Chapter 247, Works collected by art museums, new techniques

While listening to Wang Zhen's introduction, Jiang Zhe looked through the information of the art museum.

The Smithsonian Museum of Art was first established by a private individual and later turned over to a foundation for operation. In terms of size and popularity, it is not among the top 20 in the United States, but it is among the top 40, which means it has a certain degree of popularity.

Jiang Zhe looked at the information and understood that this must be the special opportunity mentioned by the system. Otherwise, it might take a long time for his works to be collected by an art museum of this level.

He was already excited at the thought of his works being collected and exhibited together with those of the masters.

According to what Wang Zhen said, the price is indeed not high, but this opportunity is very rare.

"I agree with you. It's a good thing that the work is collected by the art museum."

Wang Zhen was also very happy to hear Jiang Zhe agreed: "I will contact him right away. In the future, you can write in your resume that your works are collected by the Smithsonian Art Museum."

After discussing the matter, Jiang Zhe and several classmates returned to school.

Jiang Zhe opened the system and saw on the task page that the reward for the special opportunity had been received.

He was looking forward to the outcome of this matter more and more.

On Thursday, freshman students majoring in oil painting gathered in the class studio again.

Before the class, Teacher Hu just briefly talked about the course content and didn’t say how to prepare the materials. We could only find out after the main teacher started the class.

Everyone just brought notebooks for the class and didn't need to do any preparation before class. They just chatted while waiting.

"Do you know anything about the main teacher?" some students asked.

Where there are people who like to inquire, there are people who are well-informed.

"I heard that this teacher Lu is good at teaching colors and has a very modern sense of painting."

"Ms. Lu is also a good painter, but I heard from senior students that her classes are sometimes difficult to understand."

Hearing that the teacher is good at color, many students have more expectations for the course.

Color class is more interesting than other classes.

Because the knowledge and application of color are very rich, many students still have only a superficial understanding of color even if they enter college through art examinations.

A middle-aged female teacher, dressed simply and with short hair, walked into the studio.

Jiang Zhe looked at Mr. Lu carefully. He had a high nose bridge and bright eyes, but his only shortcoming was that he was a little fat.

Teacher Lu introduced herself and said that she is best at mixed media painting.

After the introduction, she quickly got to the point.

“This color course requires everyone to advance color training and interpret the variation of a wide range of tones during sketching, practice, and creation.”

She started by talking about how to discover, extract and organize tones and blocks of color from the surrounding environment, and continued by talking about reference to colors and how to properly handle the relationship between form and color.

"We need to strengthen our understanding and application of colors. In addition, we need to understand and master a variety of materials." Teacher Lu turned on the projector while speaking and showed the first work.

"Is this painting familiar to everyone?"

The teacher looked at the students.

The students all nodded.

Jiang Zhe has seen this painting, Van Eyck's "Portrait of the Arnolfini Couple". On the left side of the picture is a man wearing a black hat and dark clothes, and the man is holding his wife's hand.

Teacher Lu said: "This is a portrait created by Van Eyck in 1434. It is a world-famous painting with a size of 81.8 cm x 57.9 cm.

Let's not talk about the beauty of the picture for now. I want you to look at a detail. Notice the center line of this painting?"

Switch slides. This time, a partial picture is shown. In the upper part of the picture, there is a chandelier with multiple lamps. A mirror is embedded on the wall below the chandelier. The mirror reflects the backs of the couple and the scene in the room. It is very interesting and is also a technique often used by Western painters.

Jiang Zhe had also seen this technique in Manet's paintings.

Teacher Lu pointed to the space between the chandelier and the mirror and said, "This is a row of signatures."

Because of the projection quality, the signature on the painting is not clear.

Teacher Lu changed a partial picture.

The student finally saw the signature on the wall clearly.

What kind of material do you think is used to create these smooth lines?"

The teacher waited patiently and let the students think.

After waiting for a moment, she continued, "Think back to when you were creating oil paintings, can you use your oil brushes and oil paints to write such a smooth signature with sharp and neat edges?"

Many students shook their heads when they recalled the state they were in when using oil paints.

“By the way, I use oil paint, and even if I dilute it with turpentine, it is still difficult to achieve this state.

This material is neither watercolor nor oil painting, but a technique called tempera."

Teacher Lu looked at the students and said slowly: "Some students have heard of this name.

Tempera painting is a colorant made from egg liquid, linseed oil or other blended oil, and then water.

Teacher Lu saw that the students took notes very seriously, so he said, "Many books call tempera painting egg tempera, which is wrong. The material used to make tempera is not just egg liquid.

Similar to this, the painting technique of mixing multiple materials is called mixed design. Let's look at another one. "

This sample painting is still a familiar work to students. Holbein, a portrait of a woman created in 1536.

"Look, the woman's hat has intricate patterns. Her clothes have lace and patterns.
There are some details in the painting - these contents are difficult to achieve using oil painting materials.

These painters are good at using their own unique paint techniques to complete these works that look very delicate.”

After looking at Holbein's works, let's look at Dürer's work - Portrait of a Man.

“The delicate beard and hair of a man can only be painted with water-based tempera paint.

When we talk about oil painting today, many students know that canvas is stretched on a frame. In addition, there is another kind of oil painting carrier, called wood panel oil painting. There is still a layer of canvas on the surface of the board. "Next, Teacher Lu and the students watched the Italian painter, Giovanni Bellini's portrait of a man, and Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus".

“Today, when we learn to paint, in addition to appreciating it, we also need to know how ancient painters did it.

During their apprenticeship period, they have mastered the preparation, selection and use of various materials.

With these foundations, their creations will be more flexible.”

Mr. Lu’s lectures are not as difficult to understand as they are said to be.

The students listened to the lecture attentively.

Jiang Zhe heard some interesting new knowledge and felt some emotion.

Although he has the help of the system, he is confident that he can become a famous painter. However, the courses in the academy are the result of the wisdom of many teachers, which is also very important. With the strengths of each teacher, students can be exposed to more good works and concepts.

Entering an art college is indeed a wise choice.

"This is the first material we will introduce in our color class this semester - tempera material." Teacher Lu concluded: "This method effectively makes up for the shortcomings of oil painting materials themselves."

(End of this chapter)