Living and working in peace and contentment through the past and the present

After settling down in the suburbs, life is quite timid, with a beautiful environment and fresh air.On the second day after settling down, An Zhuo took Yu Chi and took him to sketch. Ruan Li had no choice but to pack up his painting tools and follow them, and prepared a lot of drinks, fruits, pastries and lunch.He understood that it would take a whole day to go out to sketch. This place is not as good as in the city, where you can buy ready-made meals.

An Zhuo already has a background in art, plus a bit of talent. After a few months, An Zhuo's oil paintings are already quite good. An Zhuo likes bright colors, so his paintings are very bright The color, the color matching is quite three-dimensional, An Zhuo's talent in oil painting, even Ruan Li, an outsider who paints traditional Chinese painting, can also see it, let alone Yu Chi.

Yu Chi originally accepted it only because of An Zhuo's love for oil painting, but after accepting it, he was sincerely teaching An Zhuo, especially every time he saw An Zhuo's sincere love for oil painting, he would think of another person, Thinking of another person, he became more and more fond of An Zhuo, and wanted to teach An Zhuo all the knowledge about oil painting.He has been living in this cycle like this, knowing that it is poison to him, but he is reluctant to quit.

And every time he looked at An Zhuo's paintings, he always felt hot in his heart. An Zhuo's paintings were so contagious that he felt signs of life in his broken heart.

The three of them found an open place with beautiful scenery, not far from each other, and their backs were back to back. The three of them took pictures in three directions. The place is surrounded by mountains and rivers, whether it is Chinese painting or oil painting, it is a good place to take pictures.Time passed quickly, and it seemed that noon was reached in the blink of an eye. The three of them continued to paint after eating, until the sun set.Seeing that it was getting late, the three of them packed up their things and went home.

Another day, Ruan Li found out the business card Duan Yunlian gave him, contacted the master of traditional Chinese painting Fan Qiyou, and made an appointment to visit.Seeing that Ruan Li is going out, An Zhuo plans to continue to drag Yu Chi to sketch.Ruan Li didn't stop her either, she just asked Yu Chi to take good care of An Zhuo, so she reluctantly went to visit Fan Qiyou.

Fan Qiyou's family lives in the city center, in a courtyard house. Although the house is old, it has a sense of antiquity. It is especially suitable for Fan Qiyou, an old man with gray hair who is over 60 years old.The house is ancient, and people are also engaged in the traditional arts of their country, so all kinds of etiquette are old-fashioned, which naturally suits Ruan Li's taste. He is an ancient man with 22 years of deep-rooted upbringing, and it is not possible to change it in less than a year in modern times. of.

Ruan Li's politeness appealed to Fan Qiyou's taste. He invited Ruan Li to his study to appreciate the calligraphy and paintings in his collection. He took out a scroll painting from the painting tube and spread it out on the table, and asked, "Come on." Alright, Xiao Ruan, how about looking at this painting?"

Ruan Li leaned over to look at the painting carefully, and then said, "The mountain is tall and straight, the trees are graceful and graceful, and the spring water is clear, it is a good painting." After a pause, Ruan Li continued, "However, if the painter is more courageous If you write more boldly, this painting can be called a masterpiece, but unfortunately, because the painter is too cautious, the grandeur of this painting has been suppressed."

"You are absolutely right, Liu Hao's paintings are indeed too rigid." Fan Qiyou put away the paintings, and took out another painting for Ruan Li to taste, "Come, take a look at this one."

In this way, Ruan Li and Fan Qiyou discussed the topic of painting for a long time in the study, and in the end, Fan Qiyou favored Ruan Li even more, and he praised, "In these years, there are very few people as young as you You have studied Chinese painting so thoroughly. I heard that you only came out for activities in the past few months, who did you learn from?"

"Without a master, I only borrowed the techniques of some ancestors such as Li Sixun, Zhou Fang, Jing Hao." What Ruan Li said was indeed the truth. In his dynasty, there were many paintings of his ancestors. Since he knew that he liked painting At the beginning, I have been absorbing the strengths of those painters, and finally formed a family of my own.

Hearing what Ruan Li said, Fan Qiyou stroked his gray beard and said, "I think your painting style is very similar to that of Ruan Dongli, a short-lived legendary painter in the history of calligraphy and painting."

Hearing the name Ruan Dongli, Ruan Li was quite shocked. To be honest, he even forgot that he still had another name. Dongli was his character. In the Song Dynasty, he mentioned it on the paintings he sold. The inscription has always left the words "Dongli".

The word Dongli was chosen for him by his father when he was weak. Although Ruan's father was angry with Ruan Li and said that Ruan Li was ignorant and incompetent, he loved his youngest son very much. The poem "Picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, leisurely seeing Nanshan" puts forward the homonym "Dongli" of "Dongli". His meaning is very clear. Since his son doesn't like being an official or doing business, he is like an outsider. It is enough to live leisurely like Tao Yuanming, an expert.

Ruan Li still remembers that when he was weak, his father gave him a piece of ink worth thousands of gold, and engraved the words "My son is away from the east, and I will accept it for a long life" under the ink. Not brought to modern times.

Recalling the past by Fan Qiyou's words, Ruan Li realized that he had been distracted for too long, so he immediately cheered up and said with a smile, "I've never heard of Ruan Dongli."

"It's not surprising that you don't know. He was one of the most famous painters in the Song Dynasty. It's strange to say that he became famous very early, but he disappeared mysteriously when he was 22 years old. There has been no news of him since. , so there is no record of him in history.”

Hearing this, Ruan Li smiled wryly in his heart, he didn't know what expression to show on his face.

Mentioning Ruan Dongli, Fan Qiyou smiled mysteriously, dug out his collection of paintings, and said to Ruan Li, "I have a painting by him here, take a look, is your painting very similar to his painting?" picture."

Ruan Li thought to herself, she knew it without looking, it was not a resemblance, but it was written by the same person.

Fan Qiyou opened the painting and explained, "Few of Ruan Dongli's paintings have been handed down. I accidentally encountered this one many years ago. As far as I know, this is the only one left in the world."

Ruan Li looked at the painting that had gone through thousands of years, there were already mildew spots on it, and there were holes bitten by insects and rats, and the color of the painting was not as bright as the one he painted just now. Obviously, this painting was painted by him more than a year ago. But through the vicissitudes of the years.Looking at this painting, Ruan Li actually felt melancholy, and a sentence that he didn't know where to hear suddenly popped up in his mind, time is like a butcher's knife.

After appreciating his paintings, and chatting with Fan Qiyou for a long time, Ruan Li saw that it was getting late, and planned to leave.Fan Qiyou asked him to have dinner, but Ruan Li politely refused.Fan Qiyou didn't force him, he sent Ruan Li outside the door, patted Ruan Li on the shoulder and said, "Come and sit if you have time."

Immediately, he thought of something and said to Ruan Li, "Wait a minute, I have something for you." After speaking, he turned and went into the room.

After a while, Fan Qi turned back again with a few tickets in his right hand, and he handed the tickets to Ruan Li, "There will be a painting and calligraphy exhibition in the City Art Museum in two days, if you have time, go and have a look, these are the tickets, you Take as many as you need.”

Ruan Li took out three cards, thanked Fan Qiyou, and then left.

Two days later, Ruan Li dragged both An Zhuo and Yu Chi to the city art gallery exhibition.An Zhuo has been pregnant for more than four months now, and her belly is already a little obvious. Ruan Li specially armed him with clothes that are very fat, and helped him put on a hat, but probably because of An Zhuo's thin figure, even if He has been pregnant for more than four months, and his stomach looks similar to that of more than three months old, so after all the arming, nothing can be seen.

It was already past ten o'clock in the morning when we arrived at the Municipal Art Museum. At this time, the opening ceremony of the exhibition had already been held. After arriving here, Ruan Li read the introduction and knew that the people who held the exhibition were some well-known painters in the painting and calligraphy circles. And they are all from the Calligraphers and Painters Association.When entering the art gallery, Ruan Li saw that Fan Qiyou was talking with several people, and there were some reporters beside him. After thinking about it, he didn't go up to say hello, but took An Zhuo and Yu Chi to look around.

Although Chinese painting and oil painting are different, art is interlinked. Ruan Li believes that as long as it is painting, there will be something in common. Whether it is the scattered perspective of Chinese painting or the focal perspective of foreign painting, as long as the painting is vivid, it does not matter whether it is What kind of perspective method? During this period of time, he discovered that An Zhuo seemed to be casual in perspective, but he well integrated scattered perspective and focal perspective. That's why he brought An Zhuo to see the Chinese painting exhibition. He thought, With him and Yu Chi around, An Zhuo can be taught to draw some special paintings, for example, the fusion of traditional Chinese painting and oil painting.

Although Ruan Li had been painting at home before, he didn't tell An Zhuo specifically how to appreciate traditional Chinese paintings. This exhibition provided him with an opportunity. These paintings were drawn by different people, and each has different advantages and disadvantages. An Zhuo explained.

Ruan Li didn't care about other people's eyes, put her arms around An Zhuo's waist and looked at the paintings one by one. Every time she looked at a picture, she explained to An Zhuo in detail what was good and what was not good.An Zhuo watched carefully and listened carefully. After a few paintings, he could exchange a few words with Ruan Li.Naturally, during this period, Yu Chi had been following them all the time, and Yu Chi was pulled over by Ruan Li, euphemistically saying that it would be good for his health to go out for a walk more often.So, Yu Chi came and followed the two of them bored.

After watching the exhibitions on the two walls, Ruan Li returned to where Fan Qiyou was staying. At this time, Fan Qiyou was chatting with the others and saw Ruan Li. He waved to Ruan Li and said, "Xiao Ruan , come here, and introduce a few people to you."

Ruan Li smiled and nodded in the direction of Fan Qiyou, and whispered to An Zhuo, "I'll go there for a while, you and Yu Chi have a look first, there are many people, pay attention to yourself, don't get hit by others, I'll go later Looking for you."

An Zhuo blushed after listening to Ruan Li's long-winded words, pushed Ruan Li, and said, "I'm not a child, hurry up, don't let people wait too long."

"Well, I'll go right away." Ruan Li helped An Zhuo straighten his clothes, and then walked towards Fan Qiyou. When passing by Yu Chi, his eyes signaled Yu Chi to take a good look at An Zhuo.Yu Chi didn't even look at him and waved to him to signal him to get out.

Ruan Li went to Fan Qiyou, nodded politely towards Fan Qiyou, and said hello, "Mr. Fan."

Fan Qiyou laughed, took a puff of cigarette, pointed to Ruan Li and said to the others, "This little comrade Ruan is the young talent I just mentioned." Then, he pointed to other people and introduced them to Ruan Li one by one. He said, "This is Liu Hao, this is He Dahe, this is Wu Han, this is..."

Fan Qiyou introduced one, and Ruan Li greeted that person. After greeting him, Ruan Li felt his neck ache.However, his politeness and natural elegance made these people who are well-known in the painting and calligraphy circles have a good impression of him.

With his hands behind his back, Liu Hao looked Ruan Li up and down and said, "As expected of a young man praised by Mr. Fan, he is a good painter and a good person."

"Mr. Liu is overrated."

"Little Ruan, don't be polite to us old fellows. We have seen your paintings. Whether it is technique or artistic conception, they are all outstanding."

Ruan Li smiled and chatted with several calligraphers and painters. His language was witty and his responses were flexible. It didn't take long for him to chat with them very speculatively, and then they watched the paintings together.He was the youngest among them, and he attracted the keen senses of many reporters along the way.

Talking and tasting paintings all the way, although Ruan Li was very attentive to accompany several calligraphers and painters, he was also distracted to pay attention to where An Zhuo was. He saw An Zhuo and Yu Chi not far in front of him, but , Before he could relax, he saw a man holding Yu Chi, and Yu Chi's face was obviously unkind, his heart trembled, and he said to the painters, "I'm sorry, something happened to my wife and friends , I'll go and have a look."