Chapter 229 Competition Goals and Sketch Upgrades

Gu Weijing turned his pencil around on the desk with his fingers, turning a deaf ear to all the malicious whispers around him.

As a young painter who is about to have an exhibition at the Louvre Abu Dhabi.

Of course he has enough confidence to ignore all his peers who laugh at him as clowns.

Okay,

Strictly speaking, rather than saying that Mashi Gallery wants to spend a lot of money to open a solo exhibition for itself, it is better to say that this promise is the devil's temptation to Faust. De gave him a sign to sell his soul.

They are just two sides of the coin thrown by Hanks, not hell and heaven.

It’s just one contract with extremely generous benefits and another contract that’s a little crazy and unprecedented in the industry.

The "devil" Mas III is really too generous.

Too generous,

Gu Weijing knew that he might have signed a contract of sale covering the entire golden years of his career, but he didn't feel bored at all, only excited and excited.

"Is this the magic power of Mr. Cao Xuan?"

You can tell with your toes that Mr. Cao is not the one who exerted his strength. The Louvre Abu Dhabi opens an art exhibition This incredible option will definitely not appear on the negotiation table.

No matter how talented you are, it’s useless.

The Tokyo Gallery also has top art museums that it cooperates with, but they have never promised to hold a solo exhibition for Katsuko Sakai in the art museum.

Perhaps a similar scene will occur one day in the future.

But that is not now,

not next year,

not when Miss Katsuko is 19 years old.

It is not that Tokyo Gallery does not pay attention to Sakai Katsuko, but there has never been such a precedent in the industry.

The gallery has its own mature training gradient.

New painters generally have to join other colleagues, and after signing a contract, they first participate in some academic seminars and group art exhibitions organized by the gallery itself, and show their faces in front of collectors’ media.

Those who perform well can obtain higher exposure resources and be recommended to participate in small biennials as special invited painters, and then participate in large-scale biennials such as the Lion City Art Exhibition.

Only after you have achieved good results can you consider starting a personal exhibition.

For cost considerations, the initial personal exhibitions were very small and were simply held online.

Only when the market feedback is good enough, can we gradually increase the scale of personal exhibitions, move to a larger stage, and consider giving opportunities to participate in art fairs

This road is too long to be seen. The reward at the end of the ladder is to hold your own solo exhibition in a large art museum.

Just like in motor sports, you have to drive a European kart first, then drive a Formula Renault, and then win the championship in F4, F3, and F2. Maybe I have to go to other sub-top competitions to train for two or three years before I can finally sit in the cockpit of an F1 car and let the world's numberHundreds of millions of spectators cheered for the contestants.

This is a mature business training model developed by modern galleries that has been tested over time.

Precisely because each step doubles the amount of money burned in the previous step, for conventional new painters, if they want to gain more exposure, they must go through layers of screening.

After detailed evaluation and inspection by the marketing department, it was deemed that the gallery deserved to devote more resources to this agent painter.

Confirming that their investment will yield a return will allow painters to move to the next level.

When Mrs. Sakai originally proposed the conditions for the solo exhibition, she judged in her mind that even if Mashi Gallery agreed, it would only be a small-scale, very elementary solo exhibition.

It is already very thoughtful to have a physical venue instead of an Internet art exhibition that only has a total of 10,000 views.

More requirements are to make it difficult for other people’s galleries.

At the age of 19, he is too young and too green.

Giving him such a big occasion and drawing the attention of art lovers all over the world to him, he may not be able to control it himself.

Promote a 6-year-old karting prodigy into the ultimate cockpit of F1, and he might be killed as soon as the car starts.

The huge public opinion and media criticism is likely to flood the gallery and their agent painters like a huge wave.

Think about it,

A nineteen-year-old amateur painter without any convincing achievements has achieved something that countless people have struggled to achieve throughout their lives.

Those fellow painters who are still struggling to climb the thorny road of art, how jealous and hateful are you?

Ma Shi III actually gave This incredible promise.

I really don’t know if it’s fearlessness or madness.

The gallery completely put everything on the gambling table and gave everything it could.

The personal friendship with the UAE royal family and the qualification to hold a joint art exhibition with the Abu Dhabi Museum are the biggest trump cards of Mashi Gallery. This is also the fundamental reason why this old gallery, which is gradually like a withered towering tree, can be called a first-line gallery in people's subconscious no matter how it declines.

It can still outperform intercontinental galleries like Tokyo Gallery BTA.

Even in the eyes of famous artists, this opportunity is definitely impressive.

It is the strongest publicity resource and t0-level exposure channel in the hands of Ma Shi Gallery. Looking at the entire art history, it can also be regarded as one of the honors in the middle and lower ranks of t1.

This stage is slightly inferior to those of super art museums, and is comparable to the style of art exhibitions held in many European national art galleries.

It is almost the same as the temptations that can be found in the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, these long-standing old-school museums with a history of three to four hundred years.

horseWhen Shi Gallery wanted to sign Professor Kazunari Sakai's contract for the next five years, the core condition offered was not at all a contract quotation of tens of millions of dollars.

I am just willing to open a personal art exhibition for Uncle Sakai at the Louvre Abu Dhabi.

It has been six centuries since the Renaissance, when the Medici family established the first art museum in human history.

This is probably the first time in history that this kind of opportunity has been presented to a minor.

Even though he knew that this was a bait for the gallery to lure him into signing a super long-term contract, Gu Weijing I also decided to jump into the bowl willingly and obediently.

Theoretically, the opportunity to open this kind of art exhibition depends on seniority, personal connections, timing and luck. It is not something you can just open if you have good painting skills.

If he proceeds step by step, even if his painting skills reach a new level, Gu Weijing believes that he will not be able to get such an opportunity again before he is thirty years old.

Gu Weijing really couldn’t refuse.

"Reckless young man, congratulations on signing a fifteen-year contract of prostitution."

Mrs. Sakai did not stop her, and her tone was not sarcastic. She just shrugged, "So If you have a long contract, you hope to have a good relationship with Ma Shi Gallery in the future and not be hidden. Fortunately, it seems that Mr. Ma Shi III really likes you. But to be honest, Xiao Gu, I don’t blame you. You.”

“If I put such a contract in front of Katsuko, I would let her sign it after struggling for a long time. If I put it in front of the young Isei, he would pounce on it without hesitation. , struggling and hesitating in my heart for a second is an insult to the condition of holding an art exhibition in a top gallery."

"Knowing that you can't achieve it, you still rush towards it like a moth to the flame. Just to get a little closer to this goal, the Louvre is such a charm."

As Mrs. Sakai spoke, her chest was rising and falling violently.

Obviously she was also shocked by the conditions offered by Mr. Mas III.

Gu Tongxiang, another elder in the living room next to him, was already so happy that he became stupid and fell into a state of madness close to that when Fan Jin won the exam.

I was still in tears yesterday, but today I just sat there and smiled.

The Louvre opens an art exhibition

My grandson

Gu Tongxiang doesn’t care whether it’s a bad check or not. Gu Weijing probably won’t be able to seize this opportunity. In the palm of your hand.

Just the combination of the two words Louvre Museum and Gu Weijing brought Mr. Gu the same pleasure as an orgasm in his skull.

I was so happy that I wanted to dance.

This is definitely the happiest day in Mr. Gu's life. When he made a small fortune from ancient paintings, Gu Tongxiang had never felt so happy.

“I just hope you can understand that this is just a goal for you to work hard for. Don’t be discouraged if you fail to achieve it. Even if you fail to open a personal art exhibition in the United Arab Emirates, as long as you continue to paint seriously, there will always be success. One day can be thereIt is not impossible to hold a painting feast of your own in a Paris painting gallery. ”

The blond aunt stood up and patted Gu Weijing on the shoulder, comforting her.

The Painting Gallery in Paris is the main hall of the Louvre in France where paintings and artworks from all over the world are placed. The title of the best oil painting in the world.

Picasso’s paintings were collected by the Louvre and placed in the hall of the painting museum.

“Whether you can get it or not depends on God’s will. , do your best to obey fate. ”

Before Gu Weijing completed the signing, Mrs. Sakai checked the contract one last time and made more detailed agreements on several terms.

Including regarding Gu Weijing The issue of ownership of the paintings prepared for the Lion City Art Exhibition

According to the contents of the contract brought by Hanks

Gu Weijing and Ma Shi Gallery. It should take effect when the Shicheng Art Exhibition closes at the end of August.

Starting from 0:00 on August 27, 2023, Gu Weijing will officially become Ma Shi whether it is the execution of Contract A or Contract B. The gallery’s official agent.

“Who owns the exhibited paintings? Gu Weijing’s own ownership is determined by the contract with Mas Gallery. "Mrs. Sakai pointed out the ambiguity in the contract and said.

"Mashi Gallery will invest corresponding resources for Gu Weijing. If you enjoy the resources, it should be the gallery's work. "Hanks said immediately.

"It's fair, I have no objection. Mrs. Sakai smiled and did not object. "It's just that the corresponding resources are too vague." Ma Shi Gallery should give us a complete marketing plan first. ”

“I can only say that it can be considered depending on the situation. ”

Hanks smiled bitterly.

The Ma Shi Gallery has already proposed such a gambling agreement, and then spend the hard work to send Gu Weijing to participate in the exhibition to win the prize, and then work even harder They worked hard to spend millions of dollars to hold a large-scale solo exhibition for Gu Weijing at the Louvre Abu Dhabi

What are they trying to do?

Gu Weijing belongs to Ma Shi III. Illegitimate children are not allowed

Illegitimate children may not receive this treatment, they are simply like the little ancestors of Ma Shi Gallery

Since the ancestors of Ma Shi III are already lying obediently in the family cemetery.

So normally,

Hanks said it depends on the situation, but in fact he signed this contract. , the gallery will definitely not put too much effort into marketing and publicity for Gu Weijing.

Although the Singapore Art Biennale has attracted much attention from the academic and art circles this year, it is only an emerging art exhibition with a short history.

There are no fewer than twelve or three biennales of its level and more important than the Lion City Art Exhibition in the world.

Ma Shi III hopes to win Gu Weijing. The fifteen-year long-term contract, with this failure, will tie Cao Lao’s potential disciples to the battleship of his own gallery in the future.

Waiting for Gu Weijing’s artistic style to become more mature.When you mature, you will have more chances to win awards

At that time, you can even consider some of the main awards of the Biennale such as silver and bronze awards, instead of just the "Best Newcomer Award" like this year. , a small marginal consolation trophy such as the "Wonderful Creativity Award".

Hanks thought about it, "Well, at least, we can bear all the expenses for Gu Weijing to go to Singapore, book him a hotel or something, and we can give him five hundred dollars a day during the exhibition. Standard, how about it?"

"Forget it, don't worry about it. We will decide the hotel ourselves, and the ownership of the painting will be given to Gu Weijing himself in the contract."

Mrs. Sakai smiled.

Regardless of whether it wins an award or not, works that are qualified to participate in the masters category of large-scale biennales can easily be sold for a guaranteed price of more than US$7,000.

Ten thousand to twenty thousand, thirty to twenty thousand are also common.

No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still flesh. It is not cost-effective to give the ownership of a painting that will be very memorable after becoming famous to a gallery for a few days in a luxury hotel.

“If I want to win the award entirely on my own strength, my current painting level will definitely only meet the mood of the organizing committee. If I can completely solve the sense of fragmentation in the painting, plus Shengzi’s proposal With my little personal creativity of the finger smearing method, I should be more confident in drawing a painting that feels at the level of my heart.”

At this time, in the back row of the Dulwich classroom,

"It would be great if I could come up with a work that is richer in emotion or has master-level techniques."

Gu Weijing thought about it for a while.

Hundred Flowers, Ms. Tang Ning’s entry for the Shanghai Magic City Biennale in 2000, is a Chinese painting that reaches the level of a master.

Successfully won the gold medal that year.

In terms of influence and the scale of previous competitions, the Lion City Art Exhibition is almost different from the Shanghai Biennale.

Except for some great painters who are occasionally invited to participate in exhibitions, the level of the painters attracted to participate in the exhibition is also about the same.

Gu Weijing now understands that in the field of art, the master level seems to be an insurmountable threshold.

Just like the name given by the system to this stage, if you cross this limit, you are a real master. If you cannot cross it, you are just an ordinary professional painter.

He recalled the electronic album on the official website of the Lion City Art Exhibition.

Among the painters who can participate in the main exhibition, as long as they are creators in the field of classical art who pursue painting techniques, v4 is almost the lowest baseline for participation.

There are painters who can reach v5 all over the place. Even the works with the third level of v6 professional level of expression in painting techniques are exhibited every year, with seven or eight works.

Most of the awards at the Biennale are won by these v6 paintings.

However, it is extremely rare to have works at the master level of painting.

Compared with the level 3 profession, which is not uncommon, it is obviously only a small stage away, and the number of people has dropped completely like a cliff.

There may not be a work like this released every year.

Gu Weijing only saw paintings in the electronic albums at the Singapore Art Exhibition in 2009 and 2017 that amazed him with their vivid brushwork.

After using calligraphy and painting appraisal, Gu Weijing found that they were indeed master-level paintings.

The former is a first-level sketch master, and the latter is a first-level watercolor master. One is from the National Gallery of Art in Singapore, the largest local gallery in the Lion City, and the other is from Lehmann Maupin in New York. They are all considered to be top leaders in the painting world. The noble family also naturally won the gold medal that year.

If you can improve any item of the Good Luck Orphanage under Yangon to the master level.

No matter how fierce the competition is this summer, no matter how it is a duel field for countless mid-level painters from all over the world, winning the prize is something that can only be grasped.

"It's difficult." Gu Weijing shook his head.

He understands that no matter how hard he works for a hundred days, the goal of reaching the master level is too elusive and out of reach.

Just to upgrade from v5 to v6 will cost a hundred thousand dollars, and to upgrade to master level will cost even more.

Even if he were to draw dollars, he could not draw hundreds of thousands of dollars for such a long time.

"We should focus on emotions." Gu Weijing was thinking about a feasible method.

The more realistic method now is to bridge the sense of fragmentation in the fusion painting as much as possible.

On the other hand, if the technical level cannot be improved, the emotional depth contained within the picture must be improved.

Mr. Cao Xuan taught him.

A good painting is an expressive image supported by three solid pillars: skill, emotion, and knowledge.

In the little prince he painted, he has already felt the wonderful sense of communication between the audience and the work that can be called magic after the painting emotion rises to a certain height.

Although there are few master-level paintings, there are even fewer paintings that can be evaluated as painstaking.

Gu Weijing did not see even one of the previous works.

Even those who can achieve the evaluation of feeling something from the heart are a minority among the minority.

There are still traces to be followed for the improvement of painting skills.

The infusion of mood and emotion into painting can really only rely on life experience and the favor of the muse. Even Monet could not say that he could paint with his heart's content.

Gu Weijing knew that maybe finding a way in this aspect would be a better choice.

Your free experience value has been increased by 61627

Your free experience value has been increased by 70113

Your free experience value has been increased by 72727

Gu Weijing opened the virtual panel and saw a prompt that a large amount of experience points had been received.

"Uncle Alai is so reliable, he got it done so quickly."

Gu Weijing was not surprised, just smiled slightly.

Myanmar’s currency control policy is very strict.

You can exchange foreign currencies for kyats at will. You can exchange as much as you want, as long as it can increase the government's foreign exchange reserves, the more the better.

It is difficult to exchange kyat into foreign currency.

Hanks is determined to have a good relationship with the young man who is personally cared for by the big boss.

He didn't even mention that the time limit for signing the contract he originally said has passed.

Hanks also had the good sense to see that the aunt was difficult to deal with and liked to take advantage of her.

So after Gu Weijing signed, the agent personally handed the large box of brand-new kyats to Gu Weijing in a private setting before leaving.

As a small token of appreciation, I would like to treat Mr. Gu to a drink.

Hanks said with a bright smile.

This money is different from the gift given by Brother Hao Group, so Gu Weijing feels at ease with it.

He transferred tens of millions of kyats to Uncle Alai and asked him to help replace them with more urgently needed items for the orphanage and donate them.

Uncle Alai worked very neatly without any compromise. In the blink of an eye, the three supplies had turned into free experience points on the system virtual panel.

In addition to the newly recorded experience points of about two thousand points.

Gu Weijing’s free experience points available for his distribution reached nearly 2,500 points.

He didn’t hesitate much as to how to use the experience points.

Gu Weijing has already thought about it before. Sketch is the foundation of art modeling and can be used in a large number of painting-related situations.

One method applies to all methods, and its scope of application is extremely wide.

Improving the line modeling ability of painting is a sure-fire choice at any time.

The video on Mr. Hyperion’s channel, with the beauty of the beautiful judge named Anna Elena, has now exceeded 430 million views.

One out of every five YouTube users has clicked to play this video.

Based on the reputation of the world’s number one Internet celebrity, Gu Weijing’s linked mailbox still receives hundreds of thousands of new emails every day.

He even had to unlink and change to a newly registered email address to specifically handle orders in this area.

Since I introduced myself to Mr. Sloth and received the project from the Schostic Group, unless the subject matter is very suitable and the unit price is more than eight hundred US dollars, the order.

Gu Weijing is no longer willing to take on fiverr online business.

It’s boring to earn three melons and two dates, and he wants to gradually get rid of the reputation of a cheap illustrator.

There are no wealthy peopleOn the days when the manuscript was requested, Gu Weijing would also regularly use Menzel's basic painting experience to draw some simple patterns every day.

You must maintain your sense of touch even if you don’t make money.

The more important purpose is that every time you activate the skill to learn how to draw with a pencil, your sketching skills will be greatly improved.

Persistence in exercising has paid off a lot. Gu Wei has finally filled in half of the sketching technique column in the past week through his own efforts.

Now with this extra money, he should be able to directly enter the next stage and become his second skill to reach v5.

"This is really a glass of cold mango juice in the summer. Thank you, Mr. Hanks, I accept your favor." Gu Weijing was very satisfied with the gift given by the blond agent and chose Allocate all the experience points just gained to the sketch column.

Determined as sketching technique, allocated 2716 experience points

Ding, your sketching technique level has been improved

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