Soul Painter

Another month.

Finished copying Degas again.

For the second time, Gao Fan copied Degas's works as a whole, and the time was shortened by more than half. After all, practice makes perfect.

However, in addition to practice makes perfect, he can also produce boredom. Gao Fan now feels sick when he sees Degas. He has mastered every detail of each of Degas's works like the lines of his own palm. I have a great sense of admiration for Anna, because Anna watched him behind his back for fifteen months, and she still wasn't bored?

In this afternoon, after finishing the 150 copies of Degas for the second time, Gao Fan looked at the spring sunshine and shades of greenery outside the studio window, feeling like he was in a different world. He sat in a chair and stared at it for a while, and then asked Anna: "AA, are you not bothered?"

"No worries." Anna replied simply and directly.

"Now I'm going to throw up when I see Degas..." Gao Fan stretched his waist, "But it's finally done~ Sure enough, pushing the three basic items to 100 is a necessary condition to complete the master-level skills~"

"What's done?" Anna didn't understand what Gao Fan was talking about. She looked at the last "Pink and Green Dancer" that Gao Fan copied.

This is Degas's work in 1890, when his skills were at his peak. In Anna Degas's original work, traces of the fusion of the two master techniques of "life" and "contrast" can be seen. The overall style of the work has changed from classicism to impressionism.

In this work, Degas' hesitation and genius can be seen. He painted brilliant modern images, but he was unwilling to give up the artistic style of the old masters. Therefore, the world art history experienced during Degas's time was not a revolution. It is a process of inheritance, innovation and inclusiveness.

Degas's sophistication, manifested so vividly in his final works, was a headache for art historians, and it's why he was eventually called one of the founders of Impressionism, yet neoclassicalists saw him as 'one of their own'.

"Finished my own master craftsmanship!" Gao Fan jumped up, grabbing Anna's shoulders and saying, "Finally done!"

"It's done... what?" Anna frowned and stared at the "Pink and Green Dancer" copied by Gao Fan. She couldn't see any difference between this work and the previous copy by Gao Fan. It was equally perfect and lacking aura. It was a master's work. The limit is also a little less unique from the master.

It's like 0.01 is missing behind the decimal point. With her double genius in mathematics and painting, with her double or even triple master-level skills, and with her knowledge of Gao Fan, Anna can see that, but if it is replaced by any one Connoisseurs will be confused because of this. If Govin then replaced the canvas and oil paint of Degas period, then only Anna in the world may be able to distinguish the authenticity of the painting.

"This painting is 99.99% similar to Degas," said Gao Fan, pointing to his own copy.

"Yes, I can see that it is infinitely close," said Anna, "but it is not Degas after all."

"Why should I be Degas?" Govan asked Anna, "but I can choose between Degas and Degas."

What's the meaning? Anna doesn't understand.

So Gaofan took up the brush again and drew a painting of "Pink and Green Dancers". He painted it very fast, and this picture was completely different, but Anna noticed that the style of Gaofan's painting was still Degas, but it was 15 years old. Degas in the former "School of Dance", when he had not yet embarked on the road of Impressionism, was still a loyal follower of classicism.

If it was Degas in 1875, to paint this "Pink and Green Dancer", which should have been born in 1890, it would be what Gaofan looked like at the moment, exactly the same, 99.99% similarity, except that 0.01 maybe only Ana can see the difference.

"So..." Anna frowned, "The skills you acquired were really just... imitating Degas?"

This technique is to become Degas completely, and even use the technique of Degas in 1875 to paint a work of his in 1890...

Anna is disappointed.

"No, this skill should be called 'focus', because it's not just imitating Degas, but any painter." Gao Fan said, while he looked at the third master-level skill on his system menu, 'focus, 1' /100'.

"Gao, I don't understand very well." Anna was a little confused, "You have acquired a skill, and this skill is that you can imitate any painter of any period to 99.99% similarity, but... What's the point of this?"

"This is the limit of mortals~" Gao Fan smiled, but there was no smile in his expression.

Indeed, this is very ironic. Gao Fan finally raised his three basic skill points to three '100' without the mysterious blessing. With the mysterious help, he has more than 200 points in the three major items. Skill value, this can be said to be a perfect attribute panel for a mortal.

But after a year and a half of copying, I did not acquire Degas's skills, but gained 'focus'.

Seeing the word 'focus' and realizing the purpose of 'focus', Gao Fan realized that, yes, this is the limit of a mortal. The limit given by the **** of art to a mortal is to imitate a genius. How ironic this is .

Anna suddenly understood, she looked at Gao Fan with a wonderful pity in her eyes.

"No no, Anna, don't look at me like that~" Gao Fan waved his hand, his mind is stronger now, because he has figured out where his talent is, and this talent is not like what Anna thought That's useless.

"By the way, after I mastered this skill, I realized the gap between imitation and creation, and I also understood why you worship me." Gao Fan said to Anna.

"That's right, that's right." Anna nodded, "My talent is to imitate, so I worship you as a god."

There was no excitement in Anna's tone, she was expressing a fact, not a compliment.

That's right, Anna has an unparalleled dual perspective of mathematics and painting. This allows her to quickly reach the peak in any painting technique, but she is not pioneering, and she cannot create something that belongs to As for his own skills, Gao Fan once wanted her to be like Lu Guoying, to fly freely and to create her own art kingdom. That is impossible. Anna will always be a follower and imitator.

So when in Provence, when Anna saw the paintings created by Gaofan with mysterious techniques, she would be quickly conquered by Gaofan, and regarded Gaofan as a god.

"But we demons can't all be imitators, right?" Gao Fan said with a smile, "What I want to tell you is that 'focus' can be called a controlling painting technique. When I use it, I feel I can even control the distribution of each oil paint color particle, and through the ultimate control, I can achieve the picture expression that best meets my expectations... So you may still not understand, to sum up, I can refer to a deer as a horse!"

Of course, Anna still didn't understand.

"What if I'm not imitating a master's painting, but a real person or thing?!" Gao Fan reminded Anna.

Anna's eyes lit up at once.

Next, Gao Fan began to use her as a model, using the "focus" technique to create his first masterpiece.