Cartoonist's Dream

Plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum are the four gentlemen of flowers, and there are countless famous painters of plum and bamboo since ancient times.

The so-called scored twice... Of course, this idiom should not be used here.But painting plums does have two moods, one is winter plums and the other is spring plums.

Spring plum blossoms need to be infused with the artistic conception of "newness", "beauty" and "complexity" in spring, so as to express the sense of prosperity of plum blossoms; winter plum blossoms should express the arrogance of plum blossoms, bending without breaking in the cold wind, and admiring themselves alone.

The ancients liked to draw winter plums, and the painted plums were very different from the real plums, so they intentionally compared Dongmei with themselves.With painting to show his aspirations, he came from a slightly cold background and was in adversity, showing his lofty ideals.

Don't care how many plum blossoms can be hung on a plum branch, and don't care whether there is only one plum blossom on a plum branch. The plums drawn by the ancients are only plums that suit their own wishes. In other words, they are painting "self". [

If you have to divide it into categories, Limu will definitely be classified as realist.But in order to cater to the tradition, this time the painting of plums is done in the style of freehand brushwork—in the painting, a branch of plum blossoms stands obliquely from left to right, the branches are bent under the weight of snow, and there is only one white plum blossom, looking at itself with pity.However, some of the flower buds buried under the thin snow are just budding, and some are coming out, full of vitality.The composition of the picture is fresh and relaxed, with the plum branches shaped like lightning. The branches are painted with dignified splash-ink brushwork, and the flower center is embellished with pink magenta, which complements the simplicity and nature of the inscribed calligraphy on the lower right.

"Good! Great painting!" Mr. Lou immediately sang red-faced, but he also praised sincerely: "The ice muscle is proud, resistant to the snow and cold, the plum branches are painted with thick ink, and the plums are dotted with cinnabar. The branches are vigorous. The red and white flowers complement each other, such a noble and pure spirit of "one flower suddenly blooms first, and the other branch wears out first".

The six or seven people outside the door saw Mr. Lou applauding loudly in the study, and the boy also finished painting Dongmei, so they rushed into the study without hesitation.After Mr. Lou finished praising, they echoed——

"Don't draw with pen and ink, just apply color directly. The contrast between black and white, pink and black, light and heavy, crystal clear and heavy, makes people wonder whether it is the snow or the branches. The main body in the painting is prominent, and the beauty is very strong."

"This plum also combines focus perspective and scattered perspective, so that the picture not only conforms to the visual experience, but also expresses the ideal image freely without being limited by time and space."

"The meaning is first in the pen. This little boy is brewing artistic conception. He has confidence when he writes the pen, so that he can write it immediately, showing a vivid and natural atmosphere. He is empathetic everywhere, awake everywhere, born out of the dust, free from the hand of the cage, and returned to the world. Naturally."

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These guests all came to pay New Year's greetings to Lou Xu. If Mr. Lou belittled them, he would belittle them;

The ancients paid attention to "there is sparseness in denseness, and denseness in sparseness". The plum blossom buds on sparse plum branches are exactly the same; they also said that "the denser the denser, the sparser the sparser." The bones are two or three closely packed together.The advanced ink-splashing technique is used. Although the techniques are few, they are proficient.

Li Mu spends 10 hours a day drawing manga with a brush, 3 hours doing daily tasks, and more than half of 24 hours a day drawing.It takes 9 hours to eat and sleep, and the remaining 2 hours to chat with family members. Who can be so crazy?Originally, one day was used as someone else's two days, and occasionally I used it wholeheartedly to speed up. I don't know how many times more diligent than those painters who will complete a daily task in one day in the future.

Even though everyone tried their best to praise him like a salesman, knowing that it was just flattery to Mr. Lou, Li Mu was still ashamed.

"Drawing branches with splashing ink and dotting cores with cinnabar are indeed my teacher's common techniques." Even Hua Qishan also readily praised, with a smile on his serious Chinese character face.Although the child in front of me is young, he can still draw this picture in a very short time after hearing the topic, and "look at the shadow and feel sorry for yourself, but the bud is waiting to bloom" is exactly the portrayal of that kid now.

... It is indeed relevant to the topic, to oneself, and to the situation.His proficiency in painting skills is remarkable even among adult painters. He is only 10 years old and still childish, so he is a child worth cultivating.

"But—" Hua Qishan changed the subject.

No matter how self-pitying you are, it's still budding, if you promise your friend, you agree, even if you regret it now, you can't miss the appointment.

"It's pure nonsense that you praise his writing and painting to complement each other!"

The guests thought that the matter was settled when they heard Mr. Hua's praise, but they didn't expect to use only two words to make a turnaround.Listening to his reasons again, he was actually saying that his handwriting was not good——

"Picasso used a brush to imitate the paintings drawn by his teacher. There are five volumes, with thirty or forty pieces in each volume. He imitated the paintings, but encountered a big problem. When he added characters to the calligraphy and paintings, he sighed: 'Chinese paintings are so amazing... even China Chinese characters are all art.’ Chinese paintings are paintings, and characters are also paintings.” The teacher Hua Qishan mentioned was not Picasso’s teacher, but Mr. Qi Baishi, the teacher who taught him Chinese painting.He pretended to be angry with Li Mu and said: [

"Look at your words, it's like chicken chop shit, it's an insult to Chinese painting and national style!"

Speaking of words, it really hit Li Mu's pain point.

In 2000, it happened to catch up with the computer age. After junior high school, except for drawing comics, I basically pressed the keyboard. After graduation, I took up the job of programming.During this period of time, the handwriting is not as good-looking as the ones written in elementary school.

In the end, when I was a store manager, I practiced my signature hard, so my signature was a bit more decent. To be honest, it was still a cursive font connected end to end.As for the others, there are 85000 characters in "Chinese Character Sea", and 2000 commonly used characters in daily life. It has long been a habit of writing, and now even if you want to change it, you can't change it.

It's okay to ask him to "draw" characters, and the drawn characters are absolutely beautiful, but writing characters is really difficult.

"If..." Li Mu's face showed some confusion.He paused for a while and then responded with a distressed smile as if resigned to his fate, "If it's writing, I will recognize it... I can't practice it well for seven or eight years."

At first I wanted to struggle a little bit, but when it comes to words, Limu really has nothing to do. I still vividly remember the result of the fiasco after training hard with full expectations.There is simply no talent for writing!

"Young man, don't be discouraged, I'll give you time and you will be able to practice, if you don't mind, Muzi will write for you in the future...!"

After a delay, Muzi finished writing the test paper ahead of time and returned to the courtyard. At some point, he got into the study and hugged Li Mu from behind as if comforting him.

"Girl girl... you are... here too... huh?!" Li Mu forcefully opened the two arms that were strangling her.

"Yes, yes, there is no Limu in sight, Muzi feels empty here, hurry up and come back soon! Boy, do you feel my love?" Muzi rubbed excitedly on his chest.

"If you continue talking, you will reveal your secrets in front of everyone."

"Hey, ah." Muzi was used to using her old name, and for a moment she forgot the new setting she set for herself in excitement. Japanese names are not welcome in front of the unenlightened older generation.She sorted out her emotions, restored Mami-senpai's decent demeanor, raised her head and said to Hua Qishan:

"Mr. Hua, I am Mei Niang, Li Mu's inseparable fiancée. That... If you think there is something wrong with Li Mu's handwriting... I will help him inscribe in the future."

Muzi was very shy but said without shame.Hearing her say that Li Mu's face is full of beef, it will be very bad if this word spreads to his wife's ears after marriage in the future.

Besides, calligraphy and painting have no reason for me to paint and you to write!

"Hua Shengsheng, don't worry about it. Mei Niang is talking nonsense for me. The boy is not good at calligraphy and painting, so I won't mention the matter of apprenticeship." Li Mu hurriedly cut off the relationship with Muzi.

"rln..." Muzi stopped just as he was about to speak.

It seems to be overwhelmed by Yisha's icy aura... Just now, Limu gave Yisha a "fix her" look, so Yisha gave Muzi a dead fish eye that "killed you" if he dared to speak.

The world is quiet... The young couple is playing Romeo and Juliet?Or Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai?

Everyone was speechless, Hua Qishan also took the opportunity to speak

"I don't teach you traditional Chinese painting, but A Xu is still willing to teach you. For you, he even took out these magazines to show me your drawing... the painting... "Qin Shi Mingyue"." Hua Qishan almost leaked out all the other cartoons .Since Li Mu didn't disclose that he drew other cartoons, he must have his driver's idea. Fortunately, he reined in the precipice and did not reveal the secret. [

"When you learn calligraphy well with him, A Xu thinks you can become a teacher, and then you can come to me again." The master of traditional Chinese painting did not stop talking, in fact, he can teach calligraphy practice at any time.

If the friend is willing to let go and Li Mu is willing to recognize the two masters...he is still very happy to accept this bright and promising little apprentice.

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