The portrait was soon finished, Xiushui took it with great anticipation, and then her smile froze.
"Sister Xiushui, my level is average, right..."
Luo Keren didn't have the courage to ask anymore, because Xiushui's fleeting disappointment had already given him the answer.
Her eyes, which were full of stars just now, were now full of loss.
She wanted to be recognized, wanted people to know that she was a useful person, and even more wanted people to know that even if they left their scumbag father, they would still be fine. But... it seemed that nothing happened again...
Xiushui was truly disappointed. She had thought Luo Keren's painting would be able to perfectly reproduce Xueya's appearance, but in reality, the prevailing style in ancient times was classical painting.
To restore the characters in this kind of ancient style painting...ha, it's difficult.
It was also at this time that she remembered why the portraits of the criminals she had seen earlier at the city gate and other places were so inconsistent with the real people.
This kind of painting doesn't look like the person himself.
"Well, that's right, Sister Keren, it's not that you're bad at drawing, it's just... it might be a little difficult to find someone to draw with your style."
Xueya, the village chief and others also came over. Although the portrait was beautiful, they had to admit that if they really looked for Xueya by comparing them, few people would be able to match them up.
"I knew it would be like this...after all, my level is still not good enough."
Seeing Luo Keren's face full of loss, Xiushui knew that this girl might have suffered another blow.
"No, no, Sister Keren, your painting style is indeed very good among your peers. But this style of painting is not very suitable for us to find people.
Well, I can't explain it any further, so let me draw a portrait of the person our family is looking for."
After saying that, he asked Xueya to describe it.
"Xueya, tell me about your grandfather's portrait. If you don't know how to use a metaphor, you can just roughly tell me who his face resembles.
Whose eyes do you resemble? How tall is your body? What kind of clothes do you like to wear? And what is your most unique posture? You can also tell us about it.
Most importantly, you must clearly describe the appearance."
Xueya thought for a moment, then described her grandfather's appearance and any distinctive features.
Although it took some time to explain this, Xiushui immediately found the charcoal pencils and white paper that he usually carried with him and started drawing.
Luo Keren watched her start sketching on the paper without thinking, and then a very realistic, slightly plump old man appeared on the paper.
"This, this pen and portrait look so clear and recognizable."
At this moment, she was astonished by this painting, and the disappointment she had felt before was gone. At this moment, she was filled with admiration and amazement.
When Xiushui put pen to paper, Xueya applauded.
"Sister, sister, this is too much of a resemblance. If you said you had never seen my grandfather, I'm afraid no one would believe you. But looking at this portrait, anyone who has seen my grandfather will definitely recognize him."
The village chief and the Luo tribe also nodded continuously.
"Yes, it looks so realistic. We don't understand painting, but we also feel that this portrait looks very real at first glance."
Luo Keren looked at her with bright eyes. "Sister Xiushui, please accept me as your disciple. I want to be your disciple."
Xiushui was also cheered up after hearing this.
"Haha, yes, yes, you can learn how to draw like me.
Sister Keren, there's no need to become my disciple, let's just communicate with each other. Just like my Master Xu, we just need to communicate with each other.
After all, we are of the same age, and if I become his disciple, I am afraid that I will shorten my lifespan."
Luo Keren wanted to refuse. After all, it was not easy to teach a technique to others. More importantly, the portrait painting style of Sister Xiushui was obviously different from the popular painting techniques.
If she had learned the skills but didn't become a disciple, it would seem unkind of her to do so.
"Sister Keren, please help me. I'm not good at traditional techniques like landscape painting. Let's make a deal: I'll teach you portraiture first."
As for you, when I have some free time, please teach me some landscape painting techniques. Hey, it would be great if we could learn from each other and make progress together.
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"Keren, just agree to it. This girl wants to teach you to paint, but she's actually just being lazy. Otherwise, with her painting skills, she wouldn't have let it slip and forced me to ask you to paint for her."
Xiushui stuck out her tongue. The clan leader knew her character and knew that she was a lazy person.
Luo Keren also understood and gave her one gently.
"You bad girl, you asked me to draw your portrait just because you wanted to be lazy."
Xiushui didn't deny it, giggled and hugged her arm.
"Yes, you saw it just now. Just asking about facial features takes a lot of time.
"And then I have to draw the characters. Oh, I have so many things to do every day, how exhausted will I be if I take on this one?"
The old village chief quickly joined in when he heard this.
"Yes, dear girl, you should study portrait painting seriously. You have to do this first. Xiushui has a lot of things to do.
The future development of our village depends entirely on her leading us."
Patriarch Luo watched the show with a smile on his face, but at the same time he also sighed that Xiushui was really capable. He wondered if his son could be with this girl...
Well, I have to tell those two brats later that whoever can win Xiushui's heart will have the final say on all the big and small matters in the family from now on.
Luo Keren knew that Xiushui really didn't want to take on this task, so he nodded and agreed to learn from each other without becoming a disciple.
Although she agreed to this verbally, she treated Xiushui as her master in her heart.
From that day on, Xiushui had one more task added to her list, which was to teach Luo Keren how to draw portraits.
The two of them made an appointment that after dinner every day, Luo Keren would come to the Wen family, where she would teach him and demonstrate portrait painting on the spot.
After the discussion, Xiushui stood up to leave. After a few steps, he realized that Xueya had not followed him.
"Xueya, why are you still staring at the portrait? Are you missing grandpa too much? Let's post the portrait, maybe we can find him soon."
Cui Xueya stared at the portrait blankly, and finally looked at her with bright eyes.
"Sister, can I learn portraiture from you? I think the characters drawn this way are so beautiful and realistic. I want to learn."
If the child wants to learn, Xiushui will certainly support him.
"Okay, then you can study with me tonight."
When the village chief's wife, who was going to send them off, heard this, she excitedly grabbed her arm.
"Xiu girl, well, I have a few grandchildren at home. If they are interested, why not let them learn it too?"
If you learn this kind of portrait painting skill, to put it bluntly, you can go out and paint portraits for people and make some money.
After all, with a painting of this quality that so accurately reproduces the appearance of real people, anyone with a little money would probably be willing to keep one.
Thinking further ahead, with this skill of portrait painting, wouldn't it be easy to get a job as a painter in the government office in the future?
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