Courtyard House: Starting in a Ceramics Factory

Chapter 63 Master Deng's Assessment
In the afternoon.

Li Feng did not go to the pottery workshop.

During lunch in the cafeteria, Li Feng told Wang Liu and others about this.

However, both Wang Liu and Zhou Jianjun thought that Master Deng had a bad temper.

Li Feng found it a little strange, but he didn't ask anything.

After all, for Li Feng, whether his master had a good temper or not had little to do with his skill.

Moreover, Li Feng learned from Zhou Jianjun that Deng's two apprentices seemed to be having a hard time.

Being scolded is a frequent occurrence.

However, Zhou Jianjun still admired Master Deng's skills.

After all, Zhou Jianjun said his father had always been very supportive of Master Deng.

Finally, Zhou Jianjun's advice to himself was that if he could learn more, he should.

So Li Feng finally decided to give it a try.

If it succeeds, I can learn more.

However, when Li Feng looked at the newly colored porcelain, he noticed that the colors were very vibrant, but it lacked a sense of weight and depth.

This is because the color above was not coated with glass white.

Glass white is a chemical pigment that must be applied to areas with gradients.

Otherwise, color gradients cannot be achieved.

The effect of glass white is similar to that of titanium white in traditional Chinese painting; it can make your objects appear snow-white.

When applying colors in this way, you can achieve a transition from highlights to a richer, more substantial feel.

As for the new color...

Then there is no need to apply glass white; you can directly use oil-based pigments for coloring.

Moreover, there are many colors available, and colors can be mixed.

This is the biggest difference between new color and pastel color.

If he has a basic grasp of color matching, then he can basically be competent as a new color painter.

This is the information Li Feng currently has.

These are also things that Li Feng has been thinking about.

Around 2 PM
Li Feng and his group were led by Master Lin to the painting area of ​​Xin Cai.

Although Li Feng had been here before, he had only passed through briefly.

As for Master Deng, he is almost sixty years old.

Moreover, he was bald, wore black glasses, and had a long white beard on his chin that almost reached his collar.

He wasn't very tall, only about chin-high to Li Feng.

at this time
There were already more than twenty people standing around Li Feng.

These people are all apprentices.

Some of them have already passed the formal apprenticeship assessment, and many are now preparing for the Level 1 worker assessment.

Li Feng believes that he himself has the shortest learning time among this group of people.

Just then, Master Deng spoke first to everyone present.

"Your master must have already told you everything that you've come here to see me this time."

"My requirements are very simple: as long as you can follow the color scheme I give you, you can paint new colors with me."

When Master Deng finished saying all this.

Everyone started talking about it.

None of these apprentices had ever done color matching before.

After all, when painting pastels, color matching is the job of the painter; no painter knows how to match colors.

They originally thought it was an assessment of form or structure in drawing.

But none of them expected that Master Deng would actually test their knowledge of color matching.

Things like color schemes.

They don't.

Although the pigments used in the color matching are the same as those used in the Zhuming Liao, most of them really don't understand the proportions.

of course!

Li Feng never expected that Master Deng would actually test them on color matching.

However, Li Feng was not worried about this.

After all, I had studied the three primary colors and the 24-color scheme.

As for color matching, Li Feng was naturally not worried.

Although it's been a long time since I've done this.

But I am still very clear about these things.

Although Li Feng was confident, others felt somewhat uncomfortable.

"If I had known, I would have gone to the filling workshop to ask about color matching."

"I thought it was a test of styling skills!"

"I never expected it to turn out like this."

At this moment, another person said.

"yes!".

"I also thought it was a test of styling skills!"

"It seems that such high performance has nothing to do with me."

At this point, not only they, but others also began to discuss it.

However, Master Deng did not give them time to discuss it.

At this point, Master Deng spoke directly to them.

"There are twenty-two material cutting boards here, with material cutting blades on them."

"Take one each." The apprentices present had no choice but to each take a washboard and place it on the table in front of them.

Li Feng also took one, found a seat on the side, and sat down.

After all the apprentices were seated, Master Deng addressed them directly.

"The first question."

"Now you need to rub the hemp seed."

Regarding hemp materials.

This is relatively simple, because when painting an old person's appearance, linen is used instead of the skin color of an older person.

Therefore, most apprentices who learn to paint figures quickly prepare the hemp mixture.

of course!

Some people don't know how.

Most of them painted landscapes and flowers and birds.

Generally speaking, they don't need this color.

However, a very few people managed to mix out the hemp material.

At this point, only three people had not yet produced the dark brown color.

So Master Deng simply sent the three of them back.

Li Feng was completely stunned.

He left after making just one mistake? That's way too fast.

At this point, Li Feng was also starting to feel a bit out of sync with Master Deng's pace.

After the three eliminated contestants left, Master Deng addressed everyone again.

"The second question is purple."

This question has stumped many people.

purple
Generally speaking, even for filling in the gaps, it is used infrequently.

How do I match this purple?

So most people are a bit overwhelmed by the huge pile of paint in front of them.

Because Li Feng had experience in meticulous brushwork painting and knew about the 24-color scheme of the three primary colors, he directly chose magenta and sea blue.

At this point, it wasn't just Li Feng who made a move; the others did too.

However, only eight people successfully changed their color to purple.

Master Deng then let those who had failed to prepare the ingredients leave, including Wu Min and others.

Now, Master Lin only has himself left as an apprentice.

This also put some pressure on Li Feng.

Master Deng didn't give Li Feng and the others any time to rest. Instead, he directly asked the remaining eight people the third question.

"The third question is green."

The remaining people then started color grading.

Li Feng was still under a lot of pressure at this time.

However, Li Feng quickly adjusted the green color.

This time!
Even after adjusting the green color, there were only four people.

Half of the people simply disappeared.

At this point, Master Deng didn't keep anyone else, but instead let the four people who hadn't finished preparing the sauce leave.

Originally, five slots were allocated to Master Deng.

Now, Master Deng believes that if something is not up to standard, it is not up to standard.

Even if there are only four left.

I won't want another one.

So Master Deng then had Li Feng, Han Ming, Zou Chun, and Ge Ming stay behind.

When Li Feng learned that he could stay and paint Xincai, he was stunned.

The process was simple, but the reality was cruel, eliminating eighteen people in one go.

However, Li Feng also knew what these people were doing in order to participate in the assessment.

At this very moment, Xincai's performance is very high.

But according to Li Feng's knowledge, decades later, the most valuable porcelain would still be blue and white porcelain and famille rose porcelain.

New colors are simply no match for them.

However, Li Feng was only able to learn new techniques.

In this day and age, having new skills is still very valuable.

In later times, projectionists had virtually no technical skills, but now they are highly sought after.

The same applies to New Color in this day and age.

Moreover, Li Feng also knew that in a few years, leader porcelain, also known as (revolutionary porcelain), would appear.

Porcelain like this is usually painted with new colors.

If you can learn this technique, painting porcelain of leaders will be quite popular at that time.

of course!

These are just possibilities.

After all, Li Feng still needs to go to university, but there's no harm in learning more.

Anyway, that's Li Feng's current plan.

Li Feng successfully stayed, and now he will be at Master Deng's command.

In the morning, Li Feng heard that this time they would be drawing several thousand discs or something.

Therefore, Li Feng was prepared for a tough struggle.

(End of this chapter)