Another evening, Fang Yi parked his car at the door of Charlotte's house, took his three paintings from the car and entered the door.
As soon as he entered the door, Brotto, a second-rate husky, came next to Fang Yi. He picked up Fang Yi's clothes and kept sticking out his tongue enthusiastically.
Putting down the painting in his hand, Fang Yi squatted down and rubbed Blotto's head, happily playing with the husky.
"Yi! Did your visit to several galleries go well today?" Jason, the butler, came over, lifted Fang Yi's painting aside and placed it on the table, smiling at Fang Yi and asking.
Fang Yi stood up with a smile: "It's still the same. I've been to several galleries in the past two days, but none of them are interested!".
After hearing this, Jason kindly said to Fang Yi: "Yi! I think you should choose a smaller gallery. You know that big galleries are always picky, and these people are sometimes difficult to deal with!"
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"Thank you, Jason!" After hearing this, Fang Yi expressed his gratitude to Jason who cared about him. Now Fang Yi works in big galleries. Fang Yi doesn't think it's meaningful in a gallery that is too small, whether it is promotion.
In terms of strength or strength, Fang Yi is not optimistic about these unknown small galleries. They are more like small art dealers than galleries. It is just a small and inconspicuous store. Does it have the strength to open a solo exhibition for itself in the future?
After playing with Blotto for a while, Fang Yi took his painting upstairs, and Blotto also followed Fang Yi and ran back and forth happily.
After dinner in the evening, Fang Yi returned to his room, picked up a pen and painted Impressionism-style works on his canvas. He said that Impressionism is no longer complete, but is more expressionistic.
Son, Fang Yi casually applied the strong colors to the face in front of him without any mixing on the palette.
On the canvas. The trees on the canvas have become distorted. There are a few strange leaves growing on the solid pure white tree trunks. The upper part of the painting is the same distorted sky sunlight, and a red humanoid body is almost s
The shape is twisting and turning. This is the work that Fang Yi is currently creating casually. The joyful colors of the picture are mixed with a little bit of loss.
While waiting for Fang Yi to put down his brush, he felt that the time was almost up. He opened his notebook and started talking to his friends, parents and teachers in China.
There is nothing much to talk about with people like Qu Gu. It’s just about how everyone’s life is. Or what’s new in the circle of friends. Another thing is to look at my two pet dogs.
The dog's head was placed motionless on the edge of the table, looking at Fang Yi on the computer screen.
"Wang Hongqi is currently in a relationship with Kath, and it seems that both of them are rushing to get married!" Wei Jin stretched out his head, pushed Qu Gu's head away, leaned in front of the camera, and told a big news.
"What?" Fang Yi was shocked and asked repeatedly: "Wang Hongqi and Case? It's really unimaginable!" Fang Yi would never have thought that Wang Hongqi and Case could get together. If Case and Lang
Fang Yi is not surprised that Yanguang and even Lu Qikun are together. But when Wang Hongqi, who usually seems to be honest and honest, is together, Fang Yi is a little confused. One is lively and active, the other is calm and may not say a word for a long time.
By the way, can two people like this get together?
"You go ahead!" Tao Yong stretched his head and said to Fang Yi: "I also have a girlfriend." After saying that, he took out a photo and waved to the camera: "How is it? Is it beautiful?".
"It's quite beautiful!" Fang Yi said after taking one look at it.
At this time, Qu Gu's voice came over: "Lu Qikun and Lang Yanguang vacated their house in Mingzhu and bought two adjacent studios in the Painter Village. Now we open a salon once a week!".
Fang Yi smiled and said, "That's a great life!".
"How are you doing there? Have you been fascinated by the enthusiastic Parisian girl? I say you should also find a foreign girl! Chinese girls marry foreigners, and there are fewer Chinese girls than men! Now you have the conditions to be a family.
We must win glory for our country!" Tao Yong looked at Fang Yi and said.
Fang Yi said with a smile: "I know three foreign women so far. One is my landlord, Ms. Charlotte, and the other is her granddaughter. She comes here when she has nothing to do now. The other one is Beroni.
Card!".
"Beronica is a new name! It won't be like the old ones at your landlord's place, right?" Wei Jin opened his mouth and asked when he heard a new foreigner's name coming out of Fang Yi's mouth.
"No! He's probably about the same age as us. It's hard to guess for foreign women at this age, let alone ask. Anyway, they look that old to me!" Fang Yi said.
Wei Jin asked: "How tall are you? Are you 1.7 meters tall? This height is also very important when you find a foreign girl! Don't go abroad and find someone petite and exquisite!".
"I just met a friend. The day after tomorrow, we made an appointment to go to Montmartre to see the footprints of some great masters! We have only met twice in total," Fang Yi said with a smile.
After hearing this, Wei Jin said: "I can follow you to Montmartre after meeting you twice? It seems that I want to go to Europe too!".
"Montmartre is in Paris!" Fang Yi shook his head and said, "You think you're outside of France!".
After chatting with his friends for a while, Fang Yi connected with the teacher.
Chatting with the teacher was not so fun. I reported to the teacher what happened during this period, and then said: "I visited more than ten galleries in a row, and no one was very interested in me!".
"Why do you think of selling paintings?" Liu Hongshuo looked at Fang Yi and asked, "How can hundreds of thousands of euros be used up so quickly?".
Fang Yi heard this and said: "No, I haven't even spent 50,000 euros now. The bulk of it is just to buy a car! Now that I have come to Europe, I want to make a little name for myself.
Not good!".
Liu Hongshuo said: "You are just a nobody in Europe. My fame is not as good as that in Europe. If you want to make a name for yourself, you have to be down-to-earth! You can't be like in China. Don't aim too high when you get to Europe!".
"I'm not too ambitious," Fang Yi said to the teacher, "I was thinking that a thousand euros would be enough!".
Liu Hongshuo at the other end of the video listened to his disciple's words, then looked at his disciple and said earnestly: "Isn't this too ambitious? A person with no reputation at all wants to buy a thousand euros for his work after it arrives at the gallery? Do you think?
Europeans’ money comes from strong winds! Listen to you talking about 600 euros, I’m quite satisfied here!”.
"Teacher! I got 600 euros, which is more than 300 euros! Then after calculating the expenses for paint, varnish, linen and so on, I don't even have enough money for food!" After listening to the teacher's words, Fang
Yi opened his mouth and said with a wry smile.
After hearing this, Liu Hongshuo opened his mouth and asked: "What paint do you use? Tell me what you are using now!".
"I used old Dutch paints. I stopped using Rembrandt after the kid bought it. The canvas is numb from the rain and dew, and all kinds of oils are also good." Fang Yi opened his mouth and said.
After listening to Fang Yi's words, Liu Hongshuo smiled and shook his head: "You are already a master in using materials! Top-notch old Dutch paints! How many unknown artists have painted like you? But you said Rembrandt
It’s been acquired by a Japanese company and it’s fine if you don’t use it. Why not choose France’s Schennelier or Germany’s Monis, which are more affordable?”
"It's not as easy to use as the old Dutch!" Fang Yi said: "Bijing is hand-ground! It's more suitable for my classic style!".
"Then what kind of reaction do you want from the gallery?" Liu Hongshuo stopped worrying about the materials used by his disciples and directly asked Fang Yi some requirements for the gallery.
Fang Yi thought for a moment and said: "I originally thought the price would be higher. If it's lower, it's best to sign a contract with me! Only then can I believe that they are serious about promoting my paintings! If not, just sell my paintings directly."
If the painting is hung in the corner, wouldn't I be doomed?"
"Don't think about the cost first. If someone asks you to try it for a few hundred euros, you should leave the painting to them! After all, they run a gallery, not a welfare institution." Liu Hongshuo could only say this to his disciples
, my precious student has been in Europe for such a long time and has no understanding of the management of European galleries.
"If larger galleries ask you to keep your paintings, they will push them very hard. If your paintings perform well during the promotion, they will then consider signing you as the gallery's contracted artist!
Then you can feel free to leave your paintings to them for operation. Europe attaches great importance to the spirit of contract, and they are much more demanding when signing artists than domestic galleries!
But once you sign the contract, they don't need you to push them, and they usually work hard to build your reputation. You can't think that you have no reputation at all, and people think your paintings are good and they will sign you? It's not acting in a movie, this is
An impossible thing! The bid of more than 600 euros clearly shows that he is very willing to give it a try!" Liu Hongshuo said patiently to his disciple: "You missed an opportunity!".
Then he paused and continued to say to Fang Yi: "Didn't you say you wanted to visit Montmartre? There are many artists there, and some of them also paint well. When you go, check out their prices.
!Don’t hang in the air all day. You have to know that you are in Europe, and your thoughts, aesthetics and country are all different.
It’s a different place! If you want to make a name for yourself there, don’t think about how much your paintings can sell for in the early stage, but think about how to get a gallery to sign you! Then work with the gallery to promote it
For your own works, don’t focus on how much money your works can sell for from the beginning!”.
After listening to what the teacher said, Fang Yi also understood a little bit. Just like what the teacher said, this is Europe, and he is no longer a disciple of Liu Hongshuo, the master of oil painting. Now he and Paris often paint on the roadside.
There is not much difference between artists. They are all unknowns! If you want to make your own name, you have to work hard. (To be continued...)