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On the walls of the studio, there are several copied works, including sketches, watercolors, and oil paintings.

Jiang Zhe was sitting in front of an easel, copying a portrait by Rembrandt.

He used layered oil paint to create the facial texture of the characters.

This texture effect is one of the characteristics of Rembrandt's paintings. He uses oil paints to stack up to create a bas-relief effect, and then applies thin layers of paint and renders it, ultimately giving the character's facial structure and skin color a very vivid visual effect.

During the copying process, Jiang Zhe appreciated the beauty of Rembrandt's works and the expressiveness of his distinctive personality, and learned and mastered several new techniques.

Among them, Jiang Zhe was impressed by the use of different tools to create special visual effects.

For example, some of the effects of wheat ears and hair were created by drawing in the paint with the end of the brush, rather than outlining with a pen as imagined.

By learning these techniques, Jiang Zhe gained a new understanding of Rembrandt's creative methods.

Painters created these techniques to achieve the desired effect faster and more economically.

Inspired by this, Jiang Zhe also wants to make some improvements in techniques and material application. Of course, this requires a lot of practice.

Copying the works of masters, especially studying the brilliant details, will make him admire the master painter even more.

As he became more and more absorbed in copying, he forgot about trivial matters and enjoyed every gain.

Until a phone call from the other side of the ocean broke his peaceful life.

"...Okay, I got it. If possible, please send me the information as soon as possible." Jiang Zhe held up his mobile phone and responded while pacing slowly.

After ending the call, he held the phone and thought for a moment, then quickly dialed Wang Zhen's number.

Wang Zhen quickly picked up the phone: "Hello, Jiang Zhe, what's going on?"

Jiang Zhe said, "Is your place convenient for a chat? I want to discuss something with you."

"It's convenient, go ahead." Wang Zhen responded.

"Just now, Miller called me."

"Miller? The one who asked you to customize a piece for him?" Wang Zhen asked anxiously, or perhaps he wanted to confirm.

"It's him. He asked me to customize another piece of work."

"Is it the same type of work as last time?" Wang Zhen knew that Miller was very satisfied with Jiang Zhe's work. "That's a good thing. If you need to go to the United States, I will arrange it for you immediately, or whenever you have time, I can help you arrange it."

Jiang Zhe explained: "Don't worry. I'll explain in detail.

Miller set up a club, or a small group of wealthy people. The members all liked to collect and taste wine and champagne. So, their club was named after fine wine.

He asked me to paint a group portrait of the club members.”

Wang Zhen listened very carefully. When Jiang Zhe finished his description, he asked, "This is a new topic. Do you agree? Are you sure?"

Kang Cheol said, "I agreed temporarily. Recently, I have been copying Rembrandt's works and have gained some experience in group portraits. I am planning to try new creations. In addition, I also took our previous relationship into consideration. So, I agreed."

"You did the right thing." Wang Zhen was very happy: "Before, you turned down some custom paintings. It's okay to turn down those unimportant invitations, but you must not turn down the relationship with Miller.

By the way, how much does he pay?"

"10 US dollars is not a lot of money." Jiang Zhe did not think the reward was high.

"The relationships behind Miller and their influence are very important. Even if the remuneration is not much, you have to accept it and paint it well. Whatever you need me to do."

Jiang Zhe hopes that Wang Zhen can help him take care of some procedures and other chores so that he can concentrate on his creation.

“Don’t worry, I’ll take care of it.

I will be back to Binhai soon, let's talk about it when we meet." Wang Zhen agreed.

"I'll start preparing first." Jiang Zhe said.

After the call, Jiang Zhe called his most familiar painting partner and asked him to help him order materials. In order to leave room for maneuver, he ordered double the amount of materials.

An hour later, Miller sent the relevant information to the email address.

Jiang Zhe checked the information on his computer.

The profile is very detailed and includes photos and information about the members and the club.

The photo shows a gathering of club members.

The club is located on a small winery.

There is a wine plantation in the winery with beautiful scenery.

The interior of the club is in typical American country style.

Kang Chul observes photos of each member of the club.

The number of club members is 16. That is to say, at least 16 people including Miller must appear in the group portrait.

While waiting for the materials, Jiang Zhe began to draw a rough sketch, intending to observe Amy first to grasp the appearance characteristics of each member.

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He was very familiar with Miller's image, and he planned to draw a sketch for each of the remaining 15 members.

The next day, he completed 16 individual portrait sketches.

On the third day, the owner of the painting supply store delivered the materials.

After Jiang Zhe stretched the canvas, he began to consider the composition of the painting.

During this period, he repeatedly compared two works by Rembrandt - The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Toure and The Night Watch.

The Anatomy Lesson is also a famous work by Rembrandt.

In this painting, the positions of the characters are cleverly arranged. The central character is rich in color and fully detailed. Although the surrounding characters are set off by specific light sources, their importance is invisibly weakened.

Jiang Zhe studied and compared the two works. In addition to observing the traces and steps of painting, he was also learning Rembrandt's ideas for seeking breakthroughs.

From Anatomy Lesson to Night Watch, there is a huge difference in the lighting and composition of these two paintings.

After Rembrandt's success with The Anatomy Lesson, he should have hoped to achieve another breakthrough in his new work.

He chose to simplify the light source in his new works.

In the painting of The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Durr, there is a special light on everyone's face, which makes them look perfect and conforms to the mainstream aesthetic of society at that time.

This arrangement also has problems.

Once special lighting is arranged on each person's face, the focus will be lost, and many viewers will even pay attention to the material on the dissection table, which has no light and no blood.

In contrast, in the work Night Watch, the painter only arranged two rays of light, allowing the audience to instantly distinguish and see who is the protagonist and who is the supporting role.

The advantage of simplifying the light source is that it can give the entire painting a sense of integrity, full of stage effects and drama.

Of course, this kind of breakthrough also has disadvantages.

No one in the group portrait wants to be a supporting role.

However, Jiang Zhe is not worried about this problem.

The investor of this painting should be Miller.

Although Miller told himself that he hoped to draw every member perfectly, Jiang Zhe quickly arranged the composition of the picture according to his own understanding.

He quickly designed several composition methods, striving to use a suitable scene to arrange each character in the painting properly.

(End of this chapter)