It took about a month and a half to prepare. During this period, Fang Yi frequently went to Suzhou to observe the light of the church and draw some sketches. There were more than 70 sketches alone, but these sketches were not realistic.
It's closer to a sketch, mainly recording the light in the church or the general ideas that pop up in Fang Yi's mind.
The temperature outside has dropped to around freezing. Fang Yi is sitting in the warm studio, flipping through the information that Kath helped bring back from the UK, including clothing and photos of Western faces. The enthusiastic Kath helped
Fang Yi came back with more than ten books in a confident mood.
On one wall of the studio are three large wooden boards for painting. These wooden boards are surrounded by complex European patterns, and the patterns are even painted with gold powder. The three wooden boards in the frame have been pressed against Fang Yi's
I asked for rework once. The wooden boards that were shipped last time were still damp and there was no way to use them.
Now, in addition to applying a layer of base material on the wooden boards, Fang Yi also covered it with a layer of fine cotton cloth, and then applied several layers of thin base material, making the three wooden boards look quite white. The three boards
There is a shelf in front of it. It is more than three meters high and cannot be reached by Fang Yi. It is a must after playing.
Sitting on the chair, Fang Yi stretched out his hand to hold a thick book of people's faces. He did not carefully flip through the pages one by one. He casually bent the pages, and then slid his fingers from the side one by one. The faces of the people on the pages were like a slide show.
A picture appeared in front of Fang Yi's eyes.
After quickly flipping through it once, Fang Yi then flipped it over a dozen times.
"Fang Yi! Are you reading or turning over the book? Can you see faces clearly at such a fast speed?" Zheng Yuan couldn't help it anymore and asked Fang Yi.
The temperature outside is so low now. It is impossible for Zheng Yuan to practice piano outside, so he can only choose a place with air conditioning. Of course, Fang Yi has air conditioning at home, but the studio is available all day long, and Zheng Yuan has not thought about continuing.
It was a waste of money to open a living room, so I went to the studio to practice piano. The two of them chatted for a while during the break, but most of the time they were doing their own things.
Fang Yi did not look at Zheng Yuan, and continued to fiddle with the book in his hand and explained: "I want to look at some common things, and I can handle some details myself! I don't know how to put whose face in the book onto my picture.
Comfortable! I can only find some commonalities! In fact, the main reason is that I am afraid that others will file a lawsuit with me!"
Zheng Yuan put down the bow in his hand slightly and asked Fang Yi: "Has Wang Hongqi's lawsuit started in court?".
The model who wanted money finally took Wang Hongqi to court for infringement of her portrait rights after her entanglement went nowhere.
"How can it be so fast? You have to collect evidence and so on, and then mediate privately, and the court can officially open next month!" Fang Yi replied without raising his head and continued to flip through his book.
"Wang Hongqi should be able to win this time! I think the people in the village reacted very fiercely," Zheng Yuan asked.
In the past, I had only heard that such a thing happened in other places. When a painter became famous, the model jumped out and wanted a piece of the pie. Now this thing happened around me. Of course, the painters in the village reacted strongly. Every model did this and that.
He also painted a shitty human body, a painting that condensed his own efforts.
In the end, not only did all the money go to the model, but I also paid for it myself! It would be better if everyone painted landscapes, at least trees and rocks could not ask for portrait rights. Not only the young painters expressed their opinions,
Zhang Chenglin, Liu Yuchan and Fang Yi's teacher Liu Hongshuo all expressed their opinions.
Fang Yi shook his head and said: "Wang Hongqi can't win. It's just a matter of paying some money for the trial. It won't be too much this time, maybe twenty or thirty thousand! And this painting is not allowed to be displayed publicly or anything like that!".
Although Fang Yi didn't ask his uncle to help him say hello, he still asked his aunt to ask acquaintances. Now this result is the best result without the support of legal provisions.
"This model is too immoral," Zheng Yuan opened his mouth and said, "The Wang Hongqi family was just living a little better, and this happened!".
After hearing this, Fang Yi looked up at Zheng Yuan and smiled: "Twenty or thirty thousand yuan now is not too difficult for Wang Hongqi! Lu Qikun likes his current painting style very much, and will soon lead him to do a national double
Exhibition, this time at least one of his paintings can fetch 20,000 to 30,000 yuan!”
"Do you think that woman will appeal?"
"She has appealed, and the province's supplementary provisions will come out soon! Let her appeal," Fang Yi said casually.
Zheng Yuan nodded, regardless of whether Fang Yi saw it or not, and turned his eyes to the piano score and started practicing. Fang Yi listened to the music played by the cello while flipping through his picture album. The next more than an hour and two
People don't say a word, they read books and practice piano.
After dinner in the afternoon, Fang Yi was about to start painting his first stroke. Standing in front of a three-meter-high wooden board, Fang Yi stretched out his hand and touched the base, muttering to himself.
: It’s completely dry! Then I squeezed the paint onto the palette, dipped it in blue with a paintbrush, and wrote the dragon and phoenix dancing Fang Yi on the lower right corner of the three wooden boards, plus the date, and then I started to mix brown and yellow.
Color is drafted on the first wooden board.
The draft is very simple. It just fixes the general position of the characters. As for the background of the characters, it is not sketched on the picture at all. Fang Yi has not thought of arranging the background yet, let alone the outline. Fang Yi is going to improvise these things.
Give full play to what you draw, learn from your idol Comrade Titian, and paint whatever comes to mind. Only with this casual state of mind can you paint that kind of flowing and natural scenery.
The three drafts on the wooden board together marked the beginning of Fang Yi's formal painting. Fang Yi would not take another look at the drafts he had sketched before, but directly put them away, because he was already familiar with those things.
, if I continue to watch it every day, Fang Yi is afraid that it will affect his improvisation.
As soon as Fang Yi devoted himself to painting, the time he took to go out with round heads and flat heads obviously decreased, from five or six times a day to three times, three times in the morning, noon and after dinner. Although there was no
Some time ago, I was so focused on it like a madman, barely eating or drinking. However, my concentration has not weakened at all.
But now Fang Yi knows how to eat on time. Sometimes when he is too excited, he will stop painting, close his eyes carefully and listen to the soft music of the cello, or play with the round head and the flat head for a while.
If Zheng Yuan also took a rest, the two of them would have chatted for a minute or two.
In the current studio, Fang Yi is standing under the shelf painting, while Zheng Yuan is practicing her piano, or listening to English tapes or something. Both of them are very quiet. Sometimes they don't say a word for three or four hours.
Words. The two of them are busy with their own things and are in peace with each other!
Fang Yi can eat on time, but he can't cook on time! Most of the three meals a day fall on Zheng Yuan.
Putting down the paintbrush in his hand, Fang Yi walked towards the kitchen. As soon as he entered the kitchen, he praised Zheng Yuan: "Today's food is good!". After saying that, he took the bowl and started to serve the rice, and handed the first bowl to Zheng Yuan.
Zheng Yuan gave herself the second bowl. Usually there are only two of us when we eat, and there is no need to go to the restaurant. The two of us can just deal with it on the kitchen counter!
Zheng Yuan stood by the operating table holding a bowl in her hand, watching Fang Yi put the vegetables into the bowl, then put her mouth to the edge of the bowl and took two big bites, chewed a few times and swallowed it. She asked: "
They’re all vegetarian! It’s not that I don’t want to cook them, it’s because there’s no meat! Is this a good dish?”
Fang Yi glanced at Zheng Yuan and said with a smile: "I am not qualified to ask for so much as a non-cooker. I will be satisfied if I have hot food in my mouth!" After that, he continued to eat with fragrant green vegetables. After eating a few
He smiled at Zheng Yuan: "Thank you these days!"
Zheng Yuan heard this and said: "It's nothing, I paid the rent! But you should really take some time in the afternoon to buy some things! If I hadn't been able to drive, I would have gone by myself!".
"What day is it today?" Fang Yi raised his head and asked.
"Thursday!".
After hearing this, Fang Yi asked while eating: "Can the things at home be carried until Saturday?".
"I'm not going to call your mother again and ask her to deliver groceries!" Zheng Yuan said, "She is already busy with your new house, and she has to deliver groceries to you. I'm sorry for you. You're such a big person!
Forget it! I’ll take a taxi to the supermarket in the afternoon!”.
"You bought a lot!" said Fang Yi, who lived here from Zheng Yuan. Zheng Yuan bought most of the vegetables from the small market at the entrance of the village. It was said to be a small market but the nearby villagers voluntarily ate their own food.
The vegetables are sold here, and they are not only reasonably priced but also fresh.
Fang Yi thought for a moment and said, "I'd better drive there!" It's better to drive there by taking a minibus or a tricycle from the entrance of the village.
After finishing the meal, he could no longer enter the studio. Fang Yi simply took over the dishwashing work and washed all the dishes and chopsticks. Then he drove his small jeep to Zheng Yuan for a few minutes.
Went to a large warehouse supermarket on the outskirts of the city to do some shopping.
What Fang Yi wanted was very simple. After pushing the cart, he went straight to the meat. Then he put the small half of the pig's hind legs in the cart, got some beef, and prepared a few chickens.
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"Close the team!" Fang Yi looked at the things in the car and turned to Zheng Yuan and said.
Zheng Yuan looked at the meat of this car and said: "What's wrong with the team? There are still some things to buy!" After saying that, he waved to Fang Yi and motioned for Fang Yi to push the car and follow him.
Although Zheng Yuan's movements were much faster compared to Fang Yi's mother, she couldn't bear to buy so many things. After a while, Fang Yi felt a little bored. While waiting for Zheng Yuan to take things from the shelves,
He leaned his elbows on the armrests of the stroller, yawned and asked, "Are you ready? It'll be almost done!".
"Why are you urging me?" Zheng Yuan compared the two bottles in his hands, and Fang Yi replied without even looking at them.
At this time, an aunt pushing a cart happened to pass by the two of them. She looked at Fang Yi and Zheng Yuan and said to Fang Yi: "Young man, you have to be patient when you go shopping with your wife!" Then she said to Zheng Yuan.
: "That guy in our family is like this too! Going to the supermarket is like sending him to the execution ground!".
"You are mistaken, we are not a couple!" Fang Yi explained to the aunt.
The aunt smiled and said, "That's it soon!".
Uh! Fang Yi didn't know how to answer, so he could only say: "It's nothing!" After saying that, he closed his mouth.
The aunt pushed the car and walked away. Before she even took a step, Fang Yi heard the aunt muttering: Young people are really free now!