Almighty painter

Chapter 49 I Won't Wait For You (Read More)

"I want to exchange some money. Yangon has controls on gold exchange, and it is not very convenient for minors to exchange."

Gu Weijing poured the gold coins in the small box on the bed, counted them, there were about twenty or thirty gold coins.

"What do you want so much money for? Buying a game console, Xbox? PS5?"

Mona glanced at the gold coins on the bed. Adolescent boys would probably do these things in exchange for money.

She stretched playfully, a strand of reddish-brown hair protruded from the bathrobe, and the beautiful curves of her figure were faintly visible.

Mona pointed to the wall-mounted TV on the bedroom wall: "You can come to my house to play, and we can play Just Dance together."

"I actually want to visit the orphanage recently."

"Orphanage?"

Mona gave Gu Weijing a blank look.

The ethos of private schools is more refined and self-interested, and elite culture is prevalent.

Especially Ms. Mona lived in a traditional Indian-style big family. According to the old society, their family was called the landlord Laocai. They grew up in the care of servants of low castes.

She may cry when she sees flowers, grass and small animals being injured, but she doesn't have much compassion for the bottom of society.

So she didn't believe that there would be any thoughts of her peers wanting to visit the orphanage, and it was just a lie made up by Gu Weijing.

Hmph, if you don't want to say it, let it go, she thought.

"By the way... have you started preparing your portfolio? The school will have an admissions meeting in May. I heard that the University of Rotterdam has a cooperation with our high school. It's better to apply together. Shall we go together?"

After a few seconds of silence, Mona changed the subject.

She looked at Gu Weijing expectantly and hinted.

There are several ways to apply to foreign art schools.

The first is that you search for admissions channels on the official website of the corresponding university, apply for an admissions application form, and mail a recommendation letter. Some schools require cultural test scores, while others only require language.

Then everything is left to fate, to see if the other party's professor can take a fancy to you.

All the procedures are handled by yourself, which is also the so-called DIY study abroad.

The second is to find a corresponding study abroad agency, with fees ranging from one thousand dollars to tens of thousands of dollars.Some supernatural beings can even get you a letter of recommendation.

Different from ordinary study abroad, in the art department, a letter of recommendation from a certain well-known professor is very important.

This is the recognition and endorsement of your art style by a heavyweight professor. As long as your portfolio is not too bad, it can almost knock on the door of many first-class art schools in the world for you.

Artists like Kazusei Sakai or Professor Lin Tao—if the overseas study agency can ask them to write a recommendation letter, a letter with a few hundred words will start at tens of thousands of dollars.

However, depending on the comparison, at least it is much cheaper than donating buildings.

In the private school that Gu Weijing and the others attended, there is a third and easiest way. Since it is an international art high school, there are naturally international cooperation schools.

In mid-May, there will be an admissions fair held in the school.

The international art school that has cooperated with this high school will send teachers and professors to attend the admissions meeting and conduct on-site interviews with the students.

If your portfolio is impressive enough and your teachers rate you high enough, then you can get an offer directly.

The University of Rotterdam is one of the partners of their school.

This university is a well-known old school in Europe. The Qs World University Rankings is around 100, and sometimes it can break into the top [-].

But the school is not known for its academy of fine arts, in which it can only rank around [-].

If the analogy is Dongxia, it is an unpopular major in Moliu 985.

It is also the target of Mona's guarantee application.

She knew that Gu Weijing's painting skills were better than her own, so even if she didn't hire a private tutor for tutoring, and applied to a top [-] art academy, it would generally not be a big problem.

University of Rotterdam is a bit of a waste for his level.

But out of a little girl's mind, she still hopes that the other party can apply for the same university as herself.

"Maybe my recent focus is not on preparing a portfolio?"

"What about your portfolio?"

"I'm going to draw a big painting, and if I have time, I'll put this painting in my portfolio."

"Only one work?"

"Just one work."

Gu Weijing originally planned to complete his portfolio in the first half of this year.

Now it seems that the plan needs to be adjusted.

Now there is only more than half a year before the exhibition, and the exhibited works must be confirmed in advance.

Drawing large paintings is time consuming.

He must go all out to improve his experience bar and prepare for the Lion City Art Biennale, and it is difficult to find time to prepare a special collection of thematic works.

Big deal, when the time comes, I will put the photos of the exhibited works I have prepared into the portfolio.

Although many students have hundreds of works in their portfolios, if it is shocking enough, one work is enough to impress the professor.

It can also be seen from the market price.The oil paintings of students are worthless at all, while the award-winning works of the Lion City Art Exhibition need at least tens of thousands or even US$10,000+ to buy, and if it is the best work selected by the curator, it may even reach millions of US dollars.

If he can't paint a single oil painting worth a hundred of the average student's works, there is absolutely no need for him to participate in any art exhibition.

"What's the matter with you? You said that you want to exchange money with me to go to some orphanage, then you tell me that your focus is not on the portfolio, and now you say that there will only be one work in your portfolio."

Mona's lips curled up.

She turned sideways, the playful little smile on her face disappeared, she turned her head and stared at Gu Weijing, the disappointment in her eyes was almost palpable.

"Gu Weijing, from the first day I met you, you said that you wanted to be a good painter. But now that you are about to go to university, you tell me that your focus is not on preparing your portfolio."

Miss Mona's fingers twisted together, and the gold ring on her wrist jingled.

"I always thought you were a serious, down-to-earth person with clear goals. You have time whenever you want to paint big paintings, and now, university is the most important thing."

Gu Weijing hesitated for a moment.

Ms. Mona is the person I vaguely like in my heart, and he is the best friend of his childhood sweetheart since he was a child.

Although it's inconvenient to talk about Mr. Cao's bet, he doesn't mind revealing his future plans to his good friends.

"Believe me, I have confidence in my level, and going to a good university is not a problem for me, at least I should be able to go to CAFA."

"Yangmei, you are talking about the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Dongxia, which ranks among the top [-] in the world. Do you think it is easy to get into Yangmei?"

Mona stared at Gu Weijing.

As the highest-ranked Academy of Fine Arts in Dongxia, it can be regarded as the top in Asia and the world. Of course, she knows what Central Academy of Art is.

Admissions to this school are very strict.

Based on Mona's impression of Gu Weijing's level, with all his efforts, it is at best a school of the same level as CAFA.

And it may not be possible to pass.

Now he said with a relaxed face that he would definitely be able to go to Central America, and Miss Mona didn't believe it at all.

"I want to be admitted to CAFA for a big painting. Who do you think you are? Monet or Titian, or a once-in-a-century genius in the painting circle? Be realistic, Gu Weijing, or you and I will be really disappointed gone."

There are often such people in the art class, whose hearts are higher than the sky, and their lives are thinner than paper.

They feel that they are so powerful that they don't need serious preparation.Few of these people will get good results if they can draw a professor's fancy with just a few strokes, or create some weird works that are unconventional.

We are all students, how much difference can there be in painting skills?

People have a thick stack of portfolios, but you have a thin one, and the impression points will be deducted first.A not-so-serious hat on - unless the reviewing professor really appreciates your work, your application will end up in the trash.

"My grandfather introduced me to a professor from CAFA who liked me very much."

Seeing Miss Mona's really angry face, Gu Weijing thought about it and explained one more sentence.

"Really?"

He nodded.

"Did the Central American school send you an offer, or did it tell you clearly when to fly to Central American for an individual admissions interview? Did the Central American admissions office call you?"

Mona asked persistently.

Gu Weijing shook his head, now the relationship between himself and Professor Lin Tao is in a Schrödinger state.

Mona didn't feel relieved because of this.

The Academy of Fine Arts does have early enrollment.

For example, the world's top five old-school Academy of Fine Arts, Paris Academy of Fine Arts, Florence Academy of Fine Arts, Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts, Repin Academy of Fine Arts, Royal Academy of Fine Arts.

These schools have their own recruiting summer camps, international cooperation projects, and independent special admission interviews, which young painters around the world are flocking to.

If you can perform particularly well in these projects and get the attention of a certain professor, you may be able to receive an admission letter in advance.

Or else, you won a prize in some international art competition for the following young people.

For example, the Apocalypse Art Prize, a children's competition in the United States, the Saatchi Gallery / Deutsche Bank Art Prize for Schools in London, or RB's Tokyo Metropolitan Museum Children's Artist Competition, which are internationally recognized art competitions and youth art exhibitions.

You may also receive a call or offer from the school admissions office in advance.

In short, in this case of early admission, either your grades are particularly strong, or your relationship is particularly strong.

Miss Mona knew that Yangon could not compare with those international metropolises after all.

There are no art competitions in the local area that are enough to attract the admissions office of CAFA, so the former is impossible.

As for the relationship—Miss Mona knows Gu Weijing from bottom to bottom.

Gu Tongxiang is indeed a very kind old man, but their family's conditions are not as good as his own.

If there is some back door relationship in a local university in Myanmar, she still reluctantly believes it.But at a world-renowned school like Central America, at most, they drink two glasses of wine with visiting young professors or something.

no more,
Are you worthy?
It wouldn't be just a few words of politeness at the wine table, Gu Weijing would take it seriously.

This kind of thing without any written guarantee, maybe he just said it casually, and he took it as a guarantee of being able to go to a world-class academy of fine arts.

Mona looked like he was somewhat heartless.

"Gu Weijing, I just want to remind you that you are the one who is responsible for your life. If you don't get into a good art academy, I won't wait for you."

She said it with a cold face.

(End of this chapter)