Chapter 203: Painting Examination

The second day was the painting test. The previous classics had eliminated many people. Therefore, there were not many people taking the exam today, only a few hundred people.

Among these hundred people, if they want to select seven or eight outstanding people, they will be qualified to join the palace examination. Therefore, the candidates who can pass the classical examination and enter the painting examination are all full of confidence and gather in front of the Taixue School to prepare for the examination.

Chen Ao came late, and someone said from afar: "He is Chen Ao, the first in the classics and rituals test."

When this sentence came out, countless people were attracted by it, some were envious, some were jealous, some were disdainful, and all had their own characteristics.

Chen Ao had a smile on his face. He slept well yesterday. He woke up today and was in a state of great spirit. Seeing many people waiting for a long time, he felt glad that he was not too late.

A young man came towards him with a paper fan and brought several companions. The young man had a sword-browed eyebrows and starry eyes, and his clothes were gorgeous. He looked at Chen Ao's eyes, and he looked at Chen Ao with a hint of luxuriance, and looked at Chen Ao up and down, and smiled, "Do you dare to ask if Mr. Chen Ao?"

As soon as a person became famous, everyone came to find him. Chen Ao felt distressed and said with a smile on his face: "Dao you ask me about my name in Taigao?"

The young master said arrogantly: "I am Zhao Boqiu, and his reputation is not worth mentioning." Although he was polite, he had a condescending aura in his expression.

Zhao Boyu? Chen Ao hurriedly said, "I admire you for a long time, but I admire you for a long time." This sentence is definitely not a politeness. He has really heard of this person. Not only have he heard of it, but he already knew the name of this person ten years ago. Who has never heard of the name of this father and son?

Zhao Boqin is the second son of Zhao Lingrang, a famous painter in the Song Dynasty, and the companion of Zhao Boju, a famous painter in the family of Zhao Lingrang. They are all top painters who have been famous throughout the ages, especially their attainments in flowers, birds, mountains and rivers, which are even more incomparable.

Awesome, Chen Ao is the first time he has watched a celebrity nearby. However, the image of Zhao Boyu in his mind should be the old man with gray beard. However, standing in front of him was a noble young man with beautiful eyes. The contrast was a little bit big. He couldn't help but think: "Zhao Boyu's painting style is calm and delicate. The person in front of him... doesn't look like it. It's said that the painting is like the person, and the gap is too unexpected."

When Zhao Boqiu heard his words "reverence for a long time", he thought Chen Ao was deliberately joking, and snorted coldly, saying, "Hyit."

Chen Ao is not easy to mess with. Even Zhao Boqiu, who has matured his style, has the strength to fight. What's more, Zhao Boqiu is still a big-hearted child... Well, it seems that he is about the same age as him, so ashamed.

Chen Ao said with a stern face: "What are Brother Zhao's words? It's hypocritical to say that long-term reverence is. So should I say an unknown young man? Brother Zhao is so happy?"

When it comes to bickering, Zhao Boqiu is not his opponent. Zhao Boqiu was speechless for a moment and said with a cold face: "It is said that Brother Chen is going to participate in the painting test, too?"

Chen Aojishou: "That's right."

Zhao Boyu said: "Brother Chen is the first in the classics and rituals exam, that's great. However, this painting test is ranked first. Brother Chen is afraid he will be ranked behind Boyu."

Chen Ao has seen shameless people, but never seen such shameless people. You can learn from this master at least. Look at how reserved I am. Before I took the exam, I shouted that I would be ranked first. I am so thick-skinned that I am unprecedented.

Chen Ao smiled and said, "Oh? Is it?" He looked very calm and desolate, as if he was not interested in Zhao Boyan's self-proclaiming. This guy clearly came to provoke. After all, the young man was too impulsive and could not see others being better than him.

Seeing his appearance, Zhao Boqiu thought Chen Ao would be furious, but he looked indifferent and felt disappointed, saying, "What does Brother Chen mean? Why don't you agree with what I said?"

Chen Ao smiled at this competitive boy: "Then congratulate Mr. Zhao for ranking first in the painting test. Haha, I still have something to do, so I won't accompany you." He said that, and turned around and wanted to leave.

"Let's go." Zhao Boqiu called Chen Ao, and looked at Chen Ao with a look, and said, "I have never seen Brother Chen's painting skills before. I guess he is also excellent. Do you dare to bet with me?"

"Gambling? What are you betting?" Chen Ao smiled slightly.

Zhao Boqiu said, "If anyone loses, he will be the winner as his teacher. If he meets him on the street, he needs to be the disciple's courtesy, what about?" His face was flushed, his blood was pouring, his Adam's apple surged, and his eyes were quite enthusiastic. The young man was full of competitive thoughts, and he thought in his heart that he was thinking that if he defeated Chen Ao, the number one talented man in Bianjing would give him a teacher's courtesy, it would be a glorious thing.

Chen Ao smiled lazyly: "I don't care. You want to compare, I will accompany you to the end." Chen Ao still smiled and then walked away.

The sound of the buzzer sounded, and the candidates entered the venue one after another. Chen Ao was still in the original examination room. The test questions were sent, but there was a line of poems. It was written on it with a fly head: "New makeup should be placed under the red building, and the spring scenery is deep and the sorrow of the courtyard. Walk to the atrium and a few flowers, and the dragonfly flew onto the jade to scratch his head."

This is a Tang poem, written by the poet Liu Yuxi. Chen Ao looked at it briefly. This is a poem about palace grievances, but this palace grievances poem is very different from other similar poems. The poem first appears a young palace maid who is carefully dressed up and has a suitable face. She writes about her series of actions that reveal expectations, and finally becomes a disappointment.

The whole poem is about the word "sorrow". The heroine's behavior is so elegant and decent, so leisurely and comfortable, as if she is immersed in the spring scenery in the garden and is content; but this is not the case.

The poet writes about the beauty of people, makeup, building, courtyard, flowers, dragonflies, and jewelry, but his fate is not good and he is not favored by the king. Therefore, no matter how beautiful the "Seven Beauties" in the previous article is still empty, so the heroine in the poem is about to be worried.

The characteristic of this poem is to use a strong contrast to say that the woman in the palace is superior in terms of her own temperament and material treatment, but she fell out of favor with the king, so she only ended up with a tragic ending of a dragonfly. It is very sad to read it.

The poem is calm and calm in its overall style, but in fact it hides the great sorrow of the lyric heroine. This sorrow of crying without tears but pretending to laugh is the most difficult to write, but Liu Yuxi wrote it so brilliantly and shockingly. It makes people feel regretful when they read it.

After understanding the meaning of the poem, Chen Ao understood that this time, he was afraid that the painting test would be to paint with poetry, and the candidates should use paintbrushes to paint the beauties, distant buildings, pavilions, flowers and birds in the poem. This is second, and the most important thing is to render the sorrow in the poem in the painting.

When the ancients painted, they talked about the word "meaning", which was quite similar to the abstract school in later generations. The important thing was to express emotions, and to emphasize elegance, sorrow, and elegance.

This test question is difficult and easy. The difficult thing is that a person who has no palace life wants to draw a palace painting. Although he has no sorrow, he has to force himself to draw a sadness. He holds his breath and keeps his eyebrows moving, and suddenly becomes extremely solemn. When he picks up his pen, he is not in a hurry to focus on ink, but constantly looks for feelings.

If you talk about landscape attic paintings, Gu Kaizhi is the best, and I don’t know how much sorrow and lingering the picture of the Goddess of Luo River is. Gu Kaizhi’s style lies in the fact that the meaning is in mind first, the painting is full of meaning, the handwriting is meticulous and continuous; his brushwork is like a spring silkworm spinning silk, light and smooth, vigorous and refreshing, and is called “iron wire drawing”; the six methods of modeling and layout are complete, the movement is subtle, and the collar is unpredictable.

Among the great painters in ancient times, Gu Kaizhi and Lu Tanwei, the Southern Song Dynasty and Zhang Sengyou, who were educated by him, were also known as the "Three Masters of the Six Dynasties". People at that time had the reputation of "like the beauty of human beings, Zhang got his flesh, Lu got his bones, and took his spirits, and was ingenious and unmistakable, and Gu was the best."

This means that Gu Kaizhi's paintings are the most vivid, and spirit is the essence of ancient paintings. If you grasp this point, you will be able to establish a sect and become famous all over the world.

Chen Ao took a deep breath, and his wrist finally moved. The tip of his pen was slightly connected with Gu Kaizhi. His handwriting was meticulous and tight, and he first laid out the background, and then began to paint the jade palace. These scenery was actually easy to draw. The scenery was just a prelude and a set-up. The real use of the highlight was the person, the sorrowful but forced smile, the beauty among countless jade palaces and precious flowers.

The dragon, snake, phoenix danced like flying, and in an instant, the scenery was almost painted. Chen Ao took a deep breath, and the brush in his hand suffocated, looking at the palace landscape in the painting, smiling bitterly for a moment. Fortunately, fortunately, he had seen a lot of palace paintings, but he was not stumped by the palace paintings. However, some people were miserable. They were obviously living in the market, but they had to force their palace paintings. Moreover, in this era, it was difficult for a person to get a copy of the palace paintings. This palace was afraid that they would have to teach them to imagine.

Then he thought that this question was cheaper. Zhao Boqin, who was a descendant of the royal family of the Song Dynasty, and his father held an important position, and his title was not small, so it was not difficult to enter and leave the palace. With this feeling of being in the scene, he had more advantages than ordinary people.

He continued to paint, and the pen tip gradually began to become cautious. The center of the whole painting focused on painting people. As long as the person lived, the whole painting would be alive. If the person was light and elegant, the whole painting would be free and easy. If the person was sad, the whole painting would naturally add a bit of bleakness.

When painting women, Chen Ao used Gu Kaizhi's magical technique, and also absorbed the characteristics of Zhang Xuan's painting. Zhang Xuan was a painter in the Tang Dynasty. He was good at painting characters and ladies. He especially liked to use vermilion to stain his ears. He painted babies with childish appearance and lively spirit. He painted aristocratic amusement and life scenes, not only good at the combination of vivid and rhythmic characters, but also able to make flowers, bamboo pavilions, and embellish them with exquisite decorations. Pay attention to the setting and rendering of the atmosphere of the picture by the environment and colors.

Especially Zhang Xuan's work "Changmen Resentment", which is a lady in the palace and his pinnacle.

A painting uses two styles, which is an unprecedented test for Chen Ao. Therefore, he held his breath and raised his pen, and he was careful in every outline, and he would never be negligent in the slightest. After one stroke, he immediately looked at the entire scroll to prevent mistakes and then he would continue to outline.

Half an hour passed, and the lady had not completed it. Chen Ao's forehead was already full of sweat, and sweat was flowing on his cheeks and eyelashes, but she forgot to wipe it for a moment. Her hand soaked in sweat held the pen holder and remained motionless.

Finally, he let out a long sigh and outlined the last stroke. The painting seemed to have taken all his energy. The brush in his hand weighed a thousand pounds. He quickly put it aside, held the desk with both hands, and looked at the painting meticulously, finally letting go of the heart that he raised.

The painting uses Gu Kaizhi's vivid brushwork, and the painting people use Zhang Xuan's rich and gorgeous techniques. If the two are combined well, it will naturally be a masterpiece. However, if there is a mistake, it will be a piece of waste paper.

If this painting is wrong, and you will draw another one again, not only will it be too late to go to time, but your energy will not be enough to support it. So Chen Ao started writing just now, and he was quite interested in gambling. Fortunately, he bet right, and the whole painting looks vivid and colorful, and is definitely a top-quality palace painting.

"I will never use two ways to draw again, and I almost even scared my heart disease." Chen Ao secretly felt fortunate, and was very scared.
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