Reborn as a great painter, with a system, you can be willful

Chapter 1, Rebirth at the end of the millennium, a bright future
Under the old incandescent lamp, the 7-square-meter room, with its old-fashioned single bed, wardrobe and desk, looks very cramped.

Jiang Zhe sat on the edge of the bed, holding the drawing board with one hand and a pencil in the other. He copied an 8-page sketch of a head from the album on the desk and wrote on the blank space of the picture: December 2000, 12, No. 31.

He cut two small pieces of tape, attached the painting to the old-fashioned wardrobe, stepped back, and compared his painting with the original.

There are several similar works pasted on the closet and the wall. The time and serial number of the copy are written in the lower right corner of the picture: the 9th, the 8th...

Creak—the wooden door of the room was pushed open.

Xu Li stood outside the door and looked at Jiang Zhe.

"Mom, what's wrong?" Jiang Zhe stood up.

Xu Li looked at Jiang Zhe. "It's almost midnight. Go to bed early and paint tomorrow."

Jiang Zhe agreed: "I'll go to bed right away."

Xu Li closed the door gently and stood outside for a while. When she heard Jiang Zhe start to pack up, she went back to her room. Like most mothers, she was worried when her son was not studying hard, and she was also worried when her son studied too hard.

After washing, Jiang Zhe wiped his face and looked at himself in the mirror.

With short hair, thick black eyebrows, a big and straight nose and a rectangular face, he looks both handsome and heroic.

At 19 years old, after continuous hard study, her complexion is still healthy, with no dark circles or eye bags. Her teeth are white and neat, and when she exhales, there is no odor.

He returned to the room with a smile, turned off the lights and lay down.

At this age, I feel like sleeping as soon as I touch the pillow, and I will never experience the pain of insomnia.

But he resisted the urge to sleep and tried to keep his eyes open.

A week ago, Jiang Zhe returned from 2023 to 2000, when he was a senior in high school.

In my previous life, I didn’t do well in the college entrance examination, my job was insecure, and my life was hard.

Living again can make up for many regrets of the previous life and make the life of himself and his family happy and fulfilling, so he cherishes this opportunity very much.

Although you get a chance to start over, it is still difficult to change the trajectory of your life if you only rely on the vague information you know.

Fortunately, he has other things to rely on.

Jiang Zhe looked at a virtual page in front of him.

The God-Rewards-Hard-Work system is calculating the player’s learning results today.

Players will study today: Chinese (high school level); History (high school level); Ideological and Political Education (high school level); Foreign Language (high school level) for a total of 8 hours.

Players learn painting (sketch), 4 hours.

Players practice calligraphy (hard pen calligraphy) for 1 hour.

Today is the last day of this month. Should players settle their learning results for this month?

Settlement. Jiang Zhe clicked the button with his mind.

The game starts running...

Jiang Zhe is looking forward to the results.

After he was reborn, he thought about what to do.

Make enough money to provide a happy life for yourself and your family.

If the goal is a little higher, it is to enjoy life.

Rome was not built in a day. To achieve long-term goals, the first problem I need to solve now is the college entrance examination.

In my previous life, because of my unsatisfactory academic performance, I chose the art major when the classes were divided in my second year of high school. Unfortunately, I was only admitted to a second-rate university in another city.

After his rebirth, he set a higher goal - to get into the top comprehensive university in Binhai, or the Binhai Academy of Arts which is more famous for its art major.

However, he had a weak foundation and it was almost impossible for him to improve his grades significantly in half a year. Whether it was academic subjects or majors, he still could not get into his ideal university if he could not reach the required scores.

Fortunately, the gold finger arrived in time.

The system of rewarding hard work can allow users to select learning projects and settle accounts once a month. According to the calculation results, corresponding rewards will be given.

After Jiang Zhe obtained the golden finger, he did not choose other majors because the system had already evaluated him. He was most suitable for studying art majors. If he insisted on choosing science and engineering majors, he would only get half the result with twice the effort and it would be difficult to succeed.

He included the contents of his academic subjects and art exams into a systematic learning program, and with the help of the system, his grades improved steadily.

At this time, a new prompt appears on the system panel: the player’s study time this month is seven days, the accumulated time and average efficiency have reached the qualified level, and the reward funds are 9 yuan.

Jiang Zhe was delighted when he saw the amount.

In 2001, nine thousand yuan was not a small sum of money.

The combined salary of my parents is less than 5000 yuan. In my previous life, my highest salary was close to yuan, but most of the time it was less than that.

He remembered that even the university tuition at that time was 6000 yuan a year, and the tuition for Binhai Art College seemed to be around 8000 yuan.

This month, I only studied for one week. According to the system's monthly settlement rules, if my monthly study can reach the qualified level, it is equivalent to my monthly income of over 2001 yuan in before I was admitted to university? !
As soon as he was reborn, he surpassed the peak of his previous life.

From the system description, I learned that the system can be upgraded. In the future, I will be able to earn 100,000, 1 million or even more per month.

Thinking of these possibilities, Jiang Zhe lost all sleepiness, stood up and leaned against the head of the bed, waiting for the system to deliver the reward.

A selection box appears in the system panel.

The system's rewards will be distributed in a reasonable manner. Players can freely choose how to receive them:

1. Sell your own paintings.

2. Obtain a business opportunity that can earn a profit of 9 yuan.

3. Winning a prize. 4. Lottery.

Uh~ Jiang Zhe read the descriptions of several options and complained about this system, which cannot directly disburse funds.

He had to comfort himself that the system arranged a reasonable distribution path, which also had the advantage of saving the trouble of explaining the source of funds.

After much consideration, he decided that he had to spend a lot of time studying and had no time to prepare for the competition. He also did not have the start-up capital to take advantage of a business opportunity. Buying lottery tickets could not be used frequently, so selling paintings was the only feasible method, which was also what he had been looking forward to.

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for an unknown person to sell his paintings for 9,000 yuan.

In my previous life, because I studied painting and design, I had some understanding of the art industry.

Since the 21st century, strange phenomena have frequently appeared in art. Some artists' so-called explorations have left people speechless. This is still good, at least they have conducted experimental explorations. There are more operations that are beyond imagination. Many works that seem to be sold at sky-high prices are mostly hype.

Apart from doing some design work, Jiang Zhe has never sold any paintings and is unable to tell whether the income from painting sales reported by his peers is real or not.

If the game can arrange a reasonable way to sell paintings, it can be a reasonable long-term way to make money.

He clicked on the first option.

The system gives a reminder: Please arrive at the coastal scenic area tomorrow morning and complete five watercolor landscape paintings. Attention...

Jiang Zhe quickly memorized the important information in the prompt.

Tomorrow is the New Year's Day holiday, which is a good time to verify it.

……

March 2001, 1, early morning.

Jiang Zhe got up early and quickly cooked a pot of noodles.

When mother Xu Li heard Jiang Zhe get up, she hurriedly asked him why he got up early.

"I want to go to Fotao Road early and paint some landscapes."

Near Fotao Road is a famous coastal scenic spot with a large number of old buildings and beautiful coastal scenery.

"Painting in such a cold day? There are not many schools that offer landscape painting exams." Because her son was going to take an art exam, Xu Li also learned some information.

"Make more preparations. There are still noodles in the pot, which should be enough for you and Dad." Jiang Zhe quickly finished a bowl of noodles and prepared to go out.

"Be careful." Xu Li advised.

"I remember. You don't need to prepare lunch for me at noon." Jiang Zhe put on his coat, took his painting supplies, said goodbye to his mother, and hurried out.

The first bus of route 227 had very few passengers.

Jiang Zhe sat in a single seat, thinking over and over again about today's arrangements.

30 minutes later, he got off the bus in the scenic area and walked to a scenic spot.

This scenic spot has large areas of Metasequoia forest, maple forest, artificial lake and some buildings from different periods in various countries, condensing nearly a hundred years of time.

Jiang Zhe first filled a small bucket with water, chose a good location, set up the easel, prepared the drawing paper, and conceived his first painting.

For this painting, he intended to use the tall Metasequoia forest as the middle ground, the reflection of the artificial lake as the foreground, and the sky and city outline as the background, to show the scenery in the morning light.

Watercolor paintings require special drawing paper. In order to prevent the paper from deforming, it is necessary to simply mount it with water tape.

Jiang Zhe completed the simple mounting, made a draft with a pencil, divided the main and secondary parts of the picture, and then used a large wool brush to mix the pigments and quickly lay out the main tones.

The paint he used was domestically produced Continental paint. There were imported paints on the market, such as Owl brand, but they were very expensive and he could not afford them.

Lay the colors, render, and change to a small brush to depict the details...

In about twenty minutes, a watercolor painting was completed.

Jiang Zhe took a few steps back and looked at the picture.

In the picture, the morning mist has not yet dissipated, the morning sun has just set, and the city behind the Metasequoia forest is looming; the Metasequoia forest and the sky are reflected on the lake.

The special texture of watercolor can well bring out the hazy air and changes in light and shadow.

Jiang Zhe likes watercolor painting and Chinese painting very much. In his previous life, after he started working, he also learned techniques from domestic and foreign painters through the Internet.

After his rebirth, because the system listed gouache and watercolor as a skill for calculation, he relearned painting through the system, and in terms of skills, he has surpassed his former self.

He was very satisfied with his first painting of the day, and quickly changed the drawing paper to consider the second work.

Jiang Zhe habitually wanted to touch his pocket, but quickly reminded himself to hold back.

Smoking is a bad habit I developed in my previous life, and I am determined to change it in this life.

For the second painting, the subject he chose was Nordic architecture.

After finishing, he picked up his painting supplies, crossed the street, followed the system's prompts, chose a new location, and prepared to paint the seaside scenery.

Looking south from his position, he could see a large stretch of beach and sea; there were large reefs on the east side of the beach extending into the sea; there was a row of changing rooms on the shore and a wooden lifeboat on the sea.

This is a natural bathing beach, which is a good material for painting.

After warming up with the first two paintings, Jiang Zhe felt that he was getting better and better. He liked to let the paint and water collide freely to form shapes, and then slowly depict them based on accidental or deliberate blank spaces.

He gradually immersed himself in it, forgetting the cold wind and ignoring the occasional passers-by.

Just as Jiang Zhe was painting with great concentration, passers-by gradually stopped to watch behind him.

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(End of this chapter)