[Current replica painting—"Old Church on a Stormy Day" has been completed!]
In the studio,
Gu Weijing gently brushes the candlelight shadows cast between the old church windows on the canvas with an oil painting knife.
The steel blade of the painting knife glides across the canvas, blending with the damp paint, dispersing the candlelight the size of a soybean into a red haze, adding a mesmerizing touch to the entire painting.
He steps back a few paces, examining the completed replica painting.
The small painting knife instinctively flips and leaps between his fingers, as freely as a magician performing magic tricks at his fingertips.
"Comfortable."
This is the biggest change Gu Weijing feels in oil painting since acquiring the skill of painting knife painting.
It's like a professional eSports player switching to an expensive mechanical keyboard, a long-distance runner obtaining a pair of carbon-plated shoes filled with elasticity.
