The delicate realism in My Father's Portrait shows that Diu Lei was influenced by Flanders' painting style when he was studying painting. In fact, this painting he created in the later period of his painting study shows the neat brushwork he learned from his father, the sketching brushwork he learned from teacher Michel Vogmut, and the painting style of Flemish painter Hansbo Leidenwolf when sketching human activities.
Surprisingly, the face depicted from the side is so delicate and true, the hands are also quite delicate and the colors are harmonious. Wearing a blue block with a green background, the brown color of clothes and the shadow of skin and hat, including the color of skin, eyelashes and hair, are portrayed in the most subtle way, which does not affect the final effect.
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Diu Lei's father is an excellent jeweler, and Diu Lei has been an apprentice in his own workshop since he was a child. To make jewelry, we must learn decorative arts. Little Diu Lei received strict painting training in the workshop, and his father taught him to copy various patterns and figure paintings. Diu Lei soon showed his talent for painting and became interested in painting.
At this time, he summoned up the courage to ask his father to allow him to become a painter instead of a jeweler. Unexpectedly, his strict father obeyed his son's wishes and sent him to a famous painter nearby to learn painting. Father's tolerance has created a generation of masters of painting. In the portrait of his father, it seems that we can see Diu Lei's infinite gratitude to his father.