Almighty painter

Chapter 594 Application Letter

If Gu Weijing were to guide Koko in compiling a portfolio, perhaps he would also focus on the watercolor "Self-Portrait".

The light shines down from above the easel.

The picture shows a woman holding a cat, wearing a small floral dress.

Her head was tilted to one side, her eyelids drooping as she gazed at the kitten in her arms.

The kitten, on the contrary, looked up and stared at the woman with a pair of triangular eyes.

The tail is wagging slightly.

"interesting."

This is exactly the opposite of the impression Gu Weijing had when he saw the oil painting "Self-Portrait" in Mona's family's gold shop.

Miss Sanderno painted that painting carefully and with great attention to detail.

Koko also painted this picture very carefully.

But the "modification" is more emotional.

From a technical point of view, the level of this painting is above average.

It is above average according to the evaluation standards of high school art students, not by the standards of professional painters.

With the personal guidance of Ms. Sakai these days, and through constant practice, she has probably reached the level 2 of watercolor painting.

This is just a glimpse into the realm.

To be able to master watercolor painting to this level in just one month is already quite good progress.

Koko is really smart.

Before getting the system panel.

Students like Gu Weijing who have one or two Level 3 semi-professional painting techniques are already among the best students in Dulwich.

When you reach Lv.4, that is the level of a school teacher.

But cleverness is cleverness.

In front of Gu Weijing, works produced at the level 2 of painting had almost no secrets.

There is no need to compare your painting skills with Mencai's, as that would be an insult to his master's level.

There is no need for calligraphy and painting authentication techniques.

In front of Gu Weijing's current Lv.4 professional first-level watercolor level, these carefully drawn strokes by Miss Koko can only be regarded as a boring child's game.

Nothing good to say.

But this is not a boring or unremarkable painting.

The brushwork is generally just general brushwork.

The graphics are very well designed.

Eyes are the biggest difficulty in painting a portrait.

It is difficult for a novice painter to depict passionate eyes using limited techniques.

Let alone sentimental expression, it is very difficult to draw harmonious, natural and non-weird eyes.

I don't know if it's self-awareness or just an accidental discovery.

In Koko's self-portrait, she cleverly avoided this difficulty.

She directly used the character's drooping eyes to avoid the audience and the person in the painting looking at each other, and also avoided direct depiction of the eyes.

If it comes to this, it can only be considered a little clever.

The interesting thing is that Koko did not completely avoid this issue.

The entire "Self-Portrait" still has "spirituality".

The god is not in the girl in the painting, but in the fat cat in her arms.

The "eye of the storm" in this painting is the cat.

It looks like Awang, but it doesn’t look like Awang.

The cat, looking into the eyes of its owner, seems to have acquired some of the spirit of the person in the painting.

Quirky.

stubborn.

And cute.

Its tail sways and curls to one side, and its body is frozen on the edge of movement and stillness, which makes people constantly imagine - in the next second, the big cat will obediently lie back in the girl's arms, close its eyes and stretch out its chin for you to scratch, or will it meow, jump out of your arms and disappear.

The brushstrokes are simple and the picture feels very lively.

The temperament of the characters and the light nature of watercolor complement each other very well.

Koko stood in front of the easel day after day.

The sunlight outside has completely penetrated into the paint of this painting.

It shines through the thin watercolor paint, the fine layer of color on the woman's skin, clear and bright, light and without any sense of solemnity.

Like the leaves of a jade lotus reflected in the water.

The cat seemed to be in her arms.

It also seems like it will run away.

The girl in the painting seems like she will stand there forever, until the end of time, and yet she is so transparent that she seems like she will fly away from the picture.

Gu Weijing didn’t know whether this painting was designed by Miss Sakai for Koko or drawn by Koko herself.

Needless to say.

This is a very spiritual painting.

Even the works that Koko drew according to the directions provided by Shengzi were very spiritual in expression.

“This cat is really well drawn.”

Gu Weijing thought to himself that this was better than the portrait of his detective cat.

Koko definitely doesn't have the help of system knowledge cards like "Pet Mind Reading".

But the cat she casually drew was a vivid and real cat.

It’s not the weird, demented calico cat in Gu Weijing’s profile picture.

It doesn't look exactly like Awang, as Koko's own feelings are added to it.

Gu Weijing tried to use the "anatomy" knowledge included in "Pet Mind Reading" to analyze the cat.

If I really want to find fault, it's that the tail is a little long, the bone structure of the wrist is slightly offset, and there is no third eyelid, etc. These are minor imperfections.

But looking at it as a whole, I don’t think there is anything particularly awkward.

Maybe this cat...

Does it really live in Koko's heart?

The warm wind blew back and forth in the yard, rustling the pages of the books in the folders containing various materials beside the easel bench.

Gu Weijing looked at the girl's eyes on the easel, which were lowered and not looking at anyone.

[“People who are cheerful and stubborn are the hardest to guess. They are contradictory. They always express their seemingly grand ambitions too rashly, and generously reward everyone with a smile. But pride makes them hide their deepest feelings in the deepest part of their hearts, and they are unwilling to tell anyone with a stubborn face.”]

At this perfect moment, he seemed to hear the voice of Mr. Sloth in his ears.

He walked over subconsciously and took out the thick enrollment brochure.

"Application for studying in Commonwealth countries", "Rotterdam University Admission Guide", "Guide to studying in Ireland", "Guide to applying to art universities in New York"...

Gu Weijing didn't think about it at all.

He didn't even look at the alternative schools that Koko had marked and recorded. Gu Weijing flipped directly to the end of the admissions handbook, and then flipped to the previous one.

All matters related to Koko's portfolio are discussed with Katsuko Sakai.

It was the first time he picked up this stack of documents, but he seemed very familiar with it.

Blessings come to the mind, the minds are connected, the thoughts are connected, and the ideas coincide with each other.

You can say it whatever you want.

Maybe it's just pure intuition.

Gu Weijing is very clear about this.

If Koko wanted to hide something, she would hide it here.

She would not put it in a conspicuous place in the front, nor would she put it at the back, as that would seem too deliberate.

The second to last position.

Between the Cooper Union College, where the application major was folded, and the University of Melbourne, where Koko wrote "expensive tuition", there was a thin piece of paper.

It looks surprisingly thin and clean among the pile of application materials.

It looked like it was just printed out using Dewei's printer and clipped here casually.

It was a form with the words "Studienkolleg für auslndische Studierende" written on it.

Gu Weijing did not understand German at all.

But he immediately recognized what the form was because he had seen it on the application website.

"Preparatory School for Foreign University Students".

As the name suggests.

This is an official preparatory school established by the German government for non-EU countries to study German majors. Students who want to apply for the winter semester need to submit the preparatory application form before July 7th each year.
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"Two beers, a curry sausage, a piece of Black Forest cake with mustard cream eggs, vinegar-braised beef, and potato balls. Thank you."

The middle-aged man with a bulging belly pulled out a small round footstool and found a seat near the window to sit down.

"Jack shirts are cool, Mr. Yang." The waiter in a white shirt said as he wrote down the menu, "Today's oysters are very fresh. Would you like some?"

"Cool, right? It's the same leather jacket as the lead singer of the Sex Pistols. No oysters, my uric acid level has been a bit high lately, and my medical checkup report shows that I need to eat less seafood."

The middle-aged man smiled happily. He looked at the window of the restaurant and touched his nose proudly.

Look, there are still many people with taste in the world!
The tipping culture in Germany is not as strict as that in North America. Most customers will give some tips, and if you don't give any, you will not be stopped from leaving or have the waiter spit in your food.

However, he decided to give the other party a ten euro tip today... Never mind, a five euro tip.

What's wrong with five euros?

Considering how stingy Lao Yang is, five euros is a very rare and generous sum of money.

This is a special reward for the waiter's good taste.

This leather motorcycle jacket cost him 600 euros!
When Marlon Brando in "The Wild One" wore this style, he could be called a walking biological hormone that could charm thousands of boys and girls and attract countless bees and butterflies.

Lao Yang looked out the window, twisted it like a mirror, and squeezed out the blackheads.

On the glass, the man's shiny Gucci shoes, shiny AllSaints leather pants, shiny Armani belt, shiny Sex Pistols leather jacket, shiny round face and...

A shiny forehead.

It's beautiful no matter how you look at it.

Old Yang has fixed it.

Not to mention that she is so charming that she can kill foreign horses, but she is also a flower in middle age!
Hamburg is known as the Venice of Germany. In Germany, it is also known as the "City of Bridges" because of its many lakes and rivers.

This restaurant is built by the lake.

On the waterway outside the window, I don’t know if it was a coincidence, or if Lao Yang’s strange twisting disturbed them, or if even the water birds couldn’t stand his oiliness.

A group of river ducks and white and blue river gulls flew up, circled in the sky, and fluttered away.

There was bird droppings all over the roof and windshield of Lao Yang's sleek convertible Porsche Boxter.

"Waiter, another serving of fried duck breast."

Old Yang curled his lips, turned his head and waved to the waiter.

Then he took out his mobile phone and opened an art news aggregation and push app that he often used. While waiting for his meal, he browsed through the latest news in the industry.

"The Venice Biennale has announced the new list of organizing committee members. Paolo Baratta, former Italian Minister of Industry and Environment and director of the Fortune 500 Italian Telecom, has been nominated again..."

"Alas, this is a great place to show off, but it's a pity that Mr. Cao once again rejected the invitation from the Biennale Organizing Committee. Otherwise, in 2020, he would have had a chance to be nominated as the chairman of the Venice Biennale. Zhang Yimou was the chairman of the Venice Film Festival once, and it would be great if Mr. Cao could be the chairman of the Venice Art Festival again. Now he has everything."

Art festivals are a great place to pick up girls.

Old Yang fantasized about how he would be able to walk into a bar at the Venice or Berlin Art Festival as Mr. Cao's loyal dog, and look proud and confident.

That majesty, that style.

It's not something that can be covered up by just being complimented on "a nice jacket".

such a pity.

"The Scholastic Group Centennial Awards Ceremony has concluded. Roald Henry, the author of Vegas Boxer, won the top prize—"

"I don't know how the TV series will turn out this year. Apple has plenty of money. The special effects for the previous base were very good, and the scenes were grand. However, watching the trailer, it looks a bit like Fight Club."

"——The anonymous illustrator Detective Cat won the only Master Award in the illustration category this year. Master illustrator Jane Arnold announced publicly that he invited her to join his painting studio."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, what a lucky girl. She has been able to make great comebacks time and time again. It's only been half a year, and she's about to take off! I don't know what Jane Arnold has in mind. Is he going to make a comeback? Or is he looking for someone to take over his business?"

Old Yang smacked his lips and clicked his tongue several times.

I envy Detective Cat's good luck. She is about to embark on the fast track to making money.

But.

As a pure illustrator, his ability to earn money is limited and he may not be much more successful than Lao Yang.

"Sotheby's London summer auction is about to begin..."

……

Lao Yang drank beer, ate potato balls, and quickly browsed various news in the industry.

The restaurant serves craft stout brewed by a local brewery, which is ice cold, with a layer of water droplets on the glass.

It tastes very refreshing to drink.

It was his working habit as an assistant to go through all the important news in the industry from beginning to end every day.

If you see something worth noting, click in and comment on it in your mind. If you see someone who makes a lot of money and acts like a big shot, you'll be jealous. If you see someone who has cheated or come out, you'll tell a couple of dirty jokes.

It took only a meal to see the sights. It was over very quickly.

"Interview with artist Cui Xuanyou, the Eastern expression of Western art, starting with Nanjo Fumio and the Singapore Art Exhibition."

"A niche exhibition of new British art will be held on July 7..."

……

cough.

Old Yang, who was chewing potato balls and guzzling craft beer, suddenly stopped.

He swiped up the screen of his phone and returned to the report page about the interview with artist Cui Xuanyou.

The source of the news was a medium-sized literary newspaper called Berlin Fashion Weekly.

There are many similar interviews like this in the industry every day.

Most people just glance at it and move on.

But Lao Yang is not most people.

Others can question his fashion sense, his rusticity, and his greasy appearance, but the only thing that cannot be questioned is his business ability.

(End of this chapter)