There are certain realizations that can only be captured in the heart after drawing ten times, a hundred times; there's no shortcut.
Take for instance his latest completed painting "Sunshine Orphanage No.5" and compare it to the initial sketch he drew when Collector Mr. Chen first provided guidance.
The painting remains the same, yet many small details have become more refined.
The undulation of leaves has become more natural, and the features of the characters are fuller.
It's like how a AAA game developer adds higher definition texture packs after a game's release.
Especially the transformation of the painting using the Finger Smudging Method developed by Koizumi Katsuko—Miss Shengzi provided an excellent concept, yet its specific application still required Gu Weijing to continually comprehend through practice.
Gu Weijing stretched the canvas tightly, casually wrote the number 6 in Arabic numerals in the blank space at the end of the canvas, and began to paint.
