Chapter 723 The Art of the Magic Painter

It was the first time Anton saw Dumbledore with the expression of an innocent child who had done something wrong. His old wrinkled hands quickly flipped through the thick and large tome. After a while, he threw the book aside and quickly opened another book. One.

The whole table is full of various materials.

Anton casually glanced at "The Mystery of Portrait Making", "The Consolation of the Past", "Warning! Portraits are not real life", "Indulging in the past will only miss the present"...

Flipping through a book, I saw a large passage written on the title page.

——Remember one thing: a portrait is a portrait, and a portrait is not the wizard himself. No one can bear to live in a small place year after year, posing in the same pose and doing repetitive things every day, but portraits can.

——The wisdom of the portrait comes from the magical ability of the drawn wizard itself, from the magical environment in which the portrait is located (they generally only maintain special activity in places such as ancient castles and ancient houses), and from the The level of the painter during the drawing period comes from the painter's understanding of the wizard being drawn (this is especially important!).

——The self-drawn portrait does not necessarily make the portrait behave the same as the real one, because the most ignorant of ourselves is often ourselves!

——When my apprentices learn how to draw portraits, they will all get my advice: Do not refine the characteristics of the characters, do not enlarge the characteristics of the characters, and do not stereotype the characters. Otherwise, there will be serious consequences: the person in the portrait will be the image in other people's impressions, not the painted person. (This is the worst situation! And the most common mistake in portrait painting circles!)

——Dear painter, please treat the portraits well. If the person being drawn likes to party, please prepare wine and food for him in the painting. If the person being drawn likes music, get him a fine piano. If the subject likes sunny weather, don't make the background dark and gloomy - even if you think it will make him look more majestic.

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Anton is also a frequent visitor to the school library, but he usually doesn't notice these books.

I was fascinated by it all at once.

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is actually missing a lot of subjects, such as fine arts and art. This course may seem unimportant, but as long as you observe the wizarding world carefully, you will find that the beauty of the wizarding world has its own genre.

Gothic, Baroque, etc. can find some shadows in it.

The most amazing thing is that wizards' tastes are always influenced by Muggles, especially in terms of clothing aesthetics, and they don't blindly pursue mysterious designs.

In addition, there are so many magic portraits, but it is difficult to learn this kind of skill in a magic school.

"This is the Dumbledore family's collection. I borrowed it from Aberforth. He has never agreed to donate these books to Hogwarts." Dumbledore looked at Anton with a smile and shrugged, "Pure The arrogance of the blood family resolutely resists including these contents when formulating the modern magic system."

Anton raised his eyebrows, "But I remember that Hogwarts was founded around 990 AD, and there was no modern magic system at that time."

Dumbledore shook his head lightly, "It's not just about teaching, different organizations have different requirements for recruiting new members, and the 'Ordinary Wizard Level' and 'Ultimate Wizard Examination' that wizards take in school exams are aimed at these organizations according to the modern magic system. "

He stroked the books in his hands with some emotion, "The circle of painters is too small, so small that there are only a fixed number of people and their apprentices, and they will not recruit new members based on the performance of the school students."

Having said that, Lao Deng sighed softly, "This matter is not easy. Although I actively plan to expand the teaching scope and future choices of students, my influence cannot touch the circle of painters. They Rejected my proposal..."

"And the academic pressure of the students is already very high, and it is not suitable to add more content. Your schedule is already full."

Anton was stunned and thought for a while, "This seems to require professional training, but if you say it like this, it seems that it has nothing to do with Hogwarts. It should be an independent art academy."

"yes."

Dumbledore blinked, "But this requires a sufficient population of wizards."

Well, back to Dumbledore's usual grand narrative angle, Anton can guess what Old Deng will say next.

Seeing Anton's impatient look, Lao Deng could not help but smile slightly, "If you are interested, you can borrow these books to read. The artist's skill is a compound type of magic, which needs to be combined with transfiguration, spells, and magic. Botany has a certain foundation, and I think it's just right for you."

Anton's eyes lit up, "Then I won't be polite."

"I said two!" Professor McGonagall interrupted their chat loudly when he saw the two finished speaking, pointing to the portrait on the shelf, "I think you should focus your energy here first!"

"Well." Dumbledore nodded, "That's right."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Anton, "I think this is actually what you should do, Anton, you caused this situation."

Anton grinned, unable to say anything for a moment.

He silently turned his head to look at the girl in the painting. Seeing her sobbing, he couldn't help scratching his head in annoyance.

"Two professors, the world of magic is always so wonderful and treacherous. We often encounter some amazing things, and sometimes we even have to be amazed..."

Before Anton could finish his sentence, Dumbledore rolled his eyes and knocked on the table, "You just talk about the content after that."

Ga~

Anton was almost choked, he looked at them a little embarrassingly, blinked innocently, "I don't know what to do."

"!!!" Dumbledore's eyes widened immediately, "You should remember how you made her unable to get out of the portrait, right?"

"this……"

Boom~

Anton's hand instantly turned into countless black threads of the soul, floating and twisting in mid-air.

He controlled these black threads to bind together, criss-cross, and re-weave into the shape of arms and fingers.

"I don't know what this ability is, but it can enter the portrait. I thought the painting was a bit strange at the time, so I went in and checked it, that's all."

"Merlin's beard!" Professor McGonagall exclaimed. Every time she saw Anton using this ability, she felt uncomfortable. This thing really exceeded her aesthetic range.

What's more, the last time I saw it was Anton releasing the 'Tom's remains' from his body.

The split Voldemort Horcrux was glued together by countless black threads of the soul, making it look extraordinarily evil.

"Professor Dumbledore, do you know what this is?" Anton asked.