Chapter 167 Palace Painter

If Gu Weijing in the past wanted to copy the bean flower painting, facing the delicate plant texture brushwork on the scroll, he would definitely feel like a dog eating a hedgehog and not knowing where to start.

Chinese painting and calligraphy come from the same origin.

Compared with Western painters who evolved from "painters" and used a small brush to brush wildly on the canvas, in the field of Chinese painting, for Holding and using a pen requires more attention to rules and regulations.

It is just a small soft brush.

There are six ways to use the brush: center forward, side forward, shunt forward, reverse forward, scattered forward, hidden forward, as well as focus. There are five different writing techniques: thick, heavy, light and clear.

If you include more detailed small classifications that deal with different sceneries.

There are no less than twenty or thirty types of different methods of drawing ink lines.

Countless painters have spent their entire lives working on these intricate and delicate brushes.

Gu Weijing began to paint traditional Chinese paintings when he was learning Chinese through babbling.

In the past six months, I have received guidance from experts like Mr. Cao and Professor Lin Tao, but I am far from being able to claim that I have mastered every brushwork technique.

When he originally painted the branches and leaves of flowers, he liked to use the most rounded and strong center, and use heavy ink with half water and half pigment to outline the edges.

This is the most stable choice.

The center and smooth strokes are like the flat-head screwdriver in car repair tools, which is very versatile.

You can use it to tighten slotted screws and cross screws, pry up decorative panels, dismantle express delivery, and open cans if necessary.

Anyway, I can do any job.

There is nothing wrong with being wrong, it’s just not good enough.

If a lot of things that are not good enough are piled up together, the final picture will have a completely different look and feel.

"This is how the original leaf veins of this painting were painted"

Gu Weijing followed the prompts in his mind and compared the texture details of the high-imitation bean flower painting on one side, and suddenly he was enlightened The feeling of empowerment.

It is difficult to speculate on violin technique based on the symphony.

You can look at the violin score and appreciate the timbre of the symphony. For those who understand basic music theory knowledge, the difficulty will decrease exponentially. .

At this time, the originally obscure pen traces were like spider webs separated by skillful hands, peeling off the cocoons bit by bit, revealing the secrets to his eyes.

The way the branches of Castiglione's bean blossoms are drawn is obviously drawn in reverse strokes along the growth direction of the leaf veins.

"It's not reverse brushwork in the traditional sense, it should also incorporate some of the brushwork techniques of Chinese painting."

Gu Weijing observed the summary of the essence of new body painting in his mind Examples of how to draw.

He felt the pen trajectory in the examples in the book in his mind

During the writing process, the tip of Lang Shining's pen seemed to tremble slightly intentionally, and the pen tremors broke through the original lines. The smooth color fully expresses the natural edges of the leaf veins as fine teeth.

Lifelike.

"No, rather than using stains to understand it, it is more like the brush stroke texture produced by gently rubbing the fluff of the brush on the surface of linen, which is very common in oil paintings."

Gu Weijing clenched his fists and murmured to himself.

Oil painters do not have many rules and regulations when using their brushes, but painters pay great attention to the combination of brushwork and paint colors.

Different themes, different substrates, and different media. Pigments

Famous oil painters have their own little habits when using their brushes in various situations.

It's like slowly rubbing the brush on the canvas. Or try dragging the brush in different directions. These methods can make the paint show moving texture and color.

Not only can it be closer to the natural light effect, but it is also a way of expressing the artist's personal emotions. < /p>

The most obvious example is Van Gogh.

Among the many oil painters of the same period, Van Gogh’s most notable personal style was that he liked to paint with paint. The brush is pressed onto the canvas, vibrating and rotating, forming specific swirling strokes, which are used to express the psychedelic starry sky and crazy emotional state.

This painting method by Castiglione is obviously certain. The shadow of the Western pen style.

But it is softer, much more precise, and requires more control on the wrist.

Gu Weijing judged. >This is probably because oil paintings use thick paste pigments, while Chinese painting-style works tend to use water-soluble plant pigments.

The pigments have different adhesion and blending abilities on the substrate, so the brushwork will also vary. Slight tweaks.

"Interesting. ”

Gu Weijing slowly started writing.

Bean flowers sprouted silently on the surface of the rice paper, with emerald green branches and leaves and small lavender petals so delicate and delicate.

With the assistance of the summary of the essence of new body painting, just like when doing geometry homework, the teacher has already put together the problem-solving ideas and auxiliary lines. They are all listed and painted.

The painting is natural and light.

This painting of the Eastern Xia Dynasty's Changchun Album is on silk. Color.

The so-called coloring on silk refers to using Chinese painting colors to paint on silk.

It would be too extravagant for Gu Weijing to use silk when copying and practicing. , good silk is much more expensive than linen canvas, so he used ordinary cooked rice paper, which has better water absorption and can better express the characteristics of subtle brushwork.

Gu Weijing constantly verified the contents of the knowledge card with the original imitation of Douhua in the Xiancaichangchun album and his own paintings.

This kind of flowing flow was originally thought by Baisi.The feeling of understanding the inexplicable painting techniques made him so happy that he felt so happy.

Soon, Gu Weijing completed the main body of the bean flower.

Chinese painting takes less time than oil painting, which is also relatively speaking.

This bean flower picture is not a very large work, but in addition to the bean flowers, there are also a lot of scenery such as grass, rocks, and birds.

He really followed the auxiliary guidance of the summary of the essence of new body painting and finished all the paintings one stroke at a time, so he stopped sleeping.

After copying the bean curd, he put down his brush.

Probably because I only drew a small part of the original work, the system did not give a percentage of the copying similarity.

Copying of the Douhua part of the Xiancaichangchun Album

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A work with simple emotions

Gu Weijing folded his arms and looked at the effect, very satisfied.

"Awesome"

The painting techniques of Lang Shining in the original work are still far superior to his, but the overall artistic charm and charm are already 70% to 80% better.

If he were more cheeky, Gu Weijing could definitely think that he had already painted both physically and spiritually.

"I'm still painting"

Mr. Gu was wearing pajamas, holding an old man learning photography with zero basics under his arm, and appeared beside him like a ghost.

"I didn't notice when you came down."

Gu Weijing raised his head and saw his grandfather, and was slightly frightened.

"Actually, I haven't been here for a few minutes. I saw you drawing, so I didn't bother you." Gu Tongxiang waved his hand, indicating that his grandson did not need to be affected by him.

Old people tend to have trouble sleeping.

Mr. Gu was lying on the bed and flipping through a few pages of textbooks on hobbies for the elderly. When he was about to go to bed, he heard movement in the gallery facade downstairs, so he came down to take a look, and happened to see his grandson there. draw.

The old man has always been very precious to Gu Weijing.

Good talent, hard work, and good luck.

If you can get Mr. Cao's favor, as long as you continue step by step, there is no reason not to make a career.

"Eh, I'm imitating Castiglione"

Gu Tongxiang suddenly raised his eyebrows.

When he went downstairs, he put his glasses on the bedside in the bedroom, unable to see the details clearly.

However, I still roughly saw the scroll beside my grandson Gu Weijing. It was the Bean Blossoms of the Immortal Calyx and Changchun Album that I imported from the Eastern Xia Dynasty, a masterpiece by Castiglione of the Qing Dynasty.

"Well, the painting feels pretty good."

Gu Weijing nodded.

"It feels good. I'm not too old, and my tone is not small."

Mr. Gu Tongxiang was happy.

He gently patted Gu Weijing on the shoulder with the textbook under his arm, and lectured, "I don't know how to do it at my age."I dare not say that I can draw even one or two superficial things in painting Castiglione. No matter how old you are, I dare to say that it feels pretty good. Don't be afraid of the wind blowing your tongue. ”

Gu Tongxiang still thinks he has a lot to say about Lang Shining’s paintings.

The imitations of Lang Shining’s new body paintings in the store are selling so well that Mr. Gu has already moved on. The idea of ​​imitating Castiglione himself was beyond his imagination.

Whether he could paint the essence of Castiglione, Gu Tongxiang couldn't even think about it. A painter with a morbidly rigorous style who can control pen lines with extreme precision is not like Zheng Banqiao, a master of calligraphy and painting who incorporates Ouyang Xun's regular script into his paintings.

The use of the pen itself is not complicated. .

If you can imitate even one or two points, you can make a lot of money just by bluffing foreigners.

The old man checked various information and compared it with Lang Shining's picture album. After sitting there for three months, I even signed up for a cheap tour group for the elderly to visit the Forbidden City to see Castiglione’s original works.

As the saying goes,

God rewards hard work, as long as you work hard. , there will be rewards.

After a quarter of hard work, countless hardships, and a small handful of precious hair falling out, Gu Tongxiang finally came to a realization and discovered a secret

I am not the type to imitate Castiglione.

The ideal is very full, but the reality is very skinny.

This method looks simple, but it is really damn good to draw. It’s so difficult.

If you open a gallery in a tourist attraction, you will inevitably have to paint imitations of works that are much more difficult than Castiglione’s paintings, such as Luo Shen Fu Tu and others. Mr. Gu has also imitated national treasures such as the Fuchun Mountain Residence and the Five Horses whose value cannot be measured in terms of money.

It is possible to paint,

In fact, it is just good at painting. Bad problem.

But none of these masterpieces bothered Mr. Gu as much as the paintings by Castiglione.

They are too weird. The lifelong chef wanted him to forcibly combine the salty and spicy Hunan cuisine with the sweet Jiangnan stir-fry, but the result was extremely awkward, and the more he cooked, the more excited he became.

Mr. After thinking carefully about the results of my three-month study, I concluded that foreigners just like exotic customs and should not be curious about this taste.

It is not only unconscionable to sell this kind of thing outside. It was also easy to smash signs.

Gu Tongxiang lit a brazier in the yard, burned all his "failures", and never mentioned imitating Lang Shining again.

“Lang Shining’s painting method is difficult. "

He did not expect that his grandson would also follow his own path.

"Don't be discouraged if you are not good at painting. If the secrets of new body painting are easy to figure out, there is no point in casting Lang Shining's success. "Gu Tongxiang looked at Gu Weijing who hesitated to speak and comforted him.

"You have to learn from me, grandpa, if you can't drawUnderstand, it’s not embarrassing at all, it’s only embarrassing if you have to keep your mouth strong. ”

When the imitation painting failed, the old man’s mentality was still pretty good.

It’s not that Gu Tongxiang’s mentality is particularly open-minded, but it’s a family like theirs where the elders have really been court painters. Compared with outsiders, they know the secrets of this industry

As the old man said,

If the secrets of new body painting were so easy to find out, it would not be Langshi's turn. Ning is so beautiful.

Mr. Gu’s biggest wish from the beginning was just to be able to imitate a few superficial things.

The palace painters were actually quite a pitiful bunch.

They are very close to power.

They play chess with the emperor to relieve his boredom in the Forbidden City. They are court actors who sing ditties and perform acrobatics for the concubines. The status of the troupe is much higher.

But in the final analysis,

the palace painter is still a dependent of power, a servant who provides sacrifices and entertainment to the royal family.

This is actually very similar to those concubines in the harem who look at each other every day. Everyone hopes that their painting skills will be favored by the emperor.

This place is the best in the world. A place where the emperor's painters gather together.

If the emperor appreciates your painting skills, you will be a celebrity guest in the mansion of dignitaries, and your paintings will cost you a lot of money.

If your painting skills are not outstanding enough, then you will be rewarded. Like those maids from the cold palace who may have never seen the emperor a few times in their lives, you are nothing.

The palace painters in charge of the painting academy in the Qing Dynasty did not even have formal grades.

The upper limit and the lower limit are both exaggerated.

There are lucky people who can paint like a noble nobleman with a third rank and a flower feather on his head. >

Like those poor little eunuchs and old palace maids, there are also those who really starved to death in the Forbidden City.

The painter’s lifetime wealth and life and the entire family’s ambition to prosper. It rests on a small paintbrush.

The King of Chu has such a thin waist that many people in the palace starve to death.

Who wouldn’t want to see Lang Shining so appreciated and the effect of his paintings so good. Learn two strokes.

In the Qianlong period alone, according to historical records, there were three foreign missionaries, namely Lang Shining, Wang Zhicheng, and Ai Qimeng. Among the local court painters, there are also two local painting schools, the Loudong School and the Yushan School, led by painters such as Tang Dai and Leng Mei.

Everyone is aware of the amazing artistic style of combining the East and the West. I want to get a share of this popular art school.

Which of these senior masters is not a talented person?

The painting is truly famous.

There is not only one Lang Shining.

Gu Tongxiang doesn’t believe that his grandson is good at painting.

Even if he is the second apprentice of Grandmaster Cao Xuan. Professor Lin Tao is studying painting, so please stay in jail.Note to favorites, the latest and fastest website for free reading without anti-theft