ps: Today is in a very bad state, just 4,000 words in this chapter, please forgive me.

Li Yi's paintings are a normal ink and water landscape, while the other is a little different. They are a landscape painting between abstract and concrete.

Abstract Chinese painting is still a very controversial category in the current calligraphy and painting world. For most traditional painters, this term is not very recognized. However, the reason why Li Yi used such a work to participate in the competition was a very adventurous choice made by Hu Jinquan and Zhong Haoqing after repeatedly measuring his level.

Because if they don’t find another way, they judged that Li Yi would have a chance to win the third prize less than 30%. As for the second prize and the first prize, it goes without saying that. If he wants to win it stably, it will take at least 3 to 5 years according to his current progress rate.

However, Li Yi has one very big advantage, that is his acceptance and mastery of the new Chinese painting techniques.

Before, whether it was Xuezhou and other Yang whom he imitated or Yuanbaoshan, Hu Jinquan discovered that his apprentice had strong imitation and understanding skills that others could not achieve. Therefore, when he went to Shidu that deliberately guided Li Yi to paint boneless landscapes, it was also a verification of his judgment.

As it turns out, Li Yi's first attempt was very successful even though he had never been exposed to boneless method before, although he did not submit his work in the end because he was not satisfied.

In addition, another important reason that prompted Hu Jinquan to make this choice is that the award evaluation mechanism of the competition.

Because the competition is a national competition, the participating works are not limited to Chinese paintings. That is to say, whether you are oil paintings, watercolor paintings, or other small-scale painting methods, you can participate in the final award.

The organizing committee has an encouragement attitude towards these niche painting methods. Although they have never made it clear in the rules, in fact, every time they compete, they always leave one or two places for these painting methods. As long as those works reach a certain level line, the difficulty of their winning awards should be slightly lower than that of some popular painting methods.

And abstract landscapes belong to this ranks.

Hu Jinquan and his wife asked Li Yi to win the first prize at the beginning, but in fact they just wanted to scare him, but they didn't expect him to achieve any good results.

But when things come, they still want to try it out. Moreover, there is only one abstract landscape among the four works. Even if there is a mistake, it will be no award at most. If it succeeds, then the benefits obtained are really not worth mentioning compared to the risks taken.

Moreover, they have another reason that they have never said it, that is, although Li Yi has crossed the first threshold of Chinese painting with his ink and water, his main development direction has not been determined so far!

It’s not that they don’t want to be sure, but that Li Yi showed great talent in ink, flowers, birds, ink, landscapes, and even color landscapes. From the painting of Yuanbaoshan, Hu Jinquan discovered that he might have made great achievements in abstract landscapes... Now, it’s a little troublesome.

As we all know, everyone like Qi Baishi and Zhang Daqian are all versatile and mastered a variety of techniques, but at the beginning, they were only good at one or two painting methods!

This choice is very important, which theme and style are the main ones.

Because, if you were greedy for more and more at the beginning, the final result would be that you would know everything, but you were not proficient in everything. This would waste Li Yi's peerless talent.

The competition chose the landscape painting subject, and chose to draw one ink and water landscape and color abstract landscape. This is what Hu Jinquan and his wife wanted to see it again in the end, in order to accurately help Li Yi choose a direction.

Li Yi didn't know much about the twists and turns in it.

But after staying in this classroom for a day, he knew that if he still couldn't let go of the messy ideas before the game, his works would probably be at the bottom of these 12 people.

Therefore, he did not draw these two paintings in full according to the steps and styles of practice, but instead added some things that he had thought about but did not show during training.

Specifically speaking of this abstract landscape, Li Yi believes that his painting can be regarded as a cross-border work, with the characteristics of abstraction and color-setting landscapes. The style of the picture is between abstraction and freehand painting, and the color is boldly used the three main colors of blue, white and red, rendering the mountains in a sea of ​​clouds to the extreme majestic.

"This... Brother Li's painting is a bit unique!"

After watching for a long time, Shi Chongxuan finally put on a comment, and the others didn't know how to evaluate his so-called cross-border work.

Li Yi's eyes turned around everyone's faces, he smiled and put away the painting. In such a competition, he could actually draw such experimental works. It would be better to say that he was dizzy and bold than to say that he did not have the awareness of being a calligrapher and painter at all!

It seems that due to the influence of Li Yi's painting, it is also possible that the works of the next few people are relatively ordinary, so everyone looked at them dullly. It was not until Shi Chongxuan took out his works that the atmosphere became more enthusiastic again. These two paintings are indeed comparable to those of Liu Keyi's two works.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the 72-hour competition in the second stage ended. Just when Li Yi and others thought they were finally coming to a breathing opportunity, the organizing committee notified that after lunch, the entire landscape painting department gathered and took a chartered flight to Xiyue Huashan. Tomorrow morning, the third stage competition will start directly on the top of Huashan, and this time the competition will only take 12 hours!

72 hours, I used to draw two works that have been repeated hundreds of times even if they were not crafted. After I really started sketching, the same two works were left with them only 12 hours...

After notifying everyone, everyone's mood suddenly became complicated, especially those who performed well in the second stage and thought they were expected to win the prize, all of them were even gloomy. A few of them were even indignantly prepared to go to the organizing committee to ask for an explanation. As a national competition with a long history, it can be said that it has touched the hearts of countless Chinese calligraphy and painting enthusiasts. How could they perform such a joke in the rules of the competition?

Li Yi didn't know whether these people were going to appeal. He only knew that the atmosphere on the bus heading to the airport was really weird, because almost everyone held a mobile device as soon as they got on the bus, and kept looking through something there, but no one was willing to say something.

"What are they all looking at?"

Seeing Ma Weizhong beside him also took out the Love School, Li Yi couldn't help but feel confused. Although the time for sketching was tight, the place was not even here yet. Even if he was fighting, he didn't know what to compete for.

"All those who paint landscapes have basically gone to Huashan to write their lives. Even if some people have never been there, they have accumulated a lot of materials. So as soon as we knew the location of the competition, we asked someone to pass on all the materials, that is, from the moment the notice was issued, the competition had already begun."

Ma Weizhong glanced at Li Yi with confusion in his eyes.

"Your master hasn't told you about these things in advance?"

Li Yi shook his head a little confused.

"Then you didn't check the Internet by yourself? There is a complete set of strategies on it."

A complete set of strategies? Li Yi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. This time, he really gained some knowledge.

"Actually, these are not the most difficult ones. The most difficult ones are anti-interference. Do you think, how many tourists will Huashan receive in a day? Not to mention too much, only one-tenth of people need to pay attention to us, I guess..."

Ma Weizhong spread his hands together,

"So everyone is trying to look at the materials and strive to be confident. In this way, even if they are affected by some influence, they should be able to survive with relatively sufficient preparation..."

Li Yi wiped his cold sweat again. Why did he feel full of routines?

"Of course, the painter is also a human being, and he is a group of people who are particularly sensitive to fame and fortune. How could he get rid of these things? Okay, let's talk slowly after the competition. Now, I'm going to sharpen my guns in the face of the battle."

Li Yi nodded with a wry smile, took out his phone and searched for a while, but couldn't find any valuable pictures. He simply turned off the phone, leaned on the back of the chair and began to close his eyes and rest.

Soon, the bus drove to the airport. When Li Yi took out his phone again, he suddenly found that he had received an email from his master. He clicked on it and found that it was the Huashan sketch material prepared by the master for him!

Time passed quickly with everyone's busy preparations. At 7 o'clock the next morning, a group of more than 50 people took the Huashan cableway to climb the North Peak. At 8 o'clock, the third phase of the competition officially began.

If the second stage of the competition is a self-selected topic, then the third stage of the sketching is a designated topic. At this stage, Li Yi and his team have to complete two works in total, one is a lonely peak designated by the organizing committee, and the other is a mountain under the sea of ​​clouds in the south, looking out from the top of the North Peak, and the other is a mountain under the sea of ​​clouds in the south.

Because of the materials used in Chinese painting, sketching is quite troublesome. Now they are on the top of Mount Hua, and the wind is relatively strong. While painting, they must always pay attention to the painting tools not being blown away by the wind, so they are a little uncomfortable at the beginning.

Moreover, as time goes by, more and more tourists are coming. Although everyone is protected by the isolation belt pulled out by the organizing committee, the noisy sounds of tourists still penetrate into their minds like magical sounds, which has had a great impact on their paintings.

Looking at the mountains in the distance, Li Yi didn't start writing for a long time because he had never found a feeling. Aside him, there were several painters who were not separated from him in the same classroom as him in the second stage, but they almost lost one or two paintings within an hour. This shows that before his heart completely calmed down, there was no big difference in writing.

After another half an hour, Li Yi stood up and looked at the progress of the dozen people around him, then sat down, picked up a brush, closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then opened his eyes suddenly, and pointed the tip of the pen on the drawing paper in front of him, then flipped his wrist and began to outline.

At noon, the organizing committee did not prepare lunch for everyone, and most painters did not leave time for themselves to eat. Finally, at around 3:00 pm, everyone began to stop writing one after another and completed the third stage of the competition.

At around four o'clock, Li Yi also completed two of his works. He looked at the sky, then looked at the time, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, saying that it was 12 hours of painting, but in fact, it was only less than 10 hours because the sun was about to set.

At 5 o'clock, most painters had stopped writing, and the people in the quarantine circle became sparse. The painters who submitted their works had left one after another, looking for a place to enjoy the sunset. They didn't have to hurry down the mountain today, because the organizing committee had already booked a hotel on the mountain, and they would stay here for one night and would only disband after watching tomorrow's sunrise.

At 5:10, the sun had already landed at the same position as the top of the mountain. The big fireball exuded the last glory of the day, dyeing the clouds in the sky into a magnificent golden color. Then, it slowly disappeared into the distant mountains, and the night quickly descended to the top of the North Mountain.

Feeling the getting lower and lower temperature in the dim light, Li Yi glanced at the few people who were throwing them not far away and insisting on painting, and suddenly a thought arose in his mind: This competition must have a special purpose, otherwise, such arrangement would be too deceptive.

"Let's go, dinner should be about to start. After breakfast, I'll find someone to play cards. This game is really a trap!"

Ma Weizhong walked over from a distance and gently patted Li Yi.

"Those who have not finished drawings will probably complain to the competition organizing committee. Let's see what will be done when you see it."

When the two of them came to the hotel restaurant, they found that most of the dishes on the table had been served, but none of them were waving their chopsticks, but they all looked at the spokesperson of the organizing committee standing in the middle of the restaurant.

"Okay, everyone has almost arrived. I think I should explain the rules of this competition, otherwise I will be afraid that you will be thrown directly from the top of the mountain in the middle of the night."

A sparse laughter rang out in the restaurant.

"Originally, although the rules of this competition have been changed, the sketching process has not been arranged so hasty and unreasonable."

"But just half a month before the competition began, the China Painting Association received an invitation from the Japan Painting Association."

"They are planning to invite young Chinese painters from China, South Korea, Southeast Asia and other countries to conduct a root search journey at the end of September. This root search journey is planned for one month and will travel through the famous mountains and rivers of China. Every time they go, two works must be sketched on the spot, and they must be completed within 8 hours..."
Chapter completed!