kvmb Chapter 549
Chapter 549
Street sketching is nothing new; you can see artists like this soliciting customers on the roadside in popular tourist spots. They can also draw quickly, completing a sketch in just over ten minutes.
And it looks pretty good, it's drawn quite realistically.
To the average person, these paintings are very basic, but to professional artists, they fall short in terms of lighting and three-dimensionality.
Of course, these street artists also have their merits; in terms of capturing form, they may surpass many students from professional art academies.
Furthermore, there is a significant difference between formal painting and street sketching. Street artists are doing a job, and their task is to capture the figure's form and speed; the final effect of the painting is definitely not a consideration.
A proper portrait sketch can take anywhere from two or three hours to most of a day. Not to mention making money from it, no tourist has that kind of patience.
Therefore, Lu Qingfeng also uses sketching.
The Spanish girl sat on the folding chair in front of him. Lu Qingfeng sized her up, trying to make out her facial features.
Due to historical reasons, Spain has one of the most complex ethnic compositions, with many people of mixed race, resulting in a wide variety of appearances. Some have black hair and black eyes and resemble Arabs, while others have blond hair and blue eyes and look like Germans.
This young lady appears to be Latina, with dark skin, brown eyes, long curly hair, soft facial features, a relatively large mouth, and a tendency to smile, revealing her neat teeth.
After observing, Lu Qingfeng began to write.
First, use light lines to outline the basic shape and dynamic posture of the head. It's really simple because it's just an oval. Then, mark the midline and the three sections of the face on this basis.
Then use simple lines to determine the position of the facial features, and then use long straight lines to determine the negative space.
Positive and negative space is a very important concept in the field of art. Positive space is usually the visual focus and the main part of the graphic, while negative space is the part surrounding the graphic.
When the two are combined, they form a complete picture.
In sketching, accurate depiction of the positive and negative space of a figure is essential for capturing its dynamics and form precisely.
For example, details such as the forehead, cheekbones, and gaps between facial features need to be drawn using positive and negative space.
Lu Qingfeng moved quickly; half a year of learning had allowed these techniques to become muscle memory.
The nine-tailed fox's talent inheritance has never disappointed him. His skillful brushwork has transformed him from a complete novice in painting into a highly skilled elite painter.
The camera captured the pencil moving nimbly across the drawing, creating various lines, and the basic framework formed by large blocks of color was already taking shape.
You can even tell from the details that she looks like a Spanish girl.
Since this is a sketch, the initial coloring stage is skipped, and we go straight to confirming the details of the facial features, starting with the nose.
Because this is the central area, the eyes and mouth rely on it for their shape.
Sketching is about constantly drawing, adjusting the facial features and face shape of a person through pencil drawing.
As the portrait on the drawing became more and more detailed, Li Hu, the on-site director who was squatting behind Lu Qingfeng, noticed something different. He looked at the drawing and then at the Spanish girl opposite him.
This……
When I saw Lu Qingfeng's character design drafts before, I felt that apart from them being quite good-looking, I didn't have any other feelings because they were all based on imagination and had a comic book style.
It was through this figure sketch that he discovered the boy's drawing skills were exceptionally good.
Although they are different art forms, people have a basic sense of aesthetics.
Lu Qingfeng's sketches are not so much about resemblance, but about capturing the spirit of the figures that leap off the page.
If I had to use a single, accurate word, it would be "lifelike".
The Spanish girl isn't particularly beautiful, but her charm lies in her smile that brings joy to others.
Lu Qingfeng also accurately grasped this key point. Even in a still image, one could feel an inner vitality that was hard to describe.
Li Hu thought that it might be the kind of portrait that allows one to imagine the personality of the person even without having seen the portrait in person.
Dynamic beauty in static works.
Lu Qingfeng began the final touches, starting with coloring certain areas.
A touch of red from cheeks to lips, like the finishing touch, brings out the vibrancy of life and the subtle nuances of emotion.
He put down his pen, and the Spanish girl quickly walked over, then uttered a string of Spanish words. He didn't know what they meant, but judging from her expression, she was definitely extremely satisfied.
After putting away the sketches and paying the money, Li Hu went up to interview the young couple and asked them to rate Lu Qingfeng's sketch.
When he returned, he saw that there were guests sitting in front of Lu Qingfeng again, and there were even people queuing up.
The painting already attracted a lot of attention because of the camera, and with Lu Qingfeng as a human spotlight, people gathered around from the beginning. After seeing Lu Qingfeng's portrait, many tourists chose to buy the painting.
After all, the price is really cheap.
Lu Qingfeng suddenly became very busy, as the booked tour group had not yet arrived, which was unexpected by the production team.
Lu Qingfeng was quite happy, because he used to draw from photos, but now he had so many people as models, which helped improve his painting skills.
"What a lovely child."
When I drew the fourth person, it was a mother and daughter, a young Chinese and foreign couple, and a mixed-race baby.
A young white mother held her little girl, who was less than a year old. The girl had big, porcelain-doll-like eyes and soft, fine hair tied in a small bun.
The couple knew Lu Qingfeng and also knew they were filming "Travel with the Wind 2".
"Lu, my whole family likes you very much. We are so happy to meet you here."
Before the portrait was painted, the couple came up to talk to Lu Qingfeng, with the white mother expressing her surprise in broken Chinese.
"Thank you. Are you here for tourism?"
Lu Qingfeng said with a smile.
"Yes, it's a trip combining tourism and visiting relatives. The child's maternal grandmother lives here. Lu, could you take a picture with us?"
"That's what the child's father replied."
"No problem at all."
Lu Qingfeng asked the program staff to take photos using the other person's phone.
At this moment, the baby in the white mother's arms started to fuss. From the moment they met, the little girl had not cried or made a fuss, and her big eyes had been fixed on Lu Qingfeng.
She seemed unwilling at this moment and struggled to break free from her mother's arms.
"what happened?"
The white mother quickly comforted her child.
"How about I carry you?"
The child's father reached out his hand, but the little girl whimpered and refused, instead stretching out her little arms to Lu Qingfeng.
Lu Qingfeng was stunned, and the young couple were also taken aback.
"My baby also likes handsome older brothers."
Realizing what had happened, the white mother covered her mouth and laughed, while the child's father had a subtle expression.
"Could you do me a favor, Lu?"
"of course."
Lu Qingfeng carefully reached out and took the fragrant and soft little dumpling.
In his arms, the baby's limbs were still uncoordinated. She tried to lean back and continue looking at Lu Qingfeng's face.
Lu Qingfeng supported her back with his palm.
"Ready? One, two, three."
As the staff prepared to take photos, Lu Qingfeng turned his face towards the camera.
Haw!
When the shutter clicked, the child's entire face was pressed against his cheek, covered in drool.