Not long ago, Wen Lan was awarded "20 13 China Outstanding Makeup Expert" at the China International Image Festival. After arranging the national makeup lecture tour, he was busy leading a delegation to South Korea for an academic exchange on makeup modeling. In his view, every time he goes out, he is a good opportunity to challenge and break through himself ... Looking back, Wen Lan feels a lot.
Close the gallery and choose makeup.
Wen Lan, formerly known as Wen Junping, is also known as Windsor. Fifteen years ago, Wen Lan had a paintbrush in his hand. At that time, he was still a young artist engaged in painting creation. 15 years later, he is still wandering between lines and colors. The difference is that the canvas is replaced by a face full of expectations for beauty, and the brush is replaced by a makeup brush. Under the delicate brush strokes, a beautiful charm is drawn. He has been to Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen and other places. Now I start a business in Dalian, a romantic city, and occasionally travel at home and abroad to spread the beauty industry.
From 65438 to 0978, Wen Lan was born in an ordinary family in Xinzhou, Shanxi. As a child, he seemed to have a special inspiration for painting. He will doodle his favorite people, landscapes and flowers and birds. At that time, art education was not as popular as it is now, and my family did not cultivate this warm and blue hobby from an early age. But Wen Lan developed this hobby into a major through his own efforts. Although painting had not been formally studied at that time, the students all liked Wen Lan's works.
His persistence and love for painting prompted him to enter an art school and receive the most professional and systematic art training. Sketch, color and sketch have laid a solid foundation, while still life, people and scenery have expanded their potential. During this period, Wen Lan's painting tutor Wang Yunfeng gave him a profound influence. The teacher is not only superb in painting skills, but also accomplished in music. He not only teaches Wen Lan painting, but also teaches Wen Lan to play the piano, guitar and other musical instruments in his spare time. "At that time, my dream was to be a painter." Later, Wen Lan went to the Fine Arts Department of Shaanxi University to study oil painting. Try to dabble in the styles of painting masters in different periods and learn more painting skills. 1in the summer of 998, Wen Lan came to Shanghai from Shaanxi and joined a painting company. However, it wasn't long before he found that streamlined painting was not his pursuit.
A year later, 22-year-old Wen Lan decided to open her own gallery. Young Wen Lan thinks he can achieve something with his passion. A series of oil paintings were produced, including copying and creation; There are scenery and flowers ... but the operation of the gallery is not satisfactory because of its junior qualifications. In 2000, the gallery was temporarily closed.
In 2000, depressed Wen Lan entered a photo studio and accepted the job of making photo albums for the new couple. With his persistence and unique understanding of art, he soon became a photography assistant. One day, a makeup artist asked Wen Lan to be his model. Wen Lan is sitting in front of the dresser. In less than an hour, he became a "rich woman" in the retro-style mirror. Looking at himself in the mirror, Wen Lan was dumbfounded. It turns out that makeup can be so magical! Wen Lan had the idea of getting in touch with cosmetics.
If you choose make-up, you will face giving up your painting career for many years. From now on, the makeup brush will replace the oil painting pen in your hand. After careful consideration, Wen Lan finally made up his mind to go to Beijing to receive professional makeup training and realize his "painter's dream" when he earned money from makeup. Fortunately, during her study, Wen Lan got the guidance of a famous makeup master and successfully took the first step. At this point, he became attached to the capital Beijing. For fourteen years, I never seem to leave.
Make a mark with a small experiment.
200 1 in late autumn, Wen Lan spread out the map of China and made an important decision-to choose Dalian, a beautiful coastal city, as a new starting point for his life. Through the media to know the famous photographer Wu Wenxiu, Wen Lan was lucky enough to get in touch with the fashion circle in Dalian. He realized that in the past, the bride's makeup was beautiful and well-behaved, showing the bride's joy, holiness, dignity and charm, but there would be no big breakthrough. Fashion makeup should show the current fashion trend through the collocation of color and clothing, and the concept changes very quickly, which is more suitable for male makeup artists. "I hope to continue to study and practice in this strange field, so that my creative thinking can be improved by leaps and bounds, thus giving makeup more vitality."
On June 5438- 10, 2002, the TV series The Price of Love was filmed in Dalian. Wen Xiu found Wen Lan and can take part in the filming. Fu Biao, Ewenki, Wujiang, Zhou Xun and other movie stars all joined the group. This is the first time in his life to get an electric shock, and there are so many big names.
To Wen Lan's surprise, this accidental episode made him attached to the China Film Watch Awards Ceremony. In August 2003, Wen Lan received a phone call from Beijing. On the other end of the phone, Fu Biao's assistant politely told Wen Lan, "There was a movie watching award recently. I think you are very good. Would you like to try it? " Wen Lan was shocked: "Of course I would like such a good opportunity. Thank you for your trust. " At the 9th China Film Awards ceremony, Wen Lan made up for stars such as Xu Fan and Cecilia Yip. Close contact with big stars made Wen Lan feel the physical pressure and the urgency of further studying makeup artist.
Wen Lan recalled that that year, he not only accidentally participated in the artist image design of the 9th China Film Awards ceremony. What's more worth celebrating is that he participated in the "China International Beauty Makeup Artist All-around Competition" which was praised by the industry as "the first colorful competition" on 65438+February 1 day. After competing with more than 300 players from more than 40 teams from all over the country on the stage, Wen Lan, who participated in this top-level competition for the first time, won the all-around championship.
Rise to fame and be widely praised
At this point, Wen Lan began to have more opportunities to participate in various large-scale parties, activities and performances.
In 2004, China Film and Television Makeup Committee held the first national makeup contest in Beijing, and Wen Lan entered the top three, which was recognized by domestic industry masters.
In 2005, under the recommendation of musician Tie Lian, she became a special makeup artist of China Railway Art Troupe and was appreciated by Meng Weidong, the head of the troupe. During this period, Zhang Guoli, Deng Jie, WangZhifei, Juanzi, TanJing and other domestic first-line celebrities are all faces written by Wen Lan. Making up for the star's big name also made him famous in the industry. Wen Lan's strength is known to the outside world, and she has gradually become a stylist, guest and chief makeup artist in many well-known columns such as domestic authoritative media and large-scale parties.
In 2008, Wen Lan was hired as the chief judge of the First Colorful Competition. 20 10 won the "Excellent Works Counseling Gold Award" in China Film and Television Makeup Competition. 10 On February 4th, the 7th China Health Beauty Reputation Alliance Conference was held in Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, and Wen Lan won the award of "The Most Influential Person in Health Beauty Industry in 20 10". In the same year, on February 29th, 65438, Wen Lan participated in the program "Men's World" of Tianjin TV Station, told the national TV audience about his professional experience, and designed makeup and overall clothing collocation for the audience. 20 1 1/Spring Festival Evening of the Ministry of Railways in the Great Hall of the People 2011,TanJing and Yan Weiwen who participated in the performance made makeup designs. 20 1 11October 8, 2011At the Spring Festival Evening of the Central Party School, Wen Lan made up for the performance of ministerial leaders studying at the Party School. 20 1 1 to 20 13 served as the chief makeup designer of the China-Russia-Mongolia international beauty contest for three consecutive years. From the China Film Watch Awards Ceremony in 2003 to now, Wen Lan's optimistic smile almost always appears on the big screen of previous awards ceremonies.
Wen Lan has experienced, accumulated and tried different roles in various stages and platforms of makeup modeling for many years. It is also extraordinary.
In 20 12, Wen Lan, who returned from an academic exchange in South Korea, was entrusted by Ms. Bai Lijun, director of the Makeup Committee of China Film and Television Technology Society, to write and direct the 14th Annual Meeting of China Film and Television Makeup Committee and the 9th Film and Television Makeup Awards Ceremony, which presented an unforgettable classic event for the stars, industry leaders and makeup rookies from all over the world.
20 13 April, the International Film and Television Makeup Summit Forum was held in Beijing, and Wen Lan was fortunate to be a disciple of the first international master class. He has been carefully guided by Hollywood's chief makeup artist, Oscar makeup gold medal winner and domestic film and television modeling master. In July, the classic drama Perkin was grandly staged at the National Centre for the Performing Arts. Wen Lan, one of the stylists, won the unanimous praise of the predecessors who came to watch the program. In August, he successfully cooperated with Guo Pei, a famous fashion designer of CCTV Spring Festival Evening, in the cheongsam show "Looking for the First Lady of Dalian". On June 5438+ 10, I led a team to make-up the 20 14 world supermodel competition in China. 165438+ 10, the creative starry sky of CCTV movie channel was held as scheduled. Wen Lan is the work supervisor of some contestants. At the end of the year, "Beautiful Asia with Love and Dreams" held a grand kiss in beautiful Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and won the Golden Bauhinia Award, the highest honor in Asian beauty industry!
In the new journey, Wen Lan will once again go abroad for academic exchanges and spread the beauty industry. In an exclusive interview with the famous magazine "Today's Photo", Wen Lan repeatedly mentioned that he would like to thank several people, including Mr. Chen Bao, who sent himself to receive systematic training when he was studying makeup. Mr. and Mrs. Rong Daokui gave him all kinds of help when he first came to Dalian, including Wu Wenxiu, a photographer who took him into various fashion fields, Ms. Sun Xiaoping, a famous photographer who was president when Heiguang was a lecturer, and Yi Tielian, a musician. Wen Lan said that they are all important people in their own careers. Give him opportunities and teach him to grow. A grateful person, a grateful person, his heart is sincere, his quality is kind, and his morality is noble. Knowing how to be grateful, people will have a strong sense of responsibility and responsible courage, so he will succeed step by step.
Make-up education trains students.
"It is better to teach people to fish than to teach people to fish." In 2008, Wen Lan established its own cosmetic art training center in the coastal city of Dalian. "I want to bring these beautiful skills to those who need them most, not only those dazzling movie stars, but also every lady who loves beauty in life."
At the beginning of the term, Wen Lan personally inspected the local large-scale cosmetic modeling training schools to learn about their school-running mode and curriculum. With his good popularity and experience, he took 50% of the students. Later, he wrote an article on makeup modeling in his blog and shared his years of experience with everyone. Some people find a school online and want to learn makeup modeling system from Wen Lan. This word-of-mouth is not unique in today's "self-media era", but it has also accumulated solid recognition from students and the outside world.
He teaches students not only for employment and interest, but also for the hope of life. That is a deaf boy named Fan. He also hopes that he can learn and give beauty to others. Under the patient training of Wen Lan, he won two third places and a top ten innovation award in the 2004 China International Beauty Makeup Artist All-around Competition. Now that the boy has his own makeup studio, he wishes to become a professional makeup stylist.
Wen Lan found that in order to make the organization develop healthily, it is still necessary to broaden his horizons. So he led his team and students to participate in large-scale parties, award ceremonies and beauty contests again and again, and also used his own resource advantages to open the platform to give students more practical opportunities. These competitions not only honed students' skills, expanded their contacts, and even got good job opportunities after graduation from school, but also gave the brand "Wen Lan Fashion" a better development prospect.
From the perspective of employment, Wen Lan knows well what qualities a makeup artist should have in order to find a suitable position more quickly. Under his guidance, groups of students stand out, all over the northeast and even the whole country. Some became the chief makeup artists of the wedding photo studio, some became the special makeup artists of the crew, and some walked into the stage of CCTV Spring Festival Evening. With the increase of competitions, the expansion of the school platform and the improvement of popularity, more professional lecturers are willing to stay here and get more development opportunities.
A warm and melancholy student may be more than just someone. From 20 10, Wen Lan began to write articles for major magazines, providing fashion information and makeup artists for women in many cities in China; I have explained the makeup methods of professional makeup and banquet makeup for white-collar workers four times in Dalian Radio Station. Invited by many well-known enterprises and authoritative media such as Zheng Da Group, Tianjin Satellite TV and Dalian TV, she gave a detailed lecture for Amy.
Opportunity never favors those who are ready at any time. Behind this seemingly accidental countless opportunities, what is hidden is Wen Lan's persistence in life and art