All-rounder Artist-Chapter 828 - 785: Shadow Again

Yes.

Zheng Jing had brought out Teacher Shadow’s "Galloping Horse" for the exhibition!

For this, she specifically invited her friend from the Chinese painting circle, Qiu Yu, to come and appreciate the painting together!

In Zheng Jing’s view, this painting should not remain unknown!

At this exhibition, with Qiu Yu, a leading figure in Chinese painting, just a few objective comments could definitely make "Galloping Horse" and its creator, Teacher Shadow, famous in one fell swoop!

That was Zheng Jing’s goal.

The moment the staff saw "Galloping Horse," they almost instinctively said:

"This is also a Shadow..."

As the words reached his lips, the staff member stopped.

Today, whatever he said seemed wrong, so he might as well not say anything at all.

However, the people didn’t care about the staff member.

To be precise, everyone’s attention was completely captured by "Galloping Horse"!

The horse was outlined with robust, rounded lines, and the thick ink merged into calligraphy styles of Wei steles and cursive script;

The horse’s head left large white spaces to create highlights, enhancing the three-dimensionality and the solid texture of the head;

Using heavy and direct strokes, the brisk touch depicted the robust yet flexibly twisting posture;

The body was washed with slightly lighter ink, clearly defining the mass of the torso;

With vigorous lines, highlighting joints and solid hooves;

The horse’s mane and tail were most imposing, with sweeping broad strokes that burst forth with a flying momentum!

Seeing this painting, everyone instinctively held their breath!

A few seconds later.

Today, for the first time!

Before Luo Cheng and Qiu Yu could speak up, a group of Chinese painting enthusiasts started excited discussions, bringing the exhibition its first climax of viewership!

"This painting is amazing!"

"The muscle lines on this horse are so beautiful!"

"The ink rendering is just right, with a spirit that could swallow mountains and rivers!"

"I used to think that Yulian’s ’Tiger Descending the Mountain’ was full of momentum, but compared to this painting, that tiger seems to have no momentum at all!"

"This is what you call momentum!"

"Elegant and energetic, high-spirited, the background is just a piece of rice paper, yet these few horses bring limitless imagination!"

"This truly is a great painting that embodies both spirit and form!"

"The artist with his exuberant strokes fully expressed his emotions, capturing the essence of the warhorses with direct and vigorous lines as if conveying his uncontrollable passion, simply masterful!"

"..."

A masterstroke!

Luo Cheng was slightly lost as he stared at this "Galloping Horse," forgetting Teacher Shadow for a moment, his entire mind immersed in the painting.

"It completely washes away the mediocrity of all other horses forever!"

Shock filled Qiu Yu’s beautiful eyes, and after a long while, she uttered such an exclamation, "I didn’t expect to see such a master’s touch at this small exhibition, no wonder Sister Zheng esteemed this painting so highly!"

Zheng Jing smiled.

The reaction of the crowd was within her expectations; this painting indeed had the power to enchant those who understood art!

"The greatness of Chinese painting lies in its pursuit of embodying nature."

Luo Cheng finally came to his senses, he took a deep breath, "This is why I said before that ’A Butterfly’s Love for a Flower’ was not good enough, a truly complete work should be like these horses, which possess everything nature has endowed them with, not only vigorous energy but also a noble spirit, through this painting, we can feel the freedom and passion of the artist!"

He was somewhat overwhelmed!

This painting almost overturned the traditional techniques of painting horses, expressing realism with romantic ideals.

Resembling, yet not pursuing complete likeness.

The painting maintained a realistic style while not losing the traditional Chinese painting’s ink charm, arguably portraying the heroic grace and strength of the horses to perfection!"Who is the artist of this painting?"

"Why is there no signature on the painting?"

"..."

The frustration of the painting enthusiasts over "A Butterfly’s Love for a Flower" was instantly swept away!

At last, a cartoonist hadn’t come out on top at a traditional Chinese painting exhibition!

Immediately after, new perplexity surged within their hearts.

This was a painting without a signature.

Someone tried to look for the artist’s introduction at the bottom of the painting.

Luo Cheng and Qiu Yu also looked curious, glancing at the artist’s column.

However.

When everyone clearly saw the small font of the artist’s introduction beneath the painting, everyone was stunned!

Faces frozen, expressions silly, as if locked in time!

Shadow!

Shadow!!

This painting was also made by Shadow!!!

Zheng Jing, with a smile in her eyes, looked at the incredulous faces of Luo Cheng and Qiu Yu, "Yes, such a painting came from the hands of the cartoonist Shadow, who is a hidden master of traditional Chinese painting!"

Boom!

When the already known fact was spoken from Zheng Jing’s mouth, the scene instantly erupted!

"Oh my god!"

"How is that possible!"

"Another work by Shadow?!"

"Isn’t Shadow a cartoonist!!"

"Such a perfect traditional Chinese painting was made by a cartoonist?"

"His painting skills are too terrifying!"

"Is this the cartoonist I remember?"

"Damn!"

"Why the slap in the face!"

"Just when we encountered a painting better than ’A Butterfly’s Love for a Flower’, this one turns out to be made by Shadow too!?"

"..."

All the painters were stunned into silence!

Cries of astonishment rose one after another!

They felt their conventional understandings being shattered by Shadow’s relentless approach!

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Pride?

Taste?

Grace?

All the superiority of these painting enthusiasts turned into a complete joke in front of this painting of a horse!

"Shadow, oh..."

Qiu Yu was somewhat lost.

Inside Luo Cheng’s heart, however, a storm surged, his chest heaving dramatically!

The more knowledgeable the person, the more they understood what this painting meant.

Was Shadow truly a genius!?

At this moment, Luo Cheng could no longer entertain the thought of preventing his daughter from considering Shadow as her teacher.

This painting, and even he himself, felt an overwhelming sense of inadequacy.

He didn’t even know that his precious daughter had only just found out that this painting was made by her own teacher!

"So Teacher Shadow also has other works on exhibit?"

Luo Wei’s eyes widened upon hearing the answer, then her brows danced, and her eyes sparkled with laughter.

I knew it!

"A Butterfly’s Love for a Flower" couldn’t possibly represent the teacher’s level!

Using such a painting in the exhibition would have been far too perfunctory!

Looking at this painting of a horse again, its level is entirely not inferior to "Six Shrimps", and even surpasses it to some extent because the creatures depicted are more complex!

Amidst everyone’s shock, this traditional Chinese painting exhibition was completely stirred up by a cartoonist!