Shenhao with a learning panel

Chapter 218 Three Days of Retreat
Wu Yuan's hand speed, whether it was typing or doing other things, was unmatched among the women Li Shi knew.

In less than ten seconds, she replied with a text on WeChat: "I'm in Shanghai, I'll go buy a plane ticket right away, and make sure I can appear in front of you, Mr. Li, before dark! (jumping)"

Shanghai City?

Li Shi has been to Shanghai several times, until from Shanghai to Tanzhou, even by plane, if you add the time to go to the airport and wait for the plane, it will take at least three or four hours.

He thought for a while and asked, "I'm not in a hurry here. Are you going to Shanghai for work?"

This time Wu Yuan replied a little slower.

3 minutes passed.

"Well, I'm going to officially open my Hunan cuisine restaurant chain to this international metropolis. This is the third time I've come here to inspect the market."

Immediately afterwards, she sent another screenshot: "Oh, the earliest flight with a ticket will leave after five o'clock in the evening, and it is estimated that it will not arrive until midnight (with a sad face)"

Li Shi pondered for a few seconds, then took his mobile phone and made a call.

Soon, the phone was connected, and Wu Yuan's happy voice came from the other side: "Teacher Li!"

Li Shi asked with a smile, "Why did you get up at seven o'clock?"

Wu Yuan said truthfully: "I had an appointment with an agent today to see the location of the store, and I planned to leave early to see more places."

If it was a text chat, she wouldn't say this.

But now it's a call, since Li Shi asked, she doesn't want to find reasons and excuses to lie to Li Shi, even if the purpose is to hurry back to Tanzhou to see him.

Speaking of which, she has been busy with her career during this time, and she didn't think too much about men and women, but Li Shi's WeChat just now was like a hook, which tickled her body and heart all at once. .

Hearing this, Li Shi talked a little bit about what Li Qiaona was going to do, and then said: "I just want to consult with you about the business experience in this area. There is really no rush. You should do business first. When you come back from Shanghai, we will discuss the matter again." meet and say."

Wu Yuan thought about it, and felt that with her professionalism and perseverance, she should be able to survive for two more days, so she said, "Okay, listen to Teacher Li."

We chatted for a few more words and hung up the phone.

Li Shi came to the desk, put down his mobile phone, and continued to practice sketching by famous artists.

Soon, he entered the state of learning, "forgotten" all the "sequelae", business experience, and women's beauty. He only saw the brush in his hand, stroke by stroke, and felt the artistic world of those painters .

While Li Shi was immersed in his studies, Chen Qiuye, who was far away in Yangcheng, also woke up from her sleep. She closed her eyes lazily, stretched out her hand to touch the side, but didn't feel the smooth skin she imagined, and was stunned for a second. Opening her eyes, she realized that Wang Yuelan should have gotten up early to make breakfast.

She got dressed, and after washing up in the bathroom of the master bedroom, she came to the living room wearing slippers. Seeing that the light in the kitchen was on, she walked over, leaned against the door, and asked in a low voice, "Sister, what do we have for breakfast?"

One night, there was a new change in the address between them.

Wang Yuelan turned her head to look at Chen Qiuye, who was like a fairy in her eyes, and immediately showed a gentle smile on her face: "I steamed two kinds of steamed buns, fresh meat and vegetables, and they are ready. Go and sit down, and I will bring them over."

As soon as Chen Qiuye heard that there were handmade buns to eat, she immediately smiled and walked in. After Wang Yuelan lifted the lid of the pot, after a few seconds, the hot air with the highest temperature dissipated, and she couldn't wait to reach out to get it.

"Be careful, it's still hot."

Wang Yuelan hurriedly stopped her, and after a few more seconds, she tentatively picked up one and handed it back and forth several times, feeling that the temperature was about the same, before handing it to Chen Qiuye.

Chen Qiuye held the big white and tender meat bun with both hands, took a bite hard, and tasted it happily.

The buns made by Wang Yuelan are white, round, thick and fluffy. When you bite into them, they are soft, tender and sweet. Not greasy or greasy, and full of salty fragrance, whether it is taste or taste, it can bring happiness and satisfaction to early risers.

After Chen Qiuye finished eating one quickly, she praised with admiration: "Sister, your buns are so delicious!"

As she said that, she suddenly rolled her eyes: "Let's take a photo and post it in the group, and I'll be greedy for our Shitou!"

After she took a photo with her mobile phone and sent it to the group, she saw that Li Shi hadn't responded for a long time, she pouted, and continued to eat vegetarian steamed buns, while saying: "Shishi should get up, but he may already be studying , He, he just loves learning too much... and he is very talented in all aspects, he is already very talented, and he will get it in the future? Hehe."

The little pride in the words is beyond words.

Wang Yuelan next to him nodded seriously, expressing his agreement.

She poured another glass of fresh milk for Chen Qiuye, and suddenly remembered that Li Shi had given her money before she came yesterday. She had already made plans in her heart, and she talked to Chen Qiuye about it, even including 2 yuan for her private house money.

When Chen Qiuye heard this, she wiped off the remaining bun skin in one gulp, wiped her hands with a paper towel, and then picked up her phone: "Sister, send me that bank account."

Wang Yuelan was a little puzzled, but obediently sent the ICBC account number to Chen Qiuye's WeChat.

Chen Qiuye immediately transferred 20 to it.

Wang Yuelan looked at the SMS reminder on the phone screen, blinked her long eyelashes, and looked at her suspiciously.

Chen Qiuye's face was expressionless, and suddenly his face was cold, like the Frost Fairy in the nine heavens: "Sister, I will mix with me in the future, and I, Chen Qiuye, will be responsible for making money to support you and Li Shitou!"

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Li Shi has been copying five ultra-realistic sketches before he came out of the study state. After seeing the information in the three groups, he sent a (drooling) emoticon package.

Holding the mobile phone, he got up and came to the tea table, drank two cups of tea, thought for a while, and then sent a message to Gao Mei: "Mr. Gao, I hope that I can properly add more learning about coloring in the following courses. "

Sketches are mainly gray and black and white.

But Li Shi doesn't want to be limited within the framework of sketching. Painting is the key reference option for him to hit the first "grandmaster", so he has tried his best to consider it from the perspective of long-term learning.

"Sketch alone, the next learning (proficiency-) is not a big problem, if this is the case, then make some advances."

After a while, Gao Mei replied: "There is a coloring class in the syllabus, but it's okay if you want to learn more about it, I'll focus on it, and let me tell you, I'm almost ready Well, in another three or four days, classes can be resumed at any time, when do you think it is convenient for you?"

Li Shi thought for a while, he was mainly waiting for the exact news from Chen Yao.

After thinking for a while, he typed and replied: "Mr. Gao, let's see when the time comes. I will return to Zhaoyang to resume classes as soon as possible."

Gao Mei: "(ok) Feel free to contact me if you have any questions."

Li Shi: "Okay, thank you, Teacher Gao."

Putting down his phone, Li Shi took out a new notebook from the drawer, turned to the first blank page, picked up a pen, and wrote seriously on the first line:
"The Choice of the First Master"

Start another line——

First Alternative: Painting.

After finishing writing, he looked at the handwriting on the paper and couldn't help but think. If he finally decided to choose "painting" as the project to hit the master, then how should he become a professional painter first, and then how to innovate, how to Preach like this...

"First of all, I want to make it clear that I want to become a (professional) painter recognized by the learning panel, not a painter called by the society. There is a difference in this."

Some of the painters called by the society can reach the (professional level) level, but some people may not even reach the (proficient level) or even the (proficient level) level.

Real society is very complicated.

Li Shi has been studying painting for so long, and he knows a little about how deep the water is in this industry.In particular, Gao Mei told him a lot of inside stories. For example, whether a painter's paintings are worth money or not, the level of painting is only one aspect, and in many cases, it is not the most important aspect. The key point depends on whether the artist is famous or not.

If there is no fame, no matter how high the level of the painter is, the painting will not be sold.

And if you want to be famous, you have to rely on two types of people: circle bosses and financial backers.

"I only measure my learning level by the requirements of the learning side.

"Innovation and evangelism are indispensable in order to achieve the ultimate (grandmaster), but in today's society, the methods and methods of evangelism have become more diverse than in ancient times."

Li Shi's thoughts diverged, thinking about it for a while, and thinking about that for a while.

"Whether it is choosing painting or other learning items to hit the master, preaching is a must, so this aspect should be planned in advance!"

Thinking of this, he quickly picked up a pen and wrote down these thoughts.

In the next two days, Li Shi narrowed down the scope of his copying and aimed at foreign master sketch painters, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Menzel, Abbrecht, Ingres and so on.

Thanks to this information age, he can easily collect videos and pictures of the works of these Western sketch masters on the Internet.

In the past two days, Li Shi forgot to sleep and eat. He only slept for four or five hours a day, and only spent two or three hours on other things. The remaining sixteen or seventeen hours were all spent copying the works of these masters.

He often copied the same work several times. Among them, the German painter Menzel's picture of a woman resting against a window, he copied it six times!
With his super energy and super fast hand speed, he constantly absorbs nutrition from these masters and enhances his basic skills in sketching.

More than two days is very short for others, but for him, it has gained a lot.

At noon on the third day, Li Shi put down his pen and closed his sketchbook.

"The copying exercise on the hard-pen sketch can come to an end for now. Next is the soft-pen sketch."

He put away sketchbooks, pencils, and other tools and supplies for learning hard pen sketching, and put them in a bookcase beside him. At the same time, he took out the set of traditional Chinese painting tools and put them on the desk. Fold the rice paper, call out the "100 Famous Ancient Line Drawing Paintings" collected by myself on the tablet, and open it.

The first one is the representative work of Zhang Xuan, a painter of the Tang Dynasty, "Pounding and Practice Picture".

This is a genre painting survived from the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Its painting style has quite an influence on later generations. Although it is not as influential as the works of the saint Wu Daozi, such as "The Picture of the King Sending the Son" and "The Scroll of 87 Immortals", it is also It can be said to be a work of "preaching".

Li Shi held the tablet in front of him and carefully observed the twelve women of the Tang Dynasty in the painting. He saw that all of them moved naturally and had vivid details. If you stare at them, you can feel the strong breath of life in the painting.

Looking at it, his eyes traveled through the long river of time, and the characters in the painting seemed to really "live" all of a sudden, and they were pounding, threading, ironing, and sewing in front of him...

After a while, Li Shi came back to his senses and shook his head.

"Hey, such a good treasure left by our ancestors is now in the hands of foreigners. If you want to see the real work, you have to go abroad and go to foreign museums."

Put the tablet on the stand, pick up the pen and dip in the ink, and start copying.

When copying, he didn't care about the colors in the painting, but only copied the lines for the time being, one stroke at a time, controlling the thickness and direction of the lines.

At this time, the effect of practicing hard to control the pen is reflected at this time.

With his current level of brush and ink control, even though it is a soft brush, it only takes three or four times to copy it well.

After all, his basic skills with soft pens are not as good as those with hard pens. After four times of copying, the time has come to more than three o'clock in the afternoon.

Li Shi put down his pen, compared the pictures on the tablet, checked his copied exercises, and thought about where there was room for improvement.

Suddenly, a wonderful idea popped up in his mind - if one day, my copying skills reach the point where no one can tell the difference, then at that time, I can exchange wealth attribute points for an empty white silk from the Tang Dynasty. Then exchange some ink from the Tang Dynasty, and use Tang ink to copy this painting on Tang silk...

Gee.

Li Shi clicked his tongue, stood up, and stretched himself.

"It takes too long to copy a masterpiece of soft pen line drawing. There is no need to retreat. Continue to follow the progress of the study. In your spare time, just squeeze time to practice."

He was thinking about whether to go back to Zhaoyang County and finish the class at the studio first, or to complete the remaining practice of landscape and human body sketching first.

At this time, the phone rang, and when I picked it up, it was Wu Yuan, who was more sensual than Wang Yuelan and had a typical pear-shaped figure.

"Ms. Li, I'm back to Tanzhou!"

Her slightly magnetic voice contained a certain special emotion. Li Shi heard the sound vividly, and her beautiful face with rich expressions immediately appeared in his mind. In an instant, time seemed to be pulled back to the days and nights of the Erhai Sea in Dali.

A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Ms. Wu, where are you now? Let's have dinner together tonight and learn from each other. Tell me about the catering business, and I'll teach you advanced photography techniques."

Wu Yuan hurriedly agreed happily: "Okay, Teacher Li, I will drive over to pick you up now."

She realized that she had overestimated herself. She thought she could survive for a few days with professionalism, but she didn't expect it to be so tortured in the dead of night.

If he hadn't brought enough underwear, it would have been long since it had been raining continuously in Shanghai.

(End of this chapter)