Gu Weijing asked Awang to continue to lie down in front of him obediently.
He withdrew his gaze,
Recalling the scene in front of him, he used the tip of his pen to vividly turn the scene of the civet cat into a pencil line sketch and record it. On top of the material book.
The magical scene just now was not magic.
It is mentioned in Pet Mind Reading that there are very big differences in the habits of cats and dogs. Dogs are more domesticated, while cats are more wary of strangers.
But both pets naturally like to be gently stroked.
This will remind them of the feeling of being licked by their mother's tongue when they were young, and dopamine will be automatically released in their minds. Sometimes, people will observe pets rubbing against their legs. This is an external manifestation of wanting you to get close to them.
The knowledge card also teaches a massage technique for petting pets and enhancing emotions.
Human massage has a history of thousands of years. Massaging animals is not a new concept, but it is more of a practical massage to stimulate muscle growth.
A long time ago, in the process of raising Kobe Wagyu beef, the steps of listening to music and massaging the cattle with a special brush were added, and it has even developed into an assembly line operation. After the race of a luxury horse, a physiotherapist will also provide physical therapy to the horse. An academic paper shows that compared with the control group, the short-term sprint speed and endurance of massaged horses can be increased by nearly 10%.
But massaging less expensive animals like cats and dogs is still quite rare.
In Pet Mind Reading, animal massage is divided into six techniques: pressing, stretching, rubbing, kneading, squeezing, and tapping. Each technique affects the special positions of their muscles and joints.
Some expensive pet centers and pet hospitals may have such programs.
But it is definitely not as effective as Gu Weijing's, because he has now reached the level of "cooking a ox and a ox" on the pet's skeletal muscles.
The cook understands the cow, and the classics interprets the cat.
You can only use a knife to solve a cow, but you can use your fingers or a pencil to solve a cat.
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“You can easily empathize with pets. Not only can you draw exquisite muscle textures, but also their little emotions. Let them turn into elves on the pen. If the cartoon movie please I'll paint posters, maybe the effect will be very good."
He found that his emotions in animal paintings can also resonate with the models.
Being in tune with pets is the highest state of painting animals.
In history, people painted horses, cranes, and cats and dogs.
Every painter claims that his or her brushwork reveals the emotions of animals that are either passionate, unruly or lonely.
Most of them are just nonsense and are far-fetched interpretations of the painter’s subjective emotions.
And Gu Weijing really turned this realm into reality.
The only slight shortcoming is that if he uses Menzel's basic painting experience, the painting emotion will be fixed as a simple work.
From an emotional point of view, it started to hold me back.
Gu Weijing casually named this piece of material "Civet Cat Relaxing".
He flipped through the material book in front of him.
He still maintains the good habit of line drawing and sketching to exercise his line skills and accumulate creative materials.
Illustrators will create their own material library so that they can be accessed at any time, just like students who organize their wrong answer books when they go to school.
In the past two days, I came to play with Awang when I had nothing to do.
In addition to the one just now, I also created a lot of accumulated materials such as "Civet cat yawning", "Civet cat sleeping", "Civet cat wagging its tail" and so on.
"Next time, you can ask Mr. Sloth to find out for you if there are any suitable pet-themed illustrations. Well, this shouldn't be such a complicated request."
Because cute.
In the field of serious art, painting animals can only be regarded as a branch.
In the field of illustration, drawing animals is the most common form of display.
There are almost countless masterpieces.
For example, Andy Warhol’s Cat Squint series, Niels’ Travels on a Goose, The Wind in the Willows and Disney’s Mickey Mouse series.
Among the world’s most famous illustrations, animal themes account for only a small portion.
As long as you have the skills, you can get enough orders in the high-end field.
"Grandpa Wu, I took your Ngawang out to play."
Gu Weijing looked at the time, held the civet cat in his arms, and Get ready to go out. Today is the weekend, and he and Shengzi made an appointment to go to the Lucky Orphanage to paint.
He was going to take Awang over to play with Jasmine’s child.
There are stray cats outside the orphanage, and the female director sometimes feeds them. But those ticks that live on cats may also carry rabies virus.
Uncle Alai never allowed Jasmine to get close to him.
So the little girl could only watch eagerly.
Child Jasmine will be very happy today.
"As long as you have this ability, be careful of it catching you. Our cat recognizes no one but our Wu family."
Old man Wu was lying at the door. He settled the accounts on the glass cabinet where the cultural bracelets were placed and said casually.
The old man had always been proud of his cat’s ability to look after the house, and claimed to have raised a little tiger.
Awang never lost a fight with his neighbor's pet, and even drove a larger Shiba Inu into the river.
Only he, the master, can control the other party.
Old man Wu claimed that their cat was "extremely courageous" and even scratched Gu Tongxiang's paw shamelessly by Awang, which ruined his good friend's long-term relationship.
"Are you right, Awang?"
After pressing a series of numbers on the calculator, Old Man Wu raised his head arrogantly, just in time to see Awang being watched obediently. Holding her in her arms, she looked at the boy with charming eyes and called him.
That look is as flattering as possible, and the amber pupils are almost wired.
Awang ignored Old Man Wu's call and only stuck out his tongue, trying to please Gu Weijing's chin.
"Ah Wang, be good."
Gu Weijing touched the civet cat's head, took out a fish ham sausage from his schoolbag, peeled off the plastic cover and stuffed it into its mouth.
Ham sausage has high salt content and is considered junk food for pets. It is delicious and should not be eaten in excess.
This is Gu Weijing’s reward for being his model for such a long time.
"Humph, you're an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf."
Old man Wu's face darkened, and he muttered angrily, "Gu boy, don't feed Awang such things. You're so naughty, what will you do if you don't catch mice?"
"Goodbye, Grandpa Wu. I'll go play chess with my grandpa when you have time."
Gu Weijing smiled at Old Man Wu. , and walked out of the old man’s toy shop with the civet cat in his arms.
He knew that Old Man Wu was in a bad mood today.
Every month, and every year, Old Man Wu would have a few unhappy days like this.
The person is not angry at themselves or really at their cat.
But Mr. Wu’s addiction to officialdom has resurfaced.
The leadership change of the Yangon Painting and Calligraphy Association was coming soon, and he had mentioned to Mr. Gu the opportunity to recommend new members to the Myanmar National Painting and Calligraphy Association.
The administrative treatment and social status of the official members of the National Painting Association are a qualitative leap higher than those of the local painting associations.
The kind where business class is reimbursed even if you fly on a business trip.
Perhaps the Yangon Painting Association still has the nature of a grass-roots team. In European countries, it is just a children's play house, which is relatively weak. It is also useful when applying for college.
Gu Tongxiang’s identity as a member of the Yangon Painting Association was not mentioned by Ma Shi Gallery, and there was no need to mention it.
In the eyes of the InterContinental Gallery, having and not having are exactly the same.
If it were replaced by the National Painting Association, it might not be of any use.
After all, this is not the Eastern Xia Art Association or the Royal Art Association. With the size of Gagosian and Mashi, they can still care less.
It’s just that the recognition level is somewhat higher.
After all, no matter how short the generals are, they are only a few dozen selected from 50 to 60 million people, and they will have some merits. Sometimes it can even directly attract the attention of some second- and third-tier medium-sized galleries in Asia.
The quota of the National Painting Association has been “increased by half” among the private sector.Jokingly called. That is to say, for ordinary Burmese painters, no matter who becomes a member of the National Painting Association, the market price will increase by at least 50.
Especially for artists, the most attractive thing is not money, but a spot in the Biennale.
The National Painting Association holds recommended quotas for invited painters for certain international biennales.
The Singapore Biennale, the Shanghai Biennale, and even the legendary Venice Biennale, the most important and most prestigious cultural exhibition in the world.
That’s right.
The National Painting Association can directly send a local painter to participate in the Venice Biennale.
This involves a small bug in the art world.
The Venice Biennale exhibitors are composed of two parts, namely the national exhibition and thematic exhibition representing the national team and the grand gallery.
Artists such as Takashi Murakami, Damien Hirst, Dali and Yayoi Kusama, whose combined net worth exceeds tens of billions of dollars, have all been rejected by the Venice Biennale.
But Myanmar, Afghanistan, and Syria are in such turmoil, and the worth of all the famous artists combined may not be worth a fraction of someone else's little finger.
Since it is a sovereign country, the cultural department can directly recommend painters from their highest-level artist associations to participate in the Biennale through special channels.
The Venice Biennale Organizing Committee will give certain quotas to different countries.
The number of places in the hands of each country varies, and the difficulty of competition is also different.
It’s a bit like the football team’s World Cup qualifiers, the difference between Europe and Asia.
Although the national pavilions of developed countries such as Eastern Xia, Japan, Korea, France and Italy may have larger scales, they also have big names gathered there.
For artists whose sales do not reach millions of dollars, it is simply a dream to get tickets.
Every year this is the Art Olympics between countries. In order to highlight the country’s artistic heritage, the cost of organizing the Venice Biennale is astronomical.
Hearst spent nearly $100 million without making a splash.
In places like Myanmar, rookies are pecking at each other.
African painters also have elements of racial and political correctness, which can lead to a certain degree of award-winning tendencies. Small countries in Southeast Asia such as Myanmar, Vietnam, and Cambodia are almost all soy sauce.
In fact, everyone doesn’t care.
The only way to make soy sauce is at the Venice Biennale.
Who is to say that running for the Nobel Prize is not an honor?
Even in order to get a spot in the Biennale, there are rumors in the art world that there are some tricks every year.
European and American art powers will exchange for more exhibition quotas from small countries that have no intention of participating in the exhibition through means such as forgiveness of national debt and foreign exchange investment.
This kind of unreliable rumor sounds extremely nonsense, but it is really a secret that is not disclosed in the industry.
The Venice Biennale has this unreasonable magic.
Even if there is this hidden shortcut to the sky.
It is impossible for Old Man Wu and Gu Tongxiang to have such a completely unrealistic dream that the only pie they can get will be smashed on their heads.
Their highest expectation in life is to have their name on the list of the National Painting Association before stepping into the grave.
You can comfort your ancestors.
However, the National Painting Association is not something that Old Man Wu can influence.
If you want to join it, you must be able to show some excellent strength.
If you can’t sell a painting for 20 million U.S. dollars, you must be able to sell a single work for 20 million kyats, or have similar difficulty, in order to pass the review threshold.
It was four years ago that the last Yangon Calligraphy and Painting Association entered the National Painting Association and became a national treasure-level artist in Myanmar.
Old man Wu would add his name to the review list every year, and then be removed as a routine.
Rely on relationships, find people, give gifts, and go through the back door.
The old man tried every method he could think of.
Looking at the next term, he may not be able to continue to serve as the permanent director of the local painting association.
Expected again and again, only to be disappointed again and again.
The big apple was clearly hanging in front of me on the tree. The old man’s legs were almost limping. There was always a few centimeters missing.
Old man Wu was very annoyed and sad because of this.
Gu Weijing ignored the anxious old man Wu. He was carrying a schoolbag, holding a folder of materials in one hand, and holding Awang who was clinging to his arms and screaming in his arms, and was about to take the car to the orphanage. Looking for girls to play with.
When I walked to the door of my house, I met a courier delivering express door to door.
The guy wearing the red and yellow corporate culture shirt "DH Express, one step ahead" pedaled a tricycle along the tree-lined road along the Yangon River, and the chain squeaked like a rat's gnawing. sound.
"Gu's Book Gallery, No. 36, North Yangon River Road, Yongsheng District, Yangon City, who is Mr. Gu Weijing? Go out to pick up the express delivery."
The delivery boy got smoked After glancing at the house number, he threw the package in the back of the tricycle with a clang on the steps in front of the calligraphy and painting shop, and then continued to pedal to the next door, squeaking, squeaking.
Gu Weijing had become accustomed to the local express delivery service attitude and was unable to complain, so he tore Awang out of his arms first.
Then he bent down to pick up the package in front of him and shook off the dust.
He opened the black package and revealed the cover of a fairy tale book inside.
"This is Mr. Sloth's new version of The Little Prince."
Mr. Sloth has already communicated with him, and he got a sample book of The Little Prince from the publisher. It will be sent to me through Schönbrunn Palace Office in the next few days.
This should be it.
Gu Weijing is satisfiedI looked at this fairy tale book with a printing effect that was beyond my expectation.
The painting process has gone through many twists and turns, but when the final product is placed in front of me, I still feel a great sense of accomplishment and gain.
This is a milestone moment in Gu Weijing's life. He officially completed a high-end manuscript cooperation.
From now on, at least among the group of illustrators, he is no longer just an online illustrator, but has a large project as a work resume.
This is like the career transition made by Internet celebrities who make short videos to serious TV drama stars.
Social status has been qualitatively upgraded.
The detective cat who drew "Mr. Hyperion" is just an internet celebrity painter, but the detective cat who successfully completed the "Little Prince Project" of the Schostic Group is an illustration worth more than 90% in the eyes of his employer. Fellow artists.
This implicit gold-plated upgrade may be more helpful than the monetary benefits that the Little Prince project itself can obtain.
After completing the process from 0 to 1, it will be much easier for him to move from 1 to 2 in the future.
"Thanks to Mr. Sloth, I was able to find such an awesome project for my first mission."
Gu Weijing thought as he opened the little prince.
He saw Mr. Sloth’s message on the title page. The words were very beautiful.
This was the first time Gu Weijing saw the handwriting of the mysterious Mr. Sloth, and Gu Weijing's eyes lit up.
There are actually very few people in foreign countries who can write beautiful handwriting.
In Yale and Oxford, there are top students everywhere who leave the computer keyboard and write on paper as messy as a dog crawling.
Not surprising either.
Painting and art are something that all human civilizations will invent. There were murals in the Neolithic Age.
The brush calligraphy system based on phonetic Chinese characters is an artistic creation and aesthetic trend uniquely invented by the people of the Eastern Xia based on the theme of writing to convey the Tao and calligraphy to convey the bones.
This is the only one in the world, there is no other semicolon.
Even the ancient Egyptians, whose writing had a lot of pictographic elements, had no such thing as calligraphy.
If you have to do a hard calculation, the Latin family also has classifications based on business copper plate fonts, imperial capital fonts, Gothic secular shorthand fonts, etc., which are what people often call squiggles and round fonts, but with The Eastern Xia cultural circle has been elevated to the point where the calligraphy level of writing about gods and freehand brushwork is too primitive.
In terms of the depth of the calligraphy theoretical system and aesthetic attainments, the gap between English calligraphy and the Chinese calligraphy system that was constantly improved under the imperial examination system is the same as the gap between the airplane invented by the Wright brothers and the F22 stealth fighter. almost.
But such beautiful words are still very recognizable. Only a few upper class people in foreign countries have money and time to train their children to practice calligraphy.
This is completely in line with Gu Weijing's imaginary profile of Mr. Sloth as a "personable, gentle, upper-class middle-aged uncle".
"Noble artwork and noble soul"
Gu Weijing read the above text.
He is no stranger to this famous art motto. In order to save a few euros on materials, his family did not order physical paper magazines. But every electronic issue of the oil painting magazine will also have the same words of tribute to Ms. K as a suffix.
Of course, this Mr. Sloth is also a reader of oil painting magazines.
Gu Weijing put this very memorable Little Prince sample book away in his schoolbag. He discovered that there was another package that the courier boy had just dropped.
This package is very thin and not heavy, and it is also wrapped with a layer of sponge on the outside.
What is it
Gu Weijing couldn’t remember that he had shopped online recently.
He opened the outer sponge out of curiosity and found that there was a mahogany photo frame inside.
There is a colorful and elegant note pressed under the glass of the photo frame. It seemed that after someone had finished writing it, the secretary had sealed it in a photo frame and sent it over.
There is only a short line on the note.
Little friend Gu Weijing
I heard that you have joined the Yangon Painting and Calligraphy Association. Congratulations. Being able to paint with Mr. Cao Xuan means that since ancient times, heroes have emerged from youth. If you achieve greater success in painting in the future and want to join the National Painting Association, you may consider giving me a call. Also, prepare well for the Singapore Biennale. A price I can’t refuse. I always keep my word.
Chen
Gu Weijing stared at the text in the photo frame for a few seconds before he finally recognized Mr. Chen and the Wenya whom he had met once in the Lucky Orphanage. middle-aged businessmen linked together.
Mr. Chen is the chairman of the Charity Chamber of Commerce and the most well-known local collector. It is not surprising that he is well-informed about his affairs.
The strange thing is that others are willing to continue to pay attention to themselves.
When he was in the orphanage, Mr. Chen promised that if he was really shortlisted for the Lion City Art Exhibition, people would be willing to buy his paintings at a good price.
Gu Weijing didn’t take it too seriously.
A big collector who can jointly open a car factory with Toyota, most likely just casually said what kind of paintings he wants to buy but cannot.
There is no need to take it too seriously and worry about gains and losses.
Gu Weijing was surprised that Mr. Chen could still remember his name after such a long time. Unexpectedly, he even sent a handwritten note.
It seems that he is not serious, but others are serious.
“An irresistible price, how irresistible it is”
Gu Weijing has always asked himself to work hard on his techniques and not to overestimate the value of artworks and money. Draw an equal sign.
Seeing this note still made his heart beat a little.
With his current painting skills, it is hard to say whether he will win an award, but if he meets the requirements for participation in the exhibitionIt's not difficult anymore.
Different levels and different perspectives.
For ordinary residents in the city, spending 100,000 kyats to buy paintings is very expensive.
As for an offer that a collector worth hundreds of millions of dollars can call irresistible, it may cost upwards of $100,000 no matter what.
This era.
The chairman of the Myanmar Painting Association, the most expensive work sold in his life may not have this amount.
This is not just sales, but also Mr. Chen’s recognition and investment in his painting techniques.
The career of a great painter in modern times must be accompanied by the recognition and pursuit of his artistic level by wealthy buyers, not only during his lifetime, but also after his death.
Kojiro Matsukata, the eldest son of Japan’s Prime Minister during the Meiji period, was to Monet, Kerkorian, the boss of MGM Casino in Las Vegas, was to Picasso, and the prince of the United Arab Emirates was to Damien Hirst. this kind of role.
Without the massive funds of these collectors who do not regard money as money, the great painters would not be able to achieve the talent of standing in the clouds.
"Mr. Chen, he will become the first big buyer in my life"
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