Reborn as a great painter, with a system, you can be willful

Teacher Ma's studio is a spacious painting studio. After he invited Jiang Zhe and his group here, he made a brief opening speech and let his graduate students give explanations and exchanges.

Then, I sat in the corner of the studio and chatted with Teacher Hu.

A boy with a green stubble introduced the school's courses to the students from the Coastal Academy of Arts who came from afar.

Jiang Zhe and a group of classmates formed a semicircle and listened to the graduate student's introduction to the school. They found that he focused not on undergraduate studies but on graduate studies. They roughly understood that this kind of communication and introduction was also a form of publicity.

Suddenly I felt someone touching my shoulder, and when I turned around, it was Teacher Hu.

Teacher Hou motioned for him to come to the back.

Jiang Zhe stood up and followed Teacher Hu out of the studio.

Teacher Ma is already waiting outside.

"Jiang Zhe, I have been looking forward to this exchange." He took the initiative to shake hands with Jiang Zhe.

"Lao Qin and I are friends. You are here today to exchange ideas and learn from each other. You can't just look around and leave. Our school is here to share its experience and showcase student works. Can you show us some on behalf of your school?"

Jiang Zhe had some guesses after hearing what Teacher Ma said. "Teacher Ma, what do you need me to do?"

Ma had already communicated with Teacher Hu, so he said to Jiang Zhe directly: "I would like you to talk to my students about creation, or give them a demonstration."

"I don't dare to teach an expert." Jiang Zhe declined hastily, then looked at Teacher Hu.
Teacher Hu declined symbolically.

Teacher Ma said, "Don't be polite. I have seen your works. There is absolutely no problem with your painting level.

I heard that you gave a sketching demonstration at the Repin Academy of Fine Arts."

Jiang Zhe had been pondering on how to complete the system's task requirements. He was secretly delighted that this opportunity had come to him, but at the same time, he was considering whether he should inform the gallery and the auction house if he left a work here.

After a few polite remarks, he found out that Teacher Ma's invitation was not just talk and that Teacher Hu was also willing to accept the invitation, so he told Teacher Ma about his concerns.

"No problem, I will apply to the school immediately to collect your works in the exhibition hall." Teacher Ma understood what Jiang Zhe wanted.

While Jiang Zhe was on the phone with Wang Zhen, Teacher Ma said to Teacher Hu: "Painters whose works are sold at high prices are different. Sometimes they have no choice."

Teacher Hu thought Teacher Ma was a little unhappy, so he hurried to explain.

Teacher Ma waved his hand and said, "You don't need to explain. I understand. In fact, many painters also want to have this kind of helplessness. They can, but they can't do it. I applied to the school. I can't let Jiang Zhe work in vain."

He also went to make a phone call.

Wang Zhen was very happy to hear what Jiang Zhe said, and asked him to leave the information for publicity.

Teacher Ma also obtained the school's consent and, in the name of exchange, collected Jiang Zhe's sketches in the college's exhibition hall.

Jiang Zhe’s only problem now is that he hasn’t brought the right tools.

Teacher Ma immediately said that he had all kinds of tools in his studio and they were available for anyone to use.

He led Jiang Zhe to choose painting tools and asked, "Are you doing figure sketching, landscape sketching, or still life sketching? I'll arrange it right away."

As Jiang Zhe selected his tools, he said, "Landscape sketching."

This is a system prompt.

In addition, he also considered that he saw a lot of works of teachers and students during the visit. This art academy is well-deserved of its reputation.

The works of teachers and students present diverse styles.

You have to use your brain to complete the system task and leave a good impression on a group of people in the industry.

He said to Teacher Ma: "Today, when I entered the campus and saw the beautiful scenery here, I wanted to paint, but I was a little embarrassed. Now that I have this opportunity, I want to try to paint a landscape sketch of our garden."

"Okay, let's go directly to the courtyard." Teacher Ma had seen Jiang Zhe's portraits and award-winning works, and thought that Jiang Zhe would choose figure sketching, which he was good at, but he did not expect that he would paint landscape sketches.

In that case, it would be nice to take a look at Jiang Zhe's landscape sketches.

I hope my friend's student will not fall into trouble, otherwise I will lose face, after all, I was the one who reported the matter to the school.

Due to Teacher Ma’s arrangement, the exchange activity was divided into two sessions.

Students from Binhai Academy of Art listen to a lecture by a graduate student from the academy.

Teacher Ma gathered some of his students to watch Jiang Zhe sketching, and the two exchange activities were carried out at the same time.

Jiang Zhe selected his painting supplies, and several people went to the school courtyard together.

People were coming and going in the courtyard. Students passing by would greet Teacher Ma and curiously observe Jiang Zhe who was setting up his easel.

A group of Teacher Ma's students gathered one after another.

After listening to Teacher Ma’s introduction of Jiang Zhe, most people, who had heard of Jiang Zhe’s name, applauded him.

Jiang Zhe prepared the tools while making his opening remarks.

The main thing is to be polite. My level is not good enough, so please give me valuable suggestions, etc.

When he squeezed paint onto the palette, he had already thought about it and planned to combine some color techniques of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism to do something about the tone and atmosphere of the picture.

Although it is difficult, he is not afraid of challenges.

He faced a 60×40cm canvas, held his breath, and when his mind calmed down, he used a horsehair brush, dipped it in translucent raw umber, and began to sketch.

Jiang Zhe chose the pond and trees in the garden as the main content of the painting. He intended to use the reflection on the water surface to expand the visual space. The plants and roads in the garden were used as the middle ground, and the teaching building and the sky were used as the background. These scenes look good in reality, but when put into the plane, the colors need to be adjusted.

If he wanted the whole painting to have bright tones, he had to change the inherent color of the image.

After Jiang Zhe made the draft, he painted the dark colors of the sky and water when laying the base color, and added a few strokes of very pure blue and purple in the dark areas of the trees and the reflections on the water.

When Jiang Zhe started to draft, his skillful composition and vivid and concise modeling techniques made the audience secretly admire him.

The quality of the work can be seen from the draft stage.

Some teachers and students passing by were attracted when they saw someone sketching on campus.

More and more people are watching.

Many people were puzzled when seeing Jiang Zhe put some contrasting colors and some incomprehensible colors on the picture during the color-laying stage, and wondered if he was just a name for himself.
Jiang Zhe had no idea what the audience was thinking at this moment. He refined and portrayed the objects at his own pace.

As time is limited, he chose to paint high-purity colors on the canvas first, and then carry out in-depth depiction during the coloring process. The depiction and coloring are carried out almost simultaneously. Some coloring processes are carried out directly on the canvas.

Everyone saw that during the carving process, Jiang Zhe would occasionally stop to observe and examine the picture. The rest of the time, he was rhythmically applying colors and making adjustments, so the progress was very fast.

This kind of portrayal speed requires strong control ability.

As the portrayal deepens, some of the originally unclear and overly jumpy colors gradually show their effect.

Teacher Ma noticed that when Jiang Zhe was painting, he slightly adjusted some of the green in the lake and the shade of the trees, making the originally overly bright blue and purple colors become very appropriate.

Teacher Ma was very impressed by this method of creating rich color levels by adjusting other colors.

He understood what Jiang Zhe was thinking.

Making the dark areas relatively transparent also makes the overall tone of the picture brighter.

This technique is very close to the methods used by Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters, but there are some differences.

Seeing that Jiang Zhe only drew and did not explain, he took the initiative to help Jiang Zhe and explain to the students.

"... Jiang Zhe's brushwork is very relaxed, with the shadow of impressionist painters. From a close distance, it is hazy and general, but from a distance, the shape structure and texture are very real, even with a sculptural texture. This is the language of oil painting and also his processing technique.

Sketching is limited by time, so the painting cannot be too greasy, but it does require precise expression and a harmonious picture.

When dealing with shapes and colors, Jiang Zhe brought out the expressiveness of materials to show the feelings of the moment.

This requires the integration of feelings and painting skills, and especially the expression of one's own subjective emotions.

The ability of a painting to move the audience comes from the artistic appeal of the painter's brush.

Of course, if you want to see the exquisite skills of the painter, you must look at the original work, and it would be best if you can see the creation process so that you can understand some details. Just looking at picture albums and prints will not allow you to appreciate the charm of painting language.

So, we asked Jiang Zhe to demonstrate it to everyone."

Teacher Ma became more and more satisfied with Jiang Zhe's sketch, and told everyone with some pride how right he was to ask Jiang Zhe to demonstrate his work.

At this time, Jiang Zhe began to adjust and finish.

Teacher Ma stopped explaining and returned to his original position.

He noticed that one of his colleagues had also arrived, so he smiled and nodded.

His colleague whispered, "I saw someone sketching upstairs, so I came down to take a look. I didn't expect that the young man was really good at painting. He lives up to his reputation."

Teacher Ma nodded: "Jiang Zhe is not only good at painting portraits, but also good at landscapes. This shows that he is already building his own painting language."

His colleagues agree: "What really makes a painter famous is his own painting language."

Jiang Zhe examined the effect of the picture and stopped writing decisively.

I looked down at my watch and saw that it took about an hour, and including the preparation time, about an hour and a half.

He evaluated that it did not take him long to create this painting. He boldly broke through the limitations of reality, moved the positions of some scenes, and changed some of the original colors to create the beautiful scenery that he saw and felt.

Teacher Ma asked Jiang Zhe to talk about his creative experience.

Jiang Zhe is modest, please give us your comments, Teacher Ma.

Seeing that Jiang Zhe really didn't want to talk, Teacher Ma started to comment: "Pools, reflections, trees, grass, pedestrians, these most common elements, maybe everyone is familiar with them but ignores them.

However, Jiang Zhe was able to recreate these elements and make people feel as if they were there. The overall color tone is clear and lustrous, which sets off the charm of the beautiful campus.

Everyone should pay attention to observing and appreciating works of art, and feel the paintings in an emotional way, and then analyze the methods rationally..."

Teacher Ma talked about many truths based on Jiang Zhe's works.

After finishing his explanation, he expressed his gratitude to Jiang Zhe again.

The audience applauded.

When Jiang Zhe responded, he heard the system prompt sound. Sketching completed, please go to the next scene.

He breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the task was completed.

(End of this chapter)