Van Gogh Reborn!

Chapter 131

"Then I'll be in the living room." 

Uncle Bang went outside. 

I didn't know what to start with, so I took out a picture from Henry Marceau's coloring book. 

"I'm going to try this today." 

What's that? 

Isn't it Henry Marceau? 

Henry is handsome. 

Why do you have that? 

"Marceau sent it to me for my birthday. I wanted to empty my head because I had a lot to think about for a few days, so I think coloring will be okay." 

I said while organizing the paint properly. 

There are many people asking why he gave me such a thing as a birthday present. 

I'm not the only one who thinks it's weird. 

"I don't know what the original is like, so I'm going to paint it as I want." 

The original work is called [Henry Marceau 99] but it's annoying to find it. 

I have felt his coloring method and color enough, so there is no need to imitate him.

How should I express his abnormally clear skin? 

While thinking about it, I unwrapped the gray color to be painted as the background.

Are you not going to apply gesso? 

Arent you going to apply liquid white this time? 

What is gesso? 

These days, everything comes out with gesso.

"It's gesso-treated and has oil primer on it. I'm going to move on because I don't think I can see the line." 

There are people who know, but there are more people who don't know. 

The chat window was filled with question marks. 

"I don't like applying oil paints directly on the canvas. The coloration is less and the texture doesn't come out well because it's rough." 

The person with ID Mirae explained through chat that the painting might split later. 

"Its a little different when it comes to undercoating. I do it because of the feel of the brush, but I dont think I can do it with the canvas." 

I explained, matching the peach and white ratio. 

"But it's good to do it normally. You have to measure the brightness based on the first paint and draw it well." 

Suddenly, it became like a lecture. 

"Experienced people can use the colors they made from the palette as they are, but in fact, even people who are good at drawing do this. If you are drawing for the first time, I recommend making it a habit" 

In fact, there are no answers or laws on the canvas. 

It is natural to paint the base in any color, and you are free to do it or not. 

However, it is necessary to know how to handle colors to distinguish objects and express them more effectively. 

In addition, this is colored along the line drawn, so the line is not visible when painted. 

I started painting the face first. 

How do you know that? 

That's not how you do it. 

Did you learn it from your grandfather? 

What do you talk about when youre with Henry Marceau? 

You aren't painting exactly on the right line. 

What did you do today? 

"You'll find out when I finished drawing. I want to draw freely." 

I'm bothered by the chat saying that's not how you do it. 

Not only that persons French, but the overbearing attitude is also reminiscent of Henry Marceau, and the ID is the same as Henrys e-mail address. 

"Today? I took an exam at school." 

I ignored and answered other people 

OMG. He took the test. So cuteeeeee 

What do you do when you play with Henry Marceau? 

What.? Didn't the elementary school exams go away? 

Korean elementary schools seem weird.

That's not how you do it. 

Are you good at studying? 

I should ask Uncle Bang later if I can block Henry Marceau. 

"I'm not good at studying. English and Math are okay, but Korean, social studies, and science are a little difficult." 

Don't be so hard on yourself. 

The test score is just a cross-section of the process. Tomorrow and a year later, it won't be that score.

I mixed a little gray with the paint while painting the skin.

When expressing skin, a little gray gives a realistic atmosphere and also gives vitality to the skin. 

This is also the use of contrast. 

It would be better to explain after finishing. 

"I got 45 points in science today." 

Laughter emojis kept coming in the chat room. 

"But I got everything right in both English and Math. I am worried about the Korean language and social science test tomorrow. 

I changed my brush. 

There are many colors for the skin. There can be pink, apricot, gray, green, and blue.

This time, I'm going to paint Marceau's eyes. 

I thought for a while about how to express his emerald eyes. 

An 11-year-old counsels life. 

If the face is colored in gray, isn't it bad? 

Even if it's gray, why green and blue? 

But it did became more realistic. 

Have you ever been with Henry Marceau? 

[Henry the great sponsored 100 euros] That's not how you do it! 

What's that? Why is that guy Henry the great keep whining? 

"I'm going to take care of it, so stop lecturing me." 

Emerald eyes are like symbols that come to mind when you think of Henry Marceau. 

I was thinking carefully, and at that time my smartphone rang. 

It was Henry Marceau. 

Ignoring the call, I read the comments where everyone was asking what I just said. 

"Never mind. I've never played with Henry Marceau. Oh, I've been to his house, and Madame Sherry Gado's cooking skills are the best. This year's dream is to eat Sherry Gado's food again." 

Why is his dream so simple? 

Im going to have an exhibition. Aren't you supposed to say things like this? 

How delicious was it? 

Is it a dream this year? 

Those rich people will eat delicious food every day. 

Answer the phone! 

Are you close enough to visit Henry Marceau's house? 

Do you have a best friend at school? 

"My best friend is Cha Sihyeon. He is a good friend. I had a short conflict at school today, and my friend stood up for me." 

The smartphone rang again. 

It's Henry Marceau again. 

I took it because I thought he would keep bothering me if I left it like this.

"What!" 

Don't paint it like that! Look at the original and color it! 

"I'm going to do whatever I want. What's the point of painting it as Marceau painted? 

Theres an original! The perfect original! 

"Then you should've just sent the original. Why did you just send it with the lines?" 

If you hadn't run away, I'd have given it to you! 

"What do you mean run away? Why do you keep saying that? I'm here because my schedule is over!" 

The chat window was once again full of question marks. 

"AhWait, Marceau keeps telling me not to paint like this." 

WhaaaaatMarceau? 

Henry? 

He gave it to you as a gift, then why is he interfering with what you are doing? 

Is that Henry? 

The ID is weird, [Henry the great] seems very childish. 

I want to hear what Henry Marceau and Ko Hun are talking about in real-time. Please put it on speaker mode. 

You! Don't do anything else on the phone with me, I'm warning you! 

"Why are you warning me? Im not someone who works for you. Whatever I paint is my business and has nothing to do with you!" 

I hung up the phone. 

I know he's not a bad person, but he's very good at making people angry. 

"What was I talking about?" 

I forgot what I was saying. 

Someone told me in the chatroom that I was talking about a friend. 

"Yeah, I was happy when he stood up for me. At first, he couldnt even speak properly, but now he got angry because of me. He was cool." 

"It's better than I thought." 

Hun nodded when he checked the test paper. 

His Korean language score was 70 points, in social science he only got 50 points, and the average score was 73 points, which is probably the last in the whole school. 

Nevertheless, he likes the fact that his Korean score came out better than he thought. 

What? 

No. 

How about you? Did you do well? 

Yes. 

Hun looked at my test paper and opened his eyes wide. 

"It's 100. Did you get everything right?" 

Getting a perfect score on the school test is not easy, but it is not difficult. 

There are many other students who get 100 in all subjects besides me. 

A perfect score is meaningful only when it is about the level of the National mock test that high schoolers take.

I only got a perfect score on the mock test in my school. 

My teacher, father, and mother all say that its great. 

However, Hun, who keeps getting only 73 points on average even for this easy test, seems more amazing. 

I envy him. 

In yesterday's broadcast, as many as 300 people listened to Hun, and hundreds of thousands of people visits the Whitney Museum in New York to see his paintings. 

There was an article this morning that Hun did a broadcast. 

"It's amazing. That's cool." 

"no." 

Hun blinks. 

"Im not cool at all." 

It's not that I envy Hun because he's famous. I'm not jealous because he draws well. 

I envy him for knowing what to do to draw and how to draw it better. 

I envy him for being able to find what he wants to communicate with his paintings. 

It's cool that he does it naturally without showing it off. 

"What do you want to do?" 

Hun stared at me. 

He didn't smile, he didn't look bored, he just waited. 

He just looked at me as if he believed that I knew the answer. 

Seeing Hun like that, I think I know what I want to do. 

"Daddy likes blue." 

He nods slightly. 

"Grandpa likes trees." 

Wouldn't what I said be too childish for Hun? 

Wouldn't my worries and dreams seem boring to Hun, who already earns more than 10 billion won per painting after talking to famous people like Henry Marceau and Jang Mirae? 

"What is it?" 

Such worries melted down at Hun's words. 

"I want my father and grandfather to get along." 

Grandma secretly calls my grandpa and mommy sometimes visits my grandpa. 

Daddy wants to travel abroad during the holidays because he fought with grandpa. 

I hope both of them get along well. 

I want to eat together, and show the picture I drew to both of them. 

"Is it weird?" 

"No. Of course not." 

Hun smiled cheerfully.

(To be Continued)

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