Li Yizhi believes that with his current sketching skills, as long as he has all the colored pencils, his hand-drawn portraits can definitely compete with color photos.
Nowadays, although there are color cameras on the market, black and white photos are still the mainstream, and the cost of taking photos is not low.
Therefore, hand-painted portraits are still very popular.
It doesn't matter if the price is set higher, because there are no shortage of rich people in Kyoto University.
He just wanted to do it, so Li Yizhi went out and bought various tools, including colored pencils, drawing paper, and drawing boards.
With the money matter settled, Li Yizhi became more relaxed mentally.
He was not in a hurry to practice martial arts, but sat down at the desk, picked up the 'On Martial Arts' given by Chen Zhen, and started reading it carefully.
Li Yizhi still understands the principle that haste makes waste.
As a pure newcomer, it is best to understand the key points of various aspects of practice first, so as not to go wrong in practice and hurt the body.
The first half of the 'Treatise on Chinese Martial Arts' was an introduction to various key points of cultivation. Li Yizhi had a photographic memory and could memorize it easily.
He found that Chen Zhen had more or less mentioned the key parts, but it was not detailed. It was not like a complete set of cultivation theory systems in the book.
It can also be seen from this that Huo Yuanjia's cultivation level is indeed very high, at least he is a master of Huajin.
As for the second half, it introduces various domestic martial arts schools and their representative figures.
Generally speaking, domestic martial arts can be divided into five schools: Wudang, Shaolin, Emei, Kunlun and Kongtong.
Under these five major schools, there are hundreds of various boxing styles, all developed on the basis of these five schools.
For example, under the Shaolin School, there are Southern Shaolin, Northern Shaolin, Three Families, and Four Gates. Among them, Tan Kou and Tongbei Quan belong to Northern Shaolin, while Hong Jia Quan and Cai Jia Quan belong to Southern Shaolin.
Another example is the Wudang sect, whether it is Xingyiquan, Tai Chi, or Baguazhang, they all belong to the Wudang sect.
Of course, there are many unique boxing techniques created by strange people, which are unique in their own way, and it is impossible to list them all.
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Early the next morning, Li Yizhi went out.
In the yard, Yoshiko Sawada was washing clothes by the well.
She looked at Li Yizhi, with a smile on her face, and said, "Good morning, brother Yizhi."
"Good morning, Yoshiko!"
Li Yizhi stepped forward, took out the portrait that he had added with colored pencils last night, and said, "Fangzi, this is the painting I gave you. I hope you like it."
Yoshiko Sawada looked at her hand-painted portrait, and her eyes lit up instantly.
She stood up in surprise, wiped her hands quickly on her body, took the drawing paper, and her eyes began to blur.
"The painting is so beautiful. Am I really that beautiful?"
Sawada Yoshiko's face turned red with embarrassment. She secretly raised her head to look at Li Yizhi, but her eyes quickly disappeared, her heart pounding.
Li Yizhi did not notice the change in the girl's mind. After all, in his eyes, the fourteen-year-old Sawada Yoshiko was still just a little girl.
"Nature is so beautiful. When Fangzi grows older, she will be even more beautiful."
To be honest, although Mitsuko Yamada is beautiful, when Yoshiko Sawada grows older, I am afraid she will really be inferior.
Li Yizhi smiled slightly, waved his hand and said: "Okay, Fangzi, I'm going to school, goodbye."
"Goodbye, brother Yizhi!"
Sawada Yoshiko watched Li Yizhi go away and looked at the portrait again.
Suddenly she thought of something, and quickly and carefully rolled up the drawing paper, then ran to her room and hid the drawing.
The landlady shouted loudly from outside the house: "Yangzi, where did you go, you damn girl? Are your clothes still washed?"
"Oh. Mom, I'm in the room and will be out soon."
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Kyoto University.
When they saw Li Yizhi's drawing paper and drawing board, Chen Zhen and Yamada Mitsuko were very curious.
Li Yizhi smiled and said calmly: "I'm short of money recently, so I thought about hand-painting portraits for people, hoping to make some money."
Yamada Mitsuko praised in surprise: "I didn't expect you to be good at painting. You must draw one for me after school."
"Yizhi, since you have the confidence to make money by painting for others, your painting skills must be not low. I would also like to pay my respects when the time comes." Chen Zhen also nodded and said:
Li Yizhi shook his head and said: "Let's just pay homage. I have no choice but to do it. The current situation is turbulent and it is really hard to find a job outside. Guangzi, I will draw you a painting for free after school, which can be regarded as advertising for me!"
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"Okay, I know many of my classmates." Mitsuko Yamada readily agreed.
The three of them chatted for a while, and then the school bell rang.
There are many classes today, and school doesn’t end until 3:30 in the afternoon.
After school, Li Yizhi walked to the playground with his schoolbag and drawing board and paper, followed by Chen Zhen and Mitsuko Yamada.
Infiltrated by **** ideas, martial arts practice is very popular in Kyoto University today.
Many people were running, practicing martial arts, or even sparring on the playground, and there was a lot of shouting and shouting.
After finding a relatively quiet place, Li Yizhi took the drawing board and began to draw.
Mitsuko Yamada was sitting on the stone opposite. She looked at Chen Zhen behind Li Yizhi with a sweet smile on her face.
rustle!
The pencil rubs rapidly on the drawing paper.
Li Yizhi's brushstrokes were astonishing. In less than ten minutes, Yamada Mitsuko's overall sketch appeared on the drawing paper, which made Chen Zhen, who was standing behind him, unable to help but marvel.
After that, Li Yizhi began to use colored pencils to supplement the sketch.
As time passed, many people, both men and women, had gathered behind him, forming a large circle.
These are all students from Kyoto University. They can't help but marvel at the increasingly realistic portraits. This is simply a magical skill.
After more than twenty minutes, the hand-painted image was finally completed.
"Oh my God, this person is so awesome. This portrait is exactly the same as the real person. The photos are just like that."
"Awesome, really awesome. It would be great if he could draw one for me."
"This is definitely a master-level painting skill. I'm afraid the entire world can count on one hand the number of people who can do this."
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Listening to the exclamations of the people around her, Yamada Mitsuko couldn't wait to run over. She looked at herself on the drawing paper and was stunned. She covered her mouth with her little hand.
I saw myself in the painting, sitting on a stone, with eyes full of autumn waves and a slight smile on the corner of my mouth. It seemed that laughter was about to be uploaded from the painting paper. It was full of charm. This was far beyond the comparison of photos.
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She had guessed that Li Yizhi's painting level would be very high, but she never expected that it would reach this level.
Coming from a noble family, she is also good at painting, so she knows that this kind of painting skill is a master-level painting skill.
Li Yizhi took the drawing paper off the drawing board, handed it to Yamada Mitsuko, and said: "Mitsuko, this is for you."
"Thank you Yizhi, your painting skills are really great." Mitsuko Yamada took the drawing paper and said excitedly.
Li Yizhi smiled slightly, looked up at the people around him, and said loudly: "Students, do you want a portrait? Each one costs five yen."
Don't think that five yen is very cheap. In fact, the yen in this era is still very strong.
According to the current exchange rate, two yen can be exchanged for three silver dollars.
Three silver dollars is almost the monthly salary of an ordinary worker in a domestic factory.
After exchanging it like this, you can know that the price of five yen is actually not low.
"It's only five yen, I'll do it, I'll do it."
"I want one too, I'll go first."
"Here, here's five yen, I'll go first."
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Many of the students around me have wealthy families.
It was really worth it to be able to get such a master-level painting for only five yen, so many people started to fight for it.
Faced with the chaotic situation, Chen Zhen quickly stood up to maintain order, while Mitsuko Yamada was responsible for collecting money and asking everyone to line up and come one by one.
Looking at the busload of yen in Mitsuko Yamada's hand, Li Yizhi was filled with energy and began to immerse himself in painting.
But he didn't see the two young students outside the crowd. They looked at each other, greed and sneer flashed in their eyes, and then turned around and left quickly.