Courtyard House: Starting in a Ceramics Factory

Chapter 180 The Art of Painting Miao Girls

At lunchtime in the cafeteria, Li Feng chatted and joked with Wang Liu and others.

In this era, there aren't many forms of entertainment.

Anyway, during breaks, we just gossip about all sorts of things.

However, the most discussed topics are: the factory director is retiring, which deputy factory director will replace Director Wei, or which director or section chief will be promoted.

Li Feng would simply listen to these things without really caring.

After all, these things didn't concern Li Feng much, even if he guessed correctly which deputy factory director got promoted.

That has little to do with me.

At most, during factory-wide meetings, the deputy factory director would sit in the middle instead of Director Wei.

As a painter in the factory, all I need to do is my job.

As for other things, we'll just wait and see.

Moreover, Master Deng also said that we should not get involved in those troublesome things while in the factory.

Li Feng wholeheartedly agreed.

After lunch and a chat, Li Feng parted ways with Wang Liu and the others and began preparing to paint.

Master Deng told himself that this porcelain painting of a Miao girl should be completed within ten days.

Li Feng had no objection to this.

Moreover, Master Deng told Li Feng that the performance fee for this porcelain painting was thirty-five yuan.

Li Feng was a little surprised by the high performance of this porcelain slab, which was about 1.5 meters long, so he decided to finish the painting as soon as possible.

Based on the composition in his mind, Li Feng first determined the colors. After preparing some colors in the morning, Li Feng realized that some colors were still missing, so he started to mix colors.

in the following time.

Li Feng spent two hours adjusting the colors. After adjusting the colors of some important parts, he began printing the image.

This is because Li Feng's ceramic painting skills have improved.

He is now able to quickly draft the images he has conceived in his mind.

Li Feng had mastered the skill of sketching with light ink to perfection.

Because in this ceramics factory, practically none of the apprentices could master this skill.

Even if they did, it was usually because their elders in the family were highly skilled painters and taught them.

After all, it's hard to say how well someone can succeed in this kind of technical job without several years of experience.

In the craft of ceramic painting, if your painting is not good, not only will your master not allow you to have your painting fired.

At that point, they might not even be able to sell them.

Although sales are mostly done through pre-orders now, if your drawing is too bad, people will definitely return it.

Therefore, the first thing an apprentice has to do with the porcelain painting is to pass the master's eye. If the master thinks that what you have painted is not good, then the master will directly ask you to erase it and repaint it.

That's the good thing about overglaze ceramics; if the painting isn't done well, you can just repaint it.

You can wipe it as many times as you like.

As for blue and white porcelain, that won't work.

Because blue and white porcelain is painted directly on a well-prepared blank.

If you only made a mistake in drawing part of it, it's fine; you can just scrape off the lines on the surface with a blade.

If you make a large number of mistakes, or if you make a mistake in one part several times, then the whole thing is basically ruined.

However, if you have a foundation, you can learn blue and white porcelain relatively quickly, and you can also paint it quickly.

Since no other colors are needed, and blue and white porcelain can only have its shadows adjusted, this part is Fenshui.

Li Feng had tried painting blue and white porcelain before.

However, the painting method is completely different from that of glaze painting, so Li Feng has not yet mastered any of the techniques.

However, Li Feng knew that with more practice, he would definitely be able to master it.

However, Li Feng doesn't have the time right now, because he has been busy painting new overglaze colors during this period.

Initially, Li Feng intended to use underglaze blue enamel to paint the porcelain plaque depicting the Miao girl. However, he discovered that this approach wouldn't work.

There's very little that can be expressed, and when I tried to paint this Miao girl using underglaze blue pigments over glaze, I simply couldn't capture that lively, youthful spirit.

Therefore, Li Feng ultimately did not adopt this method.

In the end, Li Feng decided to use the method taught by Master Deng to draw.

That is, you first draw the lines with dark black, and then use red to outline the cheeks and the entire head.

of course!

The best effect is definitely not to use the color to outline the face, but to directly use color and shading to draw the contours of the face.

Most painters use the same outline drawing method as Nishikaku to draw the girl's head.

As for Li Feng, he has already mastered the advanced painting technique of using color to paint directly, so that the transition of the face will appear to blend into the background.

So Li Feng planned to start drawing the head first after he had finished the draft.

Li Feng believes that the first thing to show about a girl's youthful appearance is the look of her face, and that she must draw out that youthful and vibrant feeling.

Once you've achieved that look in your face drawing, you're about halfway there.

What remains is the slenderness of a young girl's figure.

Although some subjects don't need to be drawn this way, sometimes drawing them a little fatter can actually make them feel better.

But Li Feng believes that this painting of a Miao girl must depict her as slender, conveying the vibrant energy of a young girl from afar.

At least Li Feng believes that this feeling is necessary.

最后

By the time Li Feng finished drafting, it was almost 5 p.m.

At this moment, Li Feng held a short-tipped brush dipped in light ink in his hand. Looking at the Miao girl outlined in light ink before him, Li Feng felt that the girl in front of him was Liu Tianxian in her youth, dressed in Miao girl's clothing, gazing at him with a moving look.

Li Feng used light ink to create this effect.

At this moment, a number of people had already gathered around Li Feng.

They looked at the sketch of the Miao girl drawn by Li Feng with light ink and couldn't help but marvel.

"This Miao girl is so beautiful."

"Just like a real person."

"I've never seen anyone so good-looking."

"This girl is really pretty."

"There must be such a person, right?"

At this point, some people couldn't help but ask questions.

After the man finished speaking, Zhang Jiefang nodded in agreement.

"Of course."

"Without this person, how could such a realistic effect be achieved?"