The word sketching comes from a famous saying by Teng Changyou during the Five Dynasties period, "I am good at painting but no teacher, but only write about creatures", which means to directly describe the object, including "landscape sketching", "still life sketching" and "portrait sketching" and other categories based on different objects depicted.

Since ancient times, Chinese painters have said that "learning from nature", but they often just enjoy the famous mountains and rivers, and then write based on memory after returning home. However, the sketching arranged by Hu Jinquan for Li Yi and the others is different. He asked the two to take out the finished product directly in front of the natural mountains, rivers and trees.

The previous Young Painters are generally divided into three stages, the first stage is registration.

The registration time is often as long as one and a half months. When the painters who are interested in participating in the competition register, they also have to attach two of their own works. Then, the competition jury will finally select 120 people to enter the next stage of the competition based on the level of the work.

The second stage is live painting. Although this is not the most difficult, it is the most critical stage.

At this stage, the competition does not limit the subject matter. Painters can choose the subject matter they are best at based on the materials they collect on weekdays, and then participate in the corresponding classification evaluation. The competition time of this stage is 12 hours.

The third stage afterwards is to designate physical sketching. The competition at this stage is the most difficult, but the results are not included in the award evaluation. Only when the number of people in the corresponding winning levels exceeds the number of people, will the works at this stage be distinguished.

For example, there are only two first prizes in each category. If there are three works with little difference in levels, then the one with the worst sketching work in the final stage will be demoted to the second prize.

Similarly, second and third prizes will be evaluated according to this rule, but judging from the previous awards, there is almost no need to use this rule.

Because not to mention the first prize, even the second and third prizes are often not fully assessed.

It is precisely because of this strict and fair awarding mechanism that the Young Painters Competition was held for a total of 17 sessions, which lasted for 34 years. Not only did it not decline, but the participants were becoming more and more popular.

The final result also proves the authority of this competition, because the probability of those painters who won first prizes or even second or third prizes in the past are indeed far higher than other similar competitions.

It is precisely because of this virtuous cycle that many people regard it as a shortcut to becoming famous. More and more experts sign up for the competition, which directly led to the failure of Li Yi's other senior brothers and sisters. Their best results at that time were just an excellent award, and among the 120 people who were able to participate in the second stage of the competition, except for the first, second and third prizes, the rest were excellent awards!

"In recent years, many people have called for the cancellation of the third stage competition. They believe that since it has nothing to do with the evaluation of the final award, this stage is a waste of everyone's time. In fact, it is not the case, because the people who say these words don't know the purpose of setting up the third stage competition at all!"

Zhong Qi blinked, thought for a while, and asked in a low voice:

"Teacher Hu, I heard that some people have been preparing for many years to participate in the competition, and even practiced a painting for more than ten years. Is this a situation?"

Hu Jinquan nodded and smiled:

"Yes, there will never be a shortage of people who want to speculate in this world, so I said that the third stage is very important, because the works at that stage can not only show the true level of a player, but also show his future potential."

"But……"

"I know what you want to say, but you have to understand that the judges in the competition are all human beings, and they also have relatives, friends, children, nephews and juniors. Many times, some relationships are not so easy to push back."

"So many years ago, everyone had a tacit understanding. If you want to win the prize, it is impossible for us to let it go, but you can truly achieve the level of winning the prize in some way. Otherwise, you think that my master and you are really so poor in your eyes, and you can't even win a third prize in the apprentice?"

"But Teacher Hu, you even though you knew this was the case, Li Yi and I still wanted to win the first prize. Isn't this obviously a cheating person?"

Hu Jinquan shook his head with a smile.

"First of all, people who can use that method generally won't win the first prize. If they can really get it, it proves that their talent is also very powerful. Although some people would rather ruin this talent than win the prize for fame and fortune, it's only a few after all."

"Second, after so many years, everyone has seen clearly who are making fakes and who are truly cultivating the next generation, so the rules of this session will change."

"Oh? How did you change?"

Zhong Qi's eyes couldn't help but lit up, and he remembered a possibility.

"Add to the second and third stage competition works, and the results of the third stage works are also included in the total score!"

“Add entries? How much does it increase?”

"Two paintings were drawn in both stages, and each of them accounted for 25%!"

"In the past, there are four paintings. This is a bit too cruel, right?"

Zhong Qi gasped.

"Renior? Haha, those people regard everyone as fools, and have done more and more over the years. This time, they will really hurt once!"

Hu Jinquan glanced at the two of them and raised the corners of his mouth.

"Or how could your master and I set such high goals for you two? Do you really think we are driving the ducks to put them on the shelves?"

Li Yi and Zhong Qi wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads at the same time, and nodded.

Hu Jinquan smiled coldly,

"I have explained the situation to you clearly. If you can't win the first prize, you two will do it yourself!"

The place where Hu Jinquan chose to sketch for them was a famous leisure and tourist destination near Yanjing, Shidu.

Shidu Scenic Area is a tributary of the Daqing River, the Juma River, which is formed by cutting the northern end of the Taihang Mountains. The total distance is about 20 kilometers. Since there are a total of ten ferry crossings across the Juma River in history, it is named "Shidu".

In addition, Shidu Scenic Area is the only large-scale karst landform in northern China. Karst, karst, is a geological effect that water performs chemical dissolution on soluble rocks (carbonate rock, gypsum, rock salt, etc.) with mechanical effects supplemented by flowing water erosion, latent erosion and collapse, as well as the phenomena generated by these effects, also called karst landforms.

The karst landform of Shidu belongs to the surface karst form. Its mountain is the highest, steepest and most typical karst landform Karst Peak Forest Grand Canyon in the northern section of the Taihang Mountains.

The peak clump is a stone peak connected to the base of the base, and the peak forest is further dissolved and evolved from the peak clump to the depth. There is also a kind of lonely peak, which is an isolated limestone peak in the karst area.

From the Shimen Shishui River at Yidu to the Buddha's appearance in Longyan at Shidu, plus the later addition of the eight attractions of Eleven to Shibadu, the beautiful and magnificent scenery corridor stretches for nearly a hundred miles, so this section of the road is also called Baili Gallery.

The Juma River flowing through Shidu is the only Qingshui River in North China that is not polluted. Therefore, Shidu is also known as the Little Guilin in the North.

Hongchen drove off the expressway from the Liuli River exit, drove for about half an hour, and then began to truly enter the Shidu Scenic Area.

Soon, the car drove past the second ferry, and suddenly a continuous high cliff appeared on Li Yi's left hand. This cliff seemed to have been carefully cut and modified with a giant axe. It was facing their side, as flat as an erect plane!

Looking at the clear stream that was flowing under the cliff, which was only a few meters wide, and then looking at the mountains on the far side of the right, Li Yi's eyes showed an incredible look. Could it be that these places that are several miles wide were once rivers?

"In ancient times, there should be rivers, otherwise the cliffs would not have been washed like this. However, although this scenery is shocking, it is not easy to express... Teacher Hu, how many times will we go to sketch?"

"Sandu, and this time, Li Yi's task is to draw these cliffs. As for you, there is a lotus pond in our residence later, so you can use fine brushwork to draw lotus for me. This time, each person handed me two works, the time is 48 hours. If the requirements are not met, after you go back, you will increase the basic exercises every day by 5 hours!"

Upon hearing this, Zhong Qi rolled his eyes. It was already 10 hours now, and the real 10 hours of eating and rest time was deducted. If you add another 5 hours, you may not even have time to sleep.

However, he was not worried about it, because the theme of lotus is too common. Anyone who learns fine writing has worked hard, but Li Yi is probably in trouble this time.

The cliff, like a knife and an axe, stands tall and towering for several miles, looks very shocking. However, no matter how shocking it is, it is difficult to draw it because these cliffs are almost exactly the same, and there is often not even a single grass on the cliffs. This lacks changes and other scenery that can be integrated into elements, which is the most difficult to deal with.

"When I heard you asked you to draw lotus flowers, I thought I was fine? Haha, the requirement for you this time is to draw new ideas, but what the new ideas are, it doesn't matter what you say, it's up to your master and me to decide."

Zhong Qi was worried for Li Yi, but unexpectedly, Hu Jinquan suddenly poured his head and poured it down, and his heart became cold in an instant. Since you said that, does that mean that no matter how good I paint, success or failure is only between you?

"Actually, you have another choice. The resort we chose this time should have two flowers: gardenia and pomegranate. You can draw one of them the same. As long as the drawing is not too bad, I will let you pass the test."
Chapter completed!