After discussing with Uncle Alai, Gu Weijing decided to temporarily requisition the janitor's hut as a temporary studio for him and Miss Sakai Katsuko.
Painting in the open air in the rain may be seen in romantic love movies, but it is definitely not realistic.
After much thought,
Unless you build a shed, Uncle Alai’s house is the most suitable choice.
Looking out from the small window of this concierge, you can almost take in the panoramic view of the old church, which is almost the scene in Carroll's painting.
Sakai Katsuko was still on the way.
Gu Weijing and Uncle Alai moved the table by the window to the iron frame bed in the back room, and then put two wooden The easels are placed one on the left and the other on the right.
Little girl Jasmine is making tea by the stove.
Gu Weijing looked at this ancient religious building through the window.
In the rain, it stood firmly on the ground under its feet, motionless.
In many parts of the Western world, churches are ancient structures that have been integrated with time.
If you don’t pay attention to the mottled weathering marks left by time on the masonry surface, just look at the light red dome roof, milky white building walls and light green window trim.
Even though this orphanage is actually older than Grandpa Gu Weijing’s grandfather, it even looks a bit fashionable in appearance.
Churches are perhaps one of the most varied and complex buildings in the world.
Therefore, depicting these churches has almost become the best opportunity for oil painters to express their exquisite brushwork.
Every work is like a milestone that tests one's great skills.
Nearly every famous oil painter in Europe who is famous for his landscape paintings has painted this kind of subject matter, which makes works with church themes available in art textbooks.
Onion-shaped Byzantine churches, round-vaulted Roman churches, Gothic churches with sharp edges that look like bamboo shoots reaching into the sky, retro-elegant Renaissance-style, and magnificent Baroque Style structure
Raphael, Manet, Monet, Henri Matisse, Picasso
The audience can easily see a complete picture in the works of famous artists from different eras. The history of changes in architectural trends and the evolution of oil painting techniques.
The old church where the Good Luck Orphanage was originally located, Gu Weijing judged, should belong to the Rococo style church that was popular around the 18th century.
This kind of architectural design has a relatively simple appearance.
Simple and lively, delicate and charming, he likes to use light-toned, fresh and natural-style architectural language and artistically beautiful curves with arcs.
Its biggest advantage is that it costs less to build. Compared with Gothic cathedrals, which are often hundreds of meters high and often require construction time calculated in consecutive centuries, it is much more time-consuming. Much less effort.
Many classic churches from the colonial era followed this style.
Although simple,
the heart-shaped windows on the walls of the Good Luck Orphanage are still like those gorgeous European churches, with exquisite stained glass windows.
Many of the stained glass windows actually fell and shattered many years ago. Fortunately, the stained glass windows facing the front of the concierge still retain their old style.
The hazy and dreamy rainbow-like candlelight refracted by the stained glass windows is precisely the most beautiful and dazzling highlight in the painting of the old church on a thunderstorm day by the female painter Carroll, and it is also the most difficult to describe its splendor. part.
Even with the help of calligraphy and painting appraisal skills, it was very difficult for him to imitate.
It is not like Castiglione inventing new body painting, but more of a difficulty in the concept of painting, purely in terms of actual oil painting techniques.
This is the crown jewel of the difficulty of copying oil paintings. It requires a little accumulation of experience in brushwork. It is hard work and hard work, and it is best not to fake it.
The female painter painted the candlelight like a skillful old craftsman who used thousands of dazzling pieces of kingfisher feathers, corals and agate to inlay a crown of green flowers.
The rainbow-like color luster on the gloomy canvas surface of the old church in a thunderstorm is completely drawn on bit by bit with meticulous brushwork.
The most obvious manifestation of the so-called master-level oil painting techniques is here.
Not to mention creating it by myself, it was difficult for Gu Weijing to paint the original works that he compared with each stroke to paint the divine colors of Carroll himself.
The current task is to copy an Impressionist work whose oil painting techniques have reached the level of v7 master.
1. If the copying similarity is over 20, you will get a primary treasure box.
2. If the copying similarity is over 50, you will get an intermediate treasure chest.
3. When the copying similarity is over 90, you will get a limited reward: Renoir’s various ghost fragments in the world. This reward can only be obtained once.
The current highest similarity in copying is 391
"Let's see if we can cross ten percentage points and get the intermediate treasure chest with the help of real-life painting today." He slowly calculated in his mind .
The sound of a car engine came from afar, and a black and brown Mercedes-Benz slid in from the opened courtyard door.
The car door opened, and as the hotel driver wearing white gloves opened the back door for the guest, a slim girl wearing a dark red skirt appeared in Gu Weijing's field of vision.
Sakai Katsuko took the umbrella from the driver's hand and stood in the yard for a moment, looking at the orphanage in front of her.
It is unbelievable to say,
She wrote a paper about this old church, and also copied nearly ten of Carroll's original paintings, but this was the first time for a girl to Come to the field.
At this time, the rain was pouring heavily and the thunder was incessant.
Sakai Katsuko felt as calm as if she was reunited with an old friend she had known for many years.
"Katsuko, here."
Gu Weijing ran out of the concierge carrying a gas lamp and stood under the eaves waving to Sakai Katsuko.
The girl turned her head, a smile bloomed on her face, and ran towards Gu Weijing in small steps.
As she approached, Gu Weijing was a little amazed that Sakai Katsuko looked extra beautiful tonight.
The other party did not wear the usual conservative school uniform with a shirt and dark jacket, but changed into a small red skirt that highlighted her figure.
She didn't wear stockings either, and her plump long legs were exposed.
Katsuko Sakai probably wore some makeup which is rare.
Compared with Kou Kou, Ms. Sakai's makeup skills seem to be a bit unsophisticated, but it can better show off the girl's natural beauty.
Her cheeks are soft, and the dark eye shadow highlights the layers of her already beautiful facial features.
The light from the gas lamp gave her a layer of warm light.
This makes Katsuko Sakai look innocent and sexy, as if she has suddenly grown up from the schoolgirl girl next door, and has become more charming like a mature woman.
Because of running,
Katsuko’s face was a little flushed, but her skin was as white as jade.
"The weather is really nice today, Mr. Gu."
Sakai Katsuko walked up the small steps of the concierge, gently pulled Gu Weijing's sleeve, and whispered in the other person's ear He said softly, with a slight excitement in his tone, like a little skylark flying out of a golden cage for the first time.
"The weather is really nice"
Gu Weijing looked at the sky with dark clouds as low as those covering the church steeple, and joked with a smile.
Miss Sakai lowered her head, her cheeks suddenly turning redder.
As soon as the words were spoken,
Sakai Katsuko felt that she was really clumsy for saying such incomprehensible words.
The phone call with Taro Komatsu before departure filled Sakai Katsuko’s heart with a light feeling of letting go of her burden.
She is very happy now, her eyes are clear, and she has thousands of words to say.
Sakai Katsuko wanted to say that today is really a good time to copy oil paintings. She wanted to say that this was the first time I sneaked out from under the eyes of adults. She wanted to say that I was very happy to copy with you. It is said that the female painter Carol Senior probably completed the painting of the old church in the thunderstorm in such weather.
Seeing Gu Weijing's face, countless words came to her lips, and something went wrong. It became a sentence, the weather is really nice today.
She even thought it sounded stupid.
"Uh" Katsuko Sakai wanted to explain.
"You're right, the weather is really nice today." Gu Weijing suddenly smiled, looked into Sakai Shengzi's eyes, then looked up at the lightning that had just flashed across the sky, and repeated She said, "It's really good."
Sakai Katsuko suddenly felt that she didn't need to explain anymore.
So the girl pursed her lips again and just stood there laughing.
"Gu Jun, let's start writing."
Sakai Katsuko walked into Uncle Alai's concierge cabin and saw two transparent acrylic panels placed on the windowsill. Palette, another knowing smile.
There are no original remains of the old church in the thunderstorm.
The orphanage does not have the conditions to store such precious works of art. For Sakai Katsuko and Gu Weijing, two people who have already copied many original paintings, it is not too much of a hindrance.
Ms. Carroll’s original painting has been etched in their minds.
Moreover, there is no need to rely too much on the original work. The biggest advantage of copying at the exact location where Carroll painted is that the living painting actually exists in front of you.
As long as you look out at the rainy night through the small window of the concierge, you will see a real picture of the old church on a thunderstorm day.
"Wait a minute, Jasmine"
Gu Weijing shouted into the room.
The little girl in the blue skirt ran over from the stove in the back room carrying two small black tea bowls.
Jasmine placed a tea bowl next to Gu Weijing, and looked at Shengzi Sakai on the side with a pair of longing and a low self-esteem with a pair of dark eyes.
In her limited life, the little girl has only seen dirty dolls in the orphanage and volunteers who occasionally come here to provide volunteer services.
She has never seen such a noble, elegant and beautiful big sister.
Jasmine has reached the age where she vaguely knows beauty.
Beauty has an aura that is both heavenly and compelling.
It’s like an ugly duckling meets a white swan. Even though Katsuko Sakai is a kind of girl with a very gentle temperament, Jasmine is still compared to her like a small piece of black coal, and she is so inferior that she can’t hold her head up. Come.
"The bowl has been scalded"
When Jasmine saw Katsuko Sakai falling on the edge of the old tea bowl in the orphanage, she even lowered her head in embarrassment and touched her skirt hard with her right hand. After rubbing it, he carefully handed the tea bowl to the other party.
"Clean, sister, not dirty"
"Thank you."
Sakai Katsuko smiled gently at the little girl, took the tea bowl, Put it by the window.
"Sister, you are so beautiful. I want to be half, no, one-third as beautiful as you in the future." Seeing that Sakai Katsuko is not cold and unapproachable, Jasmine became a little bolder , said enviously.
"You also have a pair of beautiful eyes, I'm very envious."
Sakai Katsuko touched Jasmine's hair and whispered encouragement.
Jasmine's face suddenly turned red. She lowered her head shyly and wanted to run away, but was held back by Gu Weijing.
"Moli, remember what I told you before, if you can't reach the second window from left to right, ask Uncle Alai to help you."
Gu Weijing handed over an umbrella and whispered a few words to little girl Jasmine.
The little girl nodded, picked up her umbrella, and disappeared into the night.
About a few minutes later,
The flickering light from a candlestick slowly lit up in the church.
The dancing candlelight in the rainy night is as solemn as a religious ceremony, just like the scenes painted by the female painter Carroll.
"Let's start now."
Gu Weijing began to mix turpentine and linseed oil at a ratio of 1:1 and began to dilute the paint.
The rain has never stopped or slowed down. The light from the gas lamp has a warm temperature, shining in the small studio that serves as the concierge.
The young men and women were next to each other, and the skin on their arms occasionally touched each other, carrying each other's body temperature, but no one spoke.
The two of them were enjoying the tacit silence, concentrating on copying each other's memories.
Gu Weijing gently mixed a little bit of ivory black and Windsor purple on the acrylic plate with a spatula, and held it in front of his forehead.
He discovered that he did not need to place a transparent palette on the background of the drawing board to control the shades of colors.
The real world outside the window at this time is like a vivid canvas. Gu Weijing can even completely separate this small piece of plastic and try to mix the prepared paint with the real one. Colors reflect and blend with each other.
For this reason,
Gu Weijing slowly began to become confused, and he hesitated slightly when using his pen smoothly.
Impressionism is the aesthetics of capturing light.
Capturing and solidifying the ever-changing light colors in the brush is the eternal artistic pursuit of Impressionist painters.
This light usually refers to sunlight. Therefore, for a while, Impressionism was even called the Sunshine School.
Carroll went in the opposite direction, using psychedelic and gorgeous brushwork to paint a scene of a thunderstorm.
However, it remains unchanged.
The soul of this painting is still light. The candlelight mixes with the lightning flowing in the sky, which seems to be a brilliant aurora sealed in amber.
When he was copying the original work, Gu Weijing didn’t think anything of it.
But at this time,
He clearly felt a lack.
Gu Weijing tapped the acrylic palette lightly with his fingertips, thinking and hesitating, as if he was making some kind of decision.
His sixth sense told him that if he wanted to get the intermediate treasure chest rewarded by the system, drawing like this was not enough.
Gu Weijing reopened the virtual panel and found the charity wealth exchange panel.
Experience Redemption Panel
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