so she gave them advice and put forward her own views. It can be used as a foil for the scenery, and moss can also be used as grass and large groups of branches and leaves...

"Hey" Liu Tao wondered, why did she talk about the technique of bark painting by herself, she had made bark painting by hand when she was a child in another life.All kinds of bark, mainly birch bark, are collaged and inlaid, stripped and modified, and combined with oil painting techniques, the paintings produced are more pleasing to the eye than fish skin paintings with simple colors.Liu Tao became interested, and immediately went to the yard to look for bark.

When Liu Tao came back after finding a lot of bark, Liu Mao and Xiao Si each had a fish skin painting that basically took shape. It was a painting with an exotic style, completely different from the ink painting of the Daqianguo.Liumao's is a pair of woods and roads, and Xiaosi's is a pair of fat boys fishing.The ratio of woods to roads is not bad, but Fat Boy's fishing is a bit unsatisfactory, because Fat Boy is too fat and the fish on the hook is a bit too fat.

However, Liu Tao felt that the fish skin painting should be exaggerated, after a few more glances, it became more and more pleasing to the eye.What would happen if you put two paintings with frames and glass and mixed them into several other paintings?This has to test the golden seedling.

Immediately, the glass of a painting presented by the captain was removed, and the painting of the fat boy fishing was put in it.When Jin Yang came, he said that the eight paintings were presented by the captain, but the other two paintings had no frames, and asked Jin Yang to comment on the quality of these paintings.

Looking at these fish skin paintings, Jin Yang also felt that the price of two taels of silver sold from Raksha country to Daqian country was too high, and he didn't find any bad problems.

Luo Luo and Jiang Yuman lived in the Jin Mansion for a period of time, and gradually became cheerful. Through Wu'er, they also learned many things about the Jin Mansion, and their understanding of Jin Yan Liu Tao also deepened.What Jin Yan and his wife fancy is that they are proficient in the Raksha language. If they open up overseas business in the future, this is a rare talent. Seeing that they are overkill to cook with Wuer, let Luo Luo and Jiang Yuman do it in their spare time. Time takes turns to teach them foreign languages.

This time, Liumao Xiaosi continued to go to private schools and steal art glass making, Tian Zhuang not only became a student to learn foreign languages, but also tutored Liumao Xiaosi as a teacher.The three of them not only learned two homework, but also had to be familiar with the production of fish skin paintings.Liu Tao taught the two of them her limited oil painting knowledge, and she insisted on making bark paintings in exchange for money.

Jiang Yuman is interested in their paintings. Yupi and she have been in contact with it for a long time. It is the first time I have seen the bark painting combining tree bark and oil painting. Unknowingly, I also added myself to the ranks of students, and The three of them became more and more familiar.

The two paired the fish skin paintings with glass and frames, and shipped them to Lu Run and Su Xiaoge to sell them as imported goods. Liu Tao's bark paintings were sold overseas by Captain Jinxing.Seeing that the profit was considerable, the two established another painting workshop, specializing in the production of two kinds of paintings. However, this time they did not recruit outside workers, only family members were allowed.

Later, such bark paintings and fish skin paintings were in short supply, but due to the shortage of manpower, Liu Tao thought of the four beauties from Maerhua. Strictly speaking, three of the four beauties were from the Qinglang Kingdom, and one was Xiaoyan. Chinese, named Su Wenwen.Her father is a Beijing official of the Xiaoyan Kingdom, and there are not enough beauties given to the Dajuan Kingdom by the Xiaoyan Kingdom, so the national teacher ordered the ministers to share it. If it is a member of his own family, there will be a reward. When there was a chance of promotion, he unceremoniously sent his daughter to the palace.

Su Wenwen had a lover in Xiaoyan Country, and before he had time to see him for the last time, he was sent to the ranks of beauties in Daqian Country by his cruel father.When she arrived in Daqing Country, she washed her face with tears every day. If it weren't for the words Marhua persuaded her when she arrived in Jinfu Liutao, she might have committed suicide long ago.

They are all educated daughters of officials and eunuchs. They can read and understand Danqing.They were asked to do rough work, but they were overqualified. After working in the open air for a period of time, their hands and faces were sunburned, which seemed cruel to Liu Tao.

The funny Jin Yang, in order to reassure Liu Tao and avoid suspicion, never goes to Ma Hua's place alone unless Liu Tao is with her.This time, the painting workshop was short of manpower, so Jin Yang thought of them, and carefully mentioned them to Liu Tao.Liu Tao was very happy when she heard that, so she had someone call them over.

They are not stupid, after Liu Tao explained the main points of painting, they tried to paint by themselves, after a few days, they could catch up with Liu Mao and Xiao Si.

Liu Tao picked up the production of dynamic craft quicksand paintings (referred to as quicksand paintings) again, because this time with the waterproof glue brought by the captain, the glass is enough to make more than a dozen.

There are also bauxite (aluminum oxide) and emery sand sandwiched between two pieces of glass of equal size. She prepared orange-yellow water and sieved the two kinds of sand materials with horsetail radish. Mix it, add orange-yellow water and seal it between two pieces of glass of the same size with a very small gap, leave a larger air bubble and seal the charging port tightly, an ancient TV without electricity~Dynamic Craft The quicksand painting is done.Several people are looking forward to it, and they can play with it only after the glue dries.

A quarter of an hour later, Liu Tao brought it over, leaned against the water glass on the table and left it alone.Jin Yang, Tian Zhuang, and Liu Mao Xiaosi saw that when she turned the new thing over, the air bubbles began to move upwards, and the buoyancy of the air bubbles arched the quicksand composed of bauxite and emery sand, and the quicksand began to move upwards. Like a funnel, it slowly piled up toward the bottom of the glass, and then a large area collapsed like an avalanche.When the dust settled and the mixed sand settled, a large desert scene under the setting sun appeared vividly against the background of orange water.

Several people were amazed again and again, and even Jin Yang was amazed. They rushed to play with this new thing, and kept turning the quicksand painting over and over again, and various scenes were presented in front of people.Sometimes it is the scenery of the desert, sometimes it is the turbulent rocks and the turbid waves of the river emptying, and sometimes it is the fairyland on earth with mountains and mountains.With the passage of time, there is an interactive gameplay. People hold it and turn it over, which can interfere with the natural imaging of the sand painting inside, and make the sand painting a roar of the sea or a slope of a mountain...

The four beauties also came over to have fun, and were shocked by the ever-changing quicksand paintings, and shouted: "This is a living baby!"

It's a pity that Jin Yang's glass cutting skills are so poor that most of the glass was scrapped by him, and only four finished products were produced in the end.Two of the liquids are orange-yellow and two are pale green.

This thing looks complicated, but it is actually very simple to make. Two small pieces of glass are only worth a few copper plates, and the rest are worthless. A bag of emery sand or bauxite is enough for two or three years. If you don't have it, you can look for it slowly. At worst, let the third uncle bring it back in his hometown or Dahu in Shuangzishan.But the information about these two kinds of sand will not be disclosed to anyone, not even their own brother Liu Mao.

Regarding the pricing issue, Liu Tao planned to set a price of two taels of silver. When Jin Yang heard it, his head shook like a rattle. Tian Zhuang said that two taels of silver was a scam, and five hundred copper coins was about the same. Both Liu Mao and Xiao Si said agree.

Jin Yang said slowly: "I have decided that the price of this sand painting should be more than 200 taels of silver!"

"Why don't you grab (money)!"

Liu Tao was taken aback by his lion's mouth opening, and immediately scolded him for being a profiteer. The other people had the same attitude as her, and they also condemned him for being unkind.

The beautiful woman from Xiaoyan Country named Su Wenwen came over and said to Liu Tao: "Young master, I think the price of Jin Shaodong's family is reasonable. The national teacher (court wizard) of Xiaoyan country bought it from my neighbor in the village. It cost 50 taels of silver to buy a talking parrot, if he sees this baby, he will pay 500 taels of silver..."

Guoshi Xiaoyan is a sorcerer. To put it bluntly, he is a magic stick. In this primitive and ignorant age, the magic stick is the best at deceiving people with mysterious things.A talking parrot is already mysterious enough. For ordinary people, this sand painting is different because every painting is different, and what shape it will become is beyond human control, as if it has never been made. The aborigines in the primeval forest thought it was a miracle from heaven when they saw a TV with strange images and sounds.

If the magic stick sees such a wonderful thing, it is very likely that it will be bought at a high price.He uses this unpredictable thing to deceive people, and it will have miraculous effects...

(End of this chapter)