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Chapter Ten

"The Prince Wang cannot leave, and his close friends on the road of calligraphy and painting can come and try it."

While talking, Wu Haogu carefully packed up and cleaned up the painting tools. "I will only be valuable when they can't pass it, and even a piece of paper is possible."

"A thousand pieces of money?"

Monk Fu said in surprise: "The Huang family is rich and Xu Xi Yeyi is just like this, right?"

The Huang family’s wealth mostly refers to Huang Jucai and Huang Jucai’s father and son (Huang Jucai has two brothers, and they are also the Huang family’s wealthy family, but they died early and didn’t leave many works). Xu Xi Yeyi refers to the works of Xu Xi, a great painter of the Tang Dynasty. Unlike the Huang family who likes flowers, Xu Xi’s paintings focus on outlining ink bones, lightly color, and express a chic style. It was a school that could be known as the Huang family’s wealthy family in the late Five Dynasties and early Song dynasties. The original works of Huang Jucai and Xu Xi are now sold for a few thousand and ten thousand in the Panlou market.

"This Wu family's realistic is not rich or noble, but wild and elegant, just a piece of paper...unless..." Guo Jing looked at Wu Haogu and smiled and said nothing.

Wanshu is not a small amount of money, and it is almost impossible for a living painter to reach sky-high prices.

Of course, it would not be a problem to replace high-prices such as Wang Shen, Cai Jing, Su Dongpo, and Huang Tingjian with high prices that painters cannot get.

In the Song Dynasty, the works of calligraphers and painters and the works of literati and bureaucrats who were proficient in painting and calligraphy were not the same price.

On the one hand, the status of calligraphers and painters cannot be compared with that of aristocratic bureaucrats, and their works will naturally be underestimated; on the other hand, calligraphers and painters make a living by selling paintings and writing, and the supply of works is large, while aristocratic bureaucrats do not rely on selling paintings and writing, and the supply of works is small, so it is naturally easy to increase.

What Guo Jing said about "unless" means that unless Wu Haogu won a Jinshi, it would be unlikely that his paintings would be sold for ten thousand pieces of paper when he was alive.

But Guo Jing didn't know that the "Sang Family Tile Picture" in front of him was not all the skills of Wu Haogu.

Wu Haogu was truly a master of hyperrealistic oil painting in another life! Although he was not a master painter, he still had some real skills. As long as he could make the materials for oil paintings (the painting tools were easy to work with, the difficulties were paints, oils and suitable canvases), the portraits or scenery he drew could not be copied by Wang Sheng and others!

Because the lines and outlines can be copied, the unique rich and realistic colors of Western oil paintings were unable to imitate them by Chinese painters in the Northern Song Dynasty. This does not mean that the oil painting skills are higher than those of Chinese paintings, but that both sides are in different systems, so it is difficult to imitate each other, and they cannot even imitate them.

By then, Wu Hao's ancient paintings will have enough scarcity and research value - Eastern and Western paintings are not a system, but they can learn from each other. For everyone like Zhao Ji, Wang Shi, and Mi Fu, what is Wan Shu?

Once these people pay a high price to buy, there will definitely be people following the trend, and then Wu Haogu’s paintings will be "exploreed".

The value of this work of art was largely "explosive"! Wu Haogu, who came from later generations, naturally knew this trick.

So he must not go to Daxiangguo Temple to set up a street stall to sell paintings... If he had to take out a hundred pieces of paper and sell only ten thousand pieces of paper, and if one hundred pieces of super realistic fine brushwork or oil paintings are circulated on the market, Wu Haogu would not be able to sell a thousand pieces of paintings in his lifetime.

The "Sang Family Wazi Picture" created by Wu Haogu is not sold for money, and is to be given as a thank-you gift to Gao Qiu.

It is not to flatter Gao Qiu, but to increase his value... If you want to charge money, it would be good to ask for a hundred silks, which invisibly set the price for "super realistic fine writing". Moreover, if someone wants to buy it, it is difficult for Wu Haogu to refuse, otherwise it would be too offensive.

So Wu Haogu would give the painting to Gao Qiu, but in fact it was to Wang Shen, asking Wang Shen to promote him for him.

At the same time, he would tell Gao Qiu that he would go to Dailou Academy in the south of the city to "work hard" (actually, he went to Daxiangguo Temple to squint). In this way, he would no longer be a businessman selling paintings, but a scholar... The scholar was noble and did not like Adu's things, so it was appropriate not to sell paintings.

However, Wu Haogu did not sell his "super realistic paintings" to cheat money without imitating other people's paintings... Oh, I can't say he is a lie. Now he is a scholar. Can the business of a scholar be considered a cheat?

Wu Dalang walked to the window and looked out. Seeing that there were no idle gangsters wandering downstairs, he closed the window and returned to his seat.

He lowered his voice and said, "Although my paintings are always a long time, they are far away. If you want to quench your near thirst, you have to do it."

Guo Jing, Liu Wuji and Fu Monk in the room all had a rapid heartbeat when they heard this. No matter how expensive Wu Haogu’s own paintings are, what does it have to do with them? But if Wu Haogu wants to fake paintings... it will take three heroes to help. After all, there will be fakes after making fakes. It is difficult for Wu Haogu to take into account both of them.

"Dalang," asked Guo Jing, the oldest in the room, "whose painting do you want to make?"

"Drawing the Saint's Painting."

"Wu Daozi's painting?"

Guo Jing, Liu Wuji and Fu Monk couldn't help but look at each other, and they were all secretly shocked. They originally thought that Wu Dalang would copy several paintings of the Huang family's wealthy man and sell them for money.

The Huang family’s Fugui is a standard courtyard painting, with a large market, and the Wuhao Gu family also has two original works. With the original works, it is easier to copy and copy. With the Wuhao Gu skills, you should be able to make seven or eight "real" paintings.

"Dalang, do you have the original in your hands?" Liu Wuji suddenly remembered something.

The fraud of calligraphy and painting is divided into four categories: "adding and changing names", "separating and packaging", "copying" and "imitation".

Among them, "adding and changing the name" refers to making trouble in the original calligraphy and painting works, such as changing "no name" (no name) to "famous" (named as famous) or changing "no name" (not famous) to "famous" (famous artist).

"Split and partition" means dividing the original painting into several segments and piecing it into several independent works.

When copying, you use the technique of "copying" or "copying", and then make it old and add a famous postscript. Sometimes you have to add an inscription - the text written in front of books, inscriptions, calligraphy and paintings, etc. is called "instructions"; the one written in the back is called "instructions", which is generally called "instructions". Instructions are also divided into three categories: the author's inscriptions, the inscriptions of people, and the inscriptions of later generations. Inscriptions and inscriptions are the basis for identifying the authenticity of calligraphy and painting.

The three types of forgery techniques such as name change, "split and package" and "copying" are indispensable.

Only "imitation" does not require the original, because "imitation" is actually a creation, using the brushwork and style of famous artists to create a new work, then make it old, add famous patterns and inscriptions, and turn it into an ancient painting.

Among these four major categories of fake calligraphy and painting methods, the most difficult one is undoubtedly "imitation".

"No original," Wu Dalang's answer surprised Guo Jing again, Liu Wuji and Monk Fu, "I plan to imitate Wu Daozi's original works!"

"What a bottom!"

"Imitation of the Painting Saint?"

"Dalang, are you serious?"

"Yes, imitate the portraits of the saints."

Guo Jing, Liu Wuji and Monk Fu exclaimed in unison. Although the "Border Painting Tower" displayed by Wu Dalang already has the style of a master, Wu Daozi is good at character, and he is good at character of Buddhism and Taoism.

"Dalang, you really can draw people?" Guo Jing asked with some doubts.

Characters are also a key point in ancient Chinese painting. Among the so-called "thirteen painting subjects", there are four subjects, including Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, Jade Emperors and Kings, Vajra Ghosts and Gods, and Patriarchs, and Patriarchs in the past. However, there are not many painters who are truly good at characters. From the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty to the present, there are only a few great masters such as Zhao Guangfu, Wu Zongyuan, Wang Shi, Li Gonglin, and Li Tang.

Wu Daozi of the Tang Dynasty painted a figure painting with a hand in white, which was almost an insurmountable peak! Wu Daolang's great-grandfather Wu Zongyuan imitated Wu's family-like drawing that Wu Daozi had only been practicing for decades, and he might not necessarily imitate the figures of the painting saint, let alone Wu Daolang, who is still very skilled?

"I'm not hiding it from my third brother," Wu Dalang laughed, "What is so handsome is to draw portraits!"

Wu Haogu studied oil painting in another art academy, and he also followed the masters of super-realistic oil painting to practice hyper-realistic oil painting, while human body painting is one of the key points of oil painting.

Although Wu Haogu, who was another generation, did not go too far on the road of oil painting for some reason, but instead changed his career to become an original painter, his foundation in human body painting was very solid.

If you want to compare "realistic", that is, you can draw it like a picture, even Wu Daozi is not as good as the hyperrealistic style of later generations.

In addition, Wu Dalang has worked hard in his life to learn the white painting originating from Wu Daozi, which is a unique skill passed down by their Wu family. Before Wu Dalang was replaced, he already had the five successful powers of Wu Zongyuan. Now he has combined his two-year painting skills. In terms of white painting, he is no less weak than Wu Daozi and Wu Zongyuan—well, it is not a portrait, but a human body.

The clothes of the characters painted by Wu Daozi are like being blown by the wind, and have the momentum of dancing in the wind, so they are known as "Wu Daoqi is the wind". Wu Haogu is still incompetent in this regard, but if he wants to strip the model's clothes and draw the human body, Wu Daozi will definitely not be as good as Wu Haogu...

"Don't believe it, right?" Wu Haoguwang smiled with a puzzled expression on his face, "Then I'll draw a piece of paper for the three to appreciate it."

"But what are you drawing?" Wu Haogu looked at the young monk with beautiful eyebrows in the room and said, "Why would you like to draw a monk Fu first and take a look!"

Monk Fu was stunned, "Draw me?"

"Yes, take off the monk's robe quickly, some family wants a photo!"

The monk was shocked, "Ah, you still have to take off your clothes?"

Wu Haogu nodded seriously, "No need to take off all your clothes, just take off your monk's robe."
Chapter completed!
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