Almighty painter

Chapter 587 Copy
Gu Weijing wondered if the admissions office had made some mistake.

He went back again and took a look at the original application interface.

Unlike Dongxia, domestic art academies have special departments for Chinese painting and calligraphy.

Foreign universities basically do not have independent departments such as Chinese painting, Japanese painting, and Chinese calligraphy.

Not setting it doesn’t mean there is no such content.

Schools like the Royal College of Art have programs specifically focused on calligraphy.

Harvard's Department of East Asian Art is also a well-known flagship major, and has in-depth cooperation with many museums.

However, this type of subject is either taught by a tutor, where a separate tutor will be responsible for the coursework arrangements for several students.

Otherwise, it will be affiliated with the Department of Art History, Oriental Art, Asian Art Center, and other large departments that are more research-oriented.

Cao Xuan is currently the dean of the Department of Oriental Art.

Gu Weijing glanced at the application page.

The tuition, scholarships, course schedule, and admission time of the "Menzel Turner Masters Program" are completely different from those of a normal four-year undergraduate program.

The Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts normally starts with winter enrollment, and the first semester runs from mid-October to Christmas.

The Masters Program will start the first short semester two weeks in advance.

It is not affiliated with any existing department of the school, but is part of the on-campus art program.

The “Master Program” is an independent program, but the students themselves still have to belong to the department, otherwise the degree certificate cannot be issued.

Each person can fill in up to three personal intentions when applying.

You can also clearly indicate the creative direction you are good at, and the admissions committee will consider it from many aspects.

Gu Weijing's first choice was Oriental art creation, his second was art theory and art history, and his third was Malerei/Zeichnen, which is the painting/drawing department of the Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts.

This is in preparation for learning oil painting.

The oil painting department of European universities is usually one of the top majors.

"That's right, what's up with the watercolor direction in the note?"

Gu Weijing was shocked.

He thought of the recommendation letter and realized that his sketching teacher had mentioned to him that the person who wrote the recommendation letter, Samuel Cozens, seemed to be the director of the resident art program at the Hammond Academy of Fine Arts.

No way, no way.

Is there an unexpected side effect to this?
Was he intercepted by someone?

This Samuel has such a unique personality!
He wants to contact the school.

At this time, Gu Weijing suddenly discovered that the email only contained the contact number and email address of the Admissions Office, and did not provide any contact information with the "Masters of Excellence" project team.

Gu Weijing took another look at the notes in the "Project Contact Information" column on the application page.

[…I will not provide any consulting services to applicants regarding portfolios and application admissions. We do not need the most suitable application, but the most authentic application. Every application is thoroughly reviewed by the admissions officer. Decisions made by the office cannot be reviewed again, and there is no appeal process…]

[…Every decision of acceptance or rejection is “firm and clear”. Please note that you should not waste your time. If you are rejected, we will no longer consider your application in the regular applications in the spring and autumn of the following year…]

"Well, it's quite unique."

The exact opposite of the glowing acceptance letter from the admissions office.

Gu Weijing carefully read the application notes written by the project leader of the school's official website for the "Masters of Excellence Program". He could make out the words between the characters. He read it horizontally and vertically, and the whole page was filled with the words "get out".

Don't submit, don't apply, don't ask, you have no chance, you are a waste, get out of here, don't waste your time.

"Boy, don't waste time. Who the hell are you? I can see through you at one glance!" Gu Weijing seemed to be able to hear the sinister sneer from behind the glasses of the person in charge when he wrote this note.

Gu Weijing saw the above notes.

He also didn't plan to contact the admissions office.

He planned to keep it simple and go ask the amazing old Yang in the afternoon.

It’s been a roller coaster ride.
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"Sister, why do you braid your hair into these little braids?"

Jasmine asked.

"Oh, you don't understand, this is called a Bohemian bun. It can show a little bit of personality without looking like an old lady. Here, take a look and see how it looks." The girl sitting by the tree was looking at the small mirror that she was holding up like a little girl showing off a treasure, and she was working hard to twist her braids together at the back of her head.

"It's very beautiful. I want to braid it too, so I can look like a princess in a painting."

Jasmine nodded longingly.

"I'll teach you later." The girl grabbed the bun on the back of her head, twisted her shoulders left and right, and looked at her profile in the mirror.

"You mean like a princess? No nomadic style? Doesn't the beauty book say that this kind of bun looks fresh and simple like a shepherdess?"

She raised her eyelids and asked very suspiciously.

"Yes, yes. But sister, you look like a little princess when you braid it." Jasmine stood on tiptoe and stretched out her hand, trying to reach the braid behind her ear for her. "It looks very nice. I think this hairstyle is very beautiful and... magnificent."

Jasmine finally came up with an adjective to flatter her elder sister.

Used to describe her extremely layered hair style.

"That's terrible. I also think it's too complicated. Hum, I just think that auntie's beauty book is not very reliable. Who told me that I was born beautiful? How can I not control it?"

The girl under the tree curled her lips, loosened her hands, and undid the bun on the back of her head that she had been braiding for half a day.

Little Jasmine was stunned!

She stood there in confusion, worried that she had said something wrong, and stood by, holding the mirror carefully.

"No, no, it's none of your business, I just don't want to look like a princess."

The girl quickly reached out and touched Jasmine's head, comforting her: "But it doesn't matter to you. Come, I'll braid it for you. I'll braid it for you."

She took the dressing mirror from the other person's hand and put it aside, then caught Jasmine in her arms and untied her hairband and put it on her hand.

"Isn't it good to be beautiful?"

"It's not that being pretty is bad, but I can't let the interviewer see that I'm one of those rich and stupid student union sisters who spends every day studying how to dress up."

"On the contrary, I have to make myself look poor but smart, and have personality." She rolled her eyes. "Otherwise, how can I deal with them? How can I fool them into believing that the reason why so many subjects on my poor transcripts were hovering above the passing line over the years was because I had to take care of my sick stepmother outside of school? How can I cry and apply for a scholarship?"

“Now the admissions offices of overseas universities like this one.”

"That's called psychological warfare. Hahaha, sister, you're smart, aren't you? Being poor and smart doesn't mean you're lying. If you don't think it's too radical, think about the EU's diversified admissions policy. Maybe shaving your hair and pretending to be a nun is something you can consider."

"Oh, is that so..."

Jasmine listened to the unknown experience and was shocked. She felt as if a door to a new world had been opened.

The sunlight shines through the branches of the locust tree, casting mottled shadows.

When Gu Weijing walked into the Good Luck Orphanage carrying Awang, he happened to see Koko braiding Jasmine's hair under the shade of a tree, while she was thinking about how to fool the judges at the campus recruitment meeting.

There was an easel next to Koko, and on the bench were printed application materials from various universities at the campus recruitment fair, as well as thick bound folders.

She originally didn't take her portfolio too seriously, and it was obvious that she was planning to just do it casually and rely on her parents to get her into college.

The moment you make up your mind to work hard.

There are only fifty days left until the campus recruitment fair.

At this time.

Let's talk about starting from scratch to do costume design, installation art, directing short films... These require a lot of external conditions, a long preparation period, and a relatively complex portfolio, so there is definitely not enough time.

We can only start from the category of painting which only needs paper, pen, easel and paint to make since elementary school, that is, preparing the so-called "pure art" portfolio.

The target subject for application was also changed to the Department of Visual Arts.

Fortunately, time is tight.

But Koko was just not serious before and learned whatever she wanted to learn.

Smart is really smart.

He is not only smart in researching how to fool admissions teachers.

I heard from Shengzi that the portfolio was prepared very quickly.

When Gu Weijing walked into the yard, Koko also saw him.

With one hand she tied the last of Jasmine's disobedient braids into her hair bun and waved at him with the other.

"Whoa, cat cat cat cat, here here!"

Gu Weijing walked towards the old locust tree.

Koko stood up and pulled Jasmine towards him.

Awang smelled the scent in the air, meowed for moisture, and jumped out of Gu Weijing's arms.

Transform into a flexible fat man.

With a nimbleness that was totally inconsistent with his size, Awang made a sudden turn and went around Jasmine who was bending down to catch him.

In no time, he rushed up to the big locust tree behind him.

Unfortunately, its nails had just been trimmed and it clearly did not have a correct assessment of its increasing weight.

A small branch was broken by Awang's pressure. It wanted to hold on to the branch below, but its two front paws were stuck and its right hind paw couldn't hold on firmly.

The fat ginger cat fluttered in the air, waving its claws and meowing non-stop.

It looks as silly and cute as it can be.

"Well, you crawled pretty fast. Wait, luckily I'm not wearing a skirt today."

Koko turned around, trotted two steps, reached out her hand to grab a low branch, and pulled herself up in a few seconds.

As light as a floating cloud.

"Be careful." Gu Weijing shouted.

"Don't worry, don't worry. It's not that high. The ground is soft and you won't get hurt if you fall down." Koko smiled indifferently.

She stood up on the branch, standing on one leg, with the other foot stretched straight back and her body leaning forward.

Sunlight, tree shadows, old church.

A man and a cat cast long shadows on the ground.

Gu Weijing watched Koko perform this ballet-like movement, standing on tiptoe, reaching out her hand, catching Awang, and holding him in her arms.

"Come down, don't fall." Gu Weijing couldn't help but remind him again.

"It's okay, it's okay, don't worry. When I was a kid, I climbed more trees than you've seen." Koko continued to hum.

But she really didn't come down.

He squatted and sat on a low branch of the locust tree.

He held Awang in his arms, stood on tiptoe, and then raised it in front of his face.

Awang showed his fangs to the girl.

Koko bared her teeth back without showing any weakness, and even rubbed Awang's pink nose with her nose tip as a protest.

"Why do I feel like I've gained weight again these past two days? Girls need to learn how to manage their body shape to look good. If you become round like a ball, when you walk, you'll turn from an elegant ballet girl into a strolling uncle."

She gently pulled at the double chin on Awang's round face.

"I'm busy today and don't have time to take you for a walk. Let Jasmine play with you later."

It's amazing.

Koko has her own way of treating Awang.

He wasn't like that fawning, flattering person who wanted to please others and eat when he was with Katsuko Sakai.

It's not like he would jump up and down and run around the yard trying to escape whenever he was next to Jasmine.

Awang was very obedient in her hands, the kind of obedient that is better than the other.

There was a little wild cat that met a big wild cat. It could not escape from the palm of Tathagata Buddha. After being suppressed, it lived a pitiful and well-behaved life.

I don't even want to run away - RUA me, RUA me, I'm lying down anyway. Who made me so cute? Beauty is always so unlucky.

The lower tooth that was revealed when he grinned just now was the last sign of stubbornness of the King of Cats.

Awang's long beard trembled, and he squinted his eyes, treating himself as an emotionless meat toy and allowing Koko to hold him in her arms and squeeze him into a ball.

"Good morning."

Gu Weijing raised his head and looked at Koko who was sitting on the branch. Only now did he have time to say hello.

"It's morning now. It's already half past nine, almost ten."

Koko was playing with the fat cat on the branch.

"Preparing your portfolio, are you almost done?" Gu Weijing glanced at the drawing board next to him, on which there was a half-finished landscape painting.

"Yes, it will probably take a few more days... Ms. Sakai is helping me, so it shouldn't be a problem to finish it before the campus recruitment fair. It's just a matter of completion."

Koko explained.

"Would you like some coffee? I made it this morning in that pot. Pour it yourself."

She changed the subject and pointed to the stainless steel kettle on the bench and a stack of disposable cups next to it.

"No, I'm going to go back inside. I still have a half-painted painting to finish."

Gu Weijing shook his head.

"Then go ahead. I'll be waiting for Teacher Sakai here. She said she still has twenty minutes." Koko lifted Awang up towards him and shook its paws like a big lucky cat doll.

"Bye, see you at noon." She smiled playfully.

"See you at noon."

That's right.

Koko's appearance in the Good Luck Orphanage was not due to Gu Weijing's invitation, but to Sakai Katsuko's invitation.

After that night.

Koko found Miss Sakai the next day.

She did not mention what happened at the B&B and at home, nor did she mention what Gu Weijing said at the family gathering.

This is Koko's own secret.

Other than that.

She told Shengzi everything that happened in the bar without reservation, and asked him if she could ask Gu Weijing to help her with her portfolio.

Gu Weijing was the best teacher she could think of.

If Ms. Sakai agrees, she'd be grateful.

If Ms. Sakai disagrees.

She also understands very well and will think of other ways.

This is what Koko looks like when she becomes herself again.

Just like she said herself, she never puts anyone down. She likes whoever she likes, and when she gives advice on a portfolio, it’s just giving advice on the portfolio.

Everything is open and aboveboard.

She couldn't stand the two of them meeting in private like underground lovers, acting like they were some kind of mistress who couldn't be seen in public.

Koko couldn't stand this at all.

If the other person doesn't really say he loves me with all his heart, then I don't want him.

If this matter would make Gu Weijing feel embarrassed and he would have to hide his identity, then she didn't want it.

Don't beg anyone, don't bother anyone, and don't please anyone.

Clean and innocent.

Katsuko Sakai is also a very gentle girl. She was moved by Koko's bravery and frankness.

Brave people are always attracted to each other.

If we don’t consider the factor of Gu Weijing.

Miss Sakai has always liked Koko.

Katsuko Sakai suggested that there was no need to go through so much trouble, and if she needed someone to guide her, she might be able to do it herself.

then.

Koko fired Teacher Gu.

Gu Tongxiang hopes that love can divert his grandson's attention and stop him from having to study all day.

in fact.

These days, Gu Weijing really has nothing to do with Sakai Katsuko to enjoy his own world.

Miss Sakai is very busy after submitting her artwork for the exhibition.

She wholeheartedly became Koko's personal trainer.

Gu Weijing, on the other hand, was the lone one. He didn't have much to do every day except whipping his grandfather with a whip and copying paintings.

Gu Weijing feels that the study notes taken in "Mr. Sloth's Emotional Class" are very interesting.

It seems that not all of them are correct.

About birthday gifts.

Mr. Sloth's theory states that there is never a best of both worlds in the world.

Either choose safety and keep a distance, or choose to make the other person feel happy from the bottom of their heart.

But the results of genuine happiness are unpredictable.

Love is inherently anti-rational.

If you can control your likes or dislikes, it is no longer love.

When the overflowing affection turns into "love", it spreads from flying sparks into a raging wildfire. It will spread to the soul, making people unable to calm down forever.

Gu Weijing once worried that there would be a scene of "rivers of blood".

An uncontrollable scene even more intense than that tennis match.

In fact.

He was surprised to find that he was worrying too much.

Neither Koko nor Katsuko Sakai are such girls.

Nothing happened.

It was as if what happened that night was just an episode in peaceful life, a temporary sharp variation on the staff.

As the next day dawned, the section came to an end.

The beat returned to the melodious and soothing melody of the past.

It cannot be said that nothing happened. Strictly speaking, Gu Weijing could sense that Koko was intentionally keeping a distance from him.

It's not a spiritual barrier.

It's physical alienation.

At school, Koko likes to pull the boys and tease the girls, touch one person's head and poke another person's chin.

She is the big sister who plays and fights with everyone.

Whether it was when he was close to Mona or after he confirmed his relationship with Miss Sakai.

Koko had often pulled him and hugged him during playtime.

But after that night.

All this behavior disappeared overnight.

Koko would say good morning to him, look at him with her bright eyes, and sit on the tree like she was doing now, hugging the cat and smiling at him.

But there was no more physical contact.

Is this a good change?

Gu Weijing was unable to answer either.

But it seems that no matter what, such changes cannot be classified as "uncontrollable fire".

Koko became the brave Koko again.

Everyone also maintained the boundaries of mutual help among good friends, which was exactly what Gu Weijing had hoped for.

“Practice brings true knowledge. Even theoretical experts like Mr. Sloth are not always right in all situations.”

Gu Weijing thought to himself.

He walked up to the second floor of the orphanage, put his thumb on the door of the studio and opened the fingerprint lock. The curtains had been opened by Miss Koko when she was making coffee in the morning.

The bright sunshine makes the old wood grain on the teak floor look like an abstract line painting by Jackson Pollock.

He walked to the corner of the studio and moved out the easel that had been half-finished yesterday.

There is plenty of time now.

When Gu Weijing started copying "Old Church in a Thunderstorm", he was not in as much of a hurry as before, and it would often take him two or three days to copy one painting.

but.

The requirements for painting have also become higher.

Gu Weijing asked Gu Tongxiang to copy Chinese paintings from memory.

There are two ways of copying in the field of art.

The first type of copying is to paint next to it. It is in contrast to the so-called "imitation", which is to spread a layer of transparent wax paper on the original painting, outline all its textures with ink and pencil, transfer it to the paper or silk to be drawn, and then restore it according to the original painting.

Strictly speaking, the works copied in this way cannot be considered as your own paintings, but are closer to rubbings.

There is no similarity to the original work.

It's essentially a photocopy.

It is used more frequently when learning Chinese painting.

I am familiar with the general rules of brush and ink and changes in lines of ancient masters.

Professor Lin Tao said that when Cao was a child, he copied a complete set of Zhao Ji's works in the hands of collectors, including "Golden Eagle and Autumn Birds" and "Imperial Eagle" with an inscription by Cai Jing, and benefited a lot from it.

Gu Weijing listened in amazement.

This is probably the unique heroism and luxury of the painting world of that era.

It is unimaginable now.

Not to mention that "Golden Eagle and Autumn Birds" seems to have been stolen out of the country during the turmoil of the Republic of China, and now seems to have fallen into the hands of a private collector in the UK and has never been seen in the world.

Just looking at the painting "Imperial Eagle" by Emperor Huizong of Song and inscribed by Cai Jing, although the historical evaluations of these two people are equally bad, their artistic accomplishments are really beyond reproach.

If it were to be auctioned now, five or six hundred million would be a very conservative estimate.

Can you imagine putting 600 million RMB on a table and asking a child to copy it with a pen?
If you shake your hand here, it will make a "cool" sound.

The collector over there will rush over with a kitchen knife and kill you as well.

(End of this chapter)