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Even painting is not a professional thing these days, let alone genres, and it is impossible to talk about the southern and northern painting schools that Ji Mo knew about before. There are scenes of great events.

Now, it's just voluntary, those who are willing to draw two strokes, those who don't want to draw don't work hard on this matter, after all, paintings are not facades, words are.Therefore, many people would rather spend a lot of time practicing a good handwriting than spending energy on painting.

And because there are no standards for painting, whether it is good or not, it is all subjective, and it has a strong subjective meaning. If someone thinks that the painting is good, he takes out the painting to appreciate it with his friends, but the other party looks down on him and laughs at him. Yes, it's very low-key.

In fact, this kind of thing has thousands of people, and it is not necessarily bad. Like stick figures, if it is said to be rigid, in the eyes of some people, it is not interesting. It is interesting and easy to learn, which makes people have the urge to pick up a paintbrush.

But Wang Zichu doesn't like that kind of stick figure.

Every day after class, Ji Mo would come to the Taoist temple to paint with Wang Zichu. One day, Ji Mo suddenly asked in surprise, "Have you seen all these landscapes?"

He thought of the saying of "grass plum", since Wang Zichu would not create something out of nothing, then, are these majestic and magnificent scenery, or the beautiful and lush scenery, really what he saw?

If it were changed to the modern world, Ji Mo would not have this question. Thousands of miles are just a matter of seeing what kind of transportation is used. No matter how bad it is, there are small videos taken by others for reference. If you want to see the real scene It is very easy to paint again.But in ancient times, traveling was not to mention turbulent, and it was also a journey mixed with various discomforts. It was easy to encounter unruly people and bandits when going out, but it was not easy to travel long distances.

"I have seen."

After teaching Ji Mo, there was a locked box in Wang Zichu's room, which was sent by Mr. Xuan Yang, saying that Wang Zichu's paintings could be put in the box later, at most one a day , Don’t put too much, the paintings can be painted, but if there are too many paintings, they will still be destroyed.

Ji Mo couldn't bear to have Wang Zichu's picture scroll destroyed by himself, and took all the extras away, and didn't see Mr. Xuanyang questioning him, so he let the matter go.

As a result, Wang Zichu's mood improved a lot, and he was easily satisfied with it. Now he picked up the key that had been hanging around his neck, opened the box, and pulled out the scrolls he had drawn these days. Before I knew it, there was already half a box. When I pulled it out, I didn't need to unfold it to cover the big bed.

This is also because there is no more than one painting a day. It can be seen that Wang Zichu is highly productive, but it is also understandable. When Ji Mo was away, he was painting. After Ji Mo came, he was also painting when he was teaching Ji Mo. .

The drawing paper is of general specifications, but the painting can be divided into the amount of blank space. If it is the one with more blank space that adds to the artistic conception, you can draw two more pictures in the same time. If it is the one that fills the entire paper and is meticulous, There can be one painting a day. With this speed, Ji Mo can’t comment on how it is. He can only look at the paintings and say that they are all good.

Unfold these unframed picture scrolls on the bed one by one, stack them one by one, and each time a piece is unfolded, Wang Zichu will tell where the painting is, put it aside and separate it. After a while, several paintings on the bed are simply They are classified, no longer according to the time of drawing, but according to the location in the painting, divided into five stacks, from the head of the bed to the end of the bed.

Wang Zichu stood by the bed, walked from the head of the bed to the end of the bed, pointed to the stacks of paintings and said: "When I left home, I walked in this order. Some places in the middle are very desolate. I don't like it. , so I never drew..."

Ji Mo nodded slightly. Wang Zichu's preferences are very simple. Landscapes must have mountains and rivers. He doesn't like any of the two. Besides mountains and rivers, whether there are plants, trees and flowers depends on whether there are any in the real scene. , if there is, he is not stingy with pen and ink, if not, he will not add it out of thin air.

In addition, flowers, birds, fish and insects are rarely seen intact, and one scale and half claw can be seen roughly. If a bird hides in the forest, you can see the filaments of its feathers, but you cannot see its whole picture.Fish swimming in the water, even if the river is clear, what you can see is mostly the silhouette of the dorsal fin, which is hard to see in its entirety. Butterfly is one of the genus of animals and insects that Wang Zichu can draw completely. Other animals are common. The chickens and rabbits can not be blocked in the painting, and the others are hidden between "yes" and "nothing". It is difficult to find the animals hidden in them at a glance. If you look closely, it seems that there are, But I can't see it completely, so I'm not sure it exists.

This feeling reminded Ji Mo of going to a certain wild animal park when he was a child. It is said that the place where the Monkey Mountain is full of green and yellow mountains. He couldn't see where the monkey was unless the other party moved. It even hid a monkey.

As for the monkey, it may not hide much, it just sits there and doesn't want to move, and then it is directly ignored by people, obviously there is no camouflage, but it has to be discovered to feel that it is particularly obvious.

To understand it again, you can imagine the world-famous painting "Mona Lisa", which is said to have four kinds of animals hidden in it. If you don't look carefully, you can't see it, but if you see it, you will feel abrupt-it shouldn't be there.

On this point, Wang Zichu’s paintings will not be like this. What should be there, will never appear suddenly, as if it came from the sky, it must be here, if the rabbit is in the grass, and the bird is in the tree. , the monkey jumps in the forest, there will be no mistakes or omissions in the position, and if it is used to compare the scenery at that time, there will be no big difference.

From this perspective, Wang Zichu's paintings are very realistic, but the style is freehand, which is definitely different from the realistic scenes that oil paintings would have.For the same scenery, he sometimes blurs the mountains, sometimes the rivers, sometimes the vegetation, and sometimes blurs one or two brushstrokes, creating a kind of "unknown place in the depth of the clouds". The feeling is hazy, if there is a heavy fog in the sky, all the scenery will be in the fog.

This kind of artistic processing should be regarded as the artist's processing. Of course, no matter what kind of blurring it is, it should not be seen for a long time, otherwise the depressive effect will be uneven, and the difference will always be the same.

"It's great that you have seen so many scenery."

Ji Mo seemed to say enviously, he found that Wang Zichu lacked this kind of affirmation, no matter what aspect, as long as he affirmed him, and he didn't say anything, the smile on his face would be a little bit more, but that smile is also Always restrained, as if a slightly larger arc of the corner of the mouth would bring about something bad, self-restraint, making that small smile shy and cute, and a little pitiful, I don’t know the environment he lived in before What is it, it makes people dare not even laugh presumptuously.

Are all the sons of the gentry like this?

Li Yuanzai is considered one of the children of the gentry that Ji Mo saw, but he is already an extremely remote one, almost no longer in the circle of gentry, but the Li family is still working hard to maintain this kind of pride. What is shown in Li Yuanzai is "I look down on you." You guys, but out of grace, I'm still talking to you" feeling of awkwardness.

Because of his young age, this kind of awkwardness can also be called arrogance, and it doesn't seem abhorrent. After all, most of the time, he will still cover up his attitude a little, but he doesn't cover it well.

In addition, it is doubtful whether Mr. Xuanyang is a gentry. It is too easy for a gentry to stand out, and he would not give up his life to become a military adviser in the army, but judging by the respect the people around him have for Mr. Xuanyang, it is like treating a gentry Taoist priests who were born as children are confusing.

Between the circle and the circle, sometimes the apparent boundary is blurred, making it difficult to distinguish.

Ji Mo affirmed that Wang Zichu was a son of a gentry family, and he got it from Ji Fu's attitude. Ji Fu, who was originally indifferent to him learning painting, suddenly asked him how he was learning one day, and sent someone to send it later. Some stationery utensils such as pens, inks, papers and inkstones seem to mean support. Compared with the coldness before, this feeling of enthusiasm is there.

Then, it was Yang Min talking to Ji Mo during the cultural class, and said in a slightly sour tone: "My father also wants me to be a teacher to your teacher, can your teacher still accept apprentices?"

At that time, Ji Mo was very surprised. He had been a teacher for a while, and the two friends of the same age around him knew about it. If he didn't say it at that time, what did he mean by suddenly saying it now?

"Why so suddenly?"

"Who told you that your teacher was a scholar from the gentry? I really didn't know that in our small place, there is actually a child from the gentry living in a Taoist temple as a Taoist priest."

Yang Min was both emotional and regretful. He didn't think Yang's father would have the idea of ​​apprenticeship. He also met that elder and senior brother that day. The other party's defiant look made him a little petty. You can't be unreasonable I, I don't even care about you, how could I rush to sell it.

Even Li Yuanzai on the side also has this kind of arrogance, he doesn't bother to rely on such clinging to gain fame, if he is not the first, he might as well not be at the tail of others, if things go wrong, it will only cause embarrassment.

Children also have the pride that belongs to children. They don't want to be left behind, and they don't want to see others succeed, so they come to hope to replicate that success and become famous by relying on others.

"I don't think the chief and senior brother are good at accepting people, so you better stop dreaming."

Li Yuanzai opened his mouth to sneer, Yang Min was angry, and the two quickly got together. Ji Mo, who got the news for nothing, later found out that the news came from Ji's mansion. The future failed to worship a good master, and the expectation value dropped to the bottom suddenly rose again because the master was born as a son of a noble family. Even if the master is not well-known, a son of a noble family is a son of a noble family, and the opportunities are always more than ordinary people. I think It is not difficult to raise all boats when the tide rises.

Because of this, when Ji Mo went to the backyard later, he was secretly punished by his aunt to stand there, and he suffered a lot.But that's all. Those affairs in the back house can't restrict Ji Mo too much after all.

"Whenever you rest, come here early, and I will take you to the back mountain to have a look."

Wang Zichu was a bit quick-witted, and he took the envy seriously, and promised Ji Mo directly that painters should not work behind closed doors, especially when painting landscapes. If you can't see more, how can you paint fresh.

"Okay." Ji Mo didn't hesitate, and immediately made an appointment with Wang Zichu, and receiving his kindness, Wang Zichu smiled, as if he was a little relaxed at this moment.

For some reason, even though he was a master, he was always a little nervous when making up his mind. Even with such a proposal, he felt a little guilty at first, as if he wanted to hurt someone.