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

Chapter 126, August Settlement, Creation, Mission Completed

Jiang Zhe and Chen Yan slowly walked back to the playground.

While the two of them were talking, the students who had gone to buy water returned to the playground one after another. Because the sun was scorching, everyone was looking for shade to relieve the heat.

Among the students who disrupted the class order and mixed in to enjoy the cool under the shade of the trees, some pretty girls attracted the most attention.

Girls majoring in dance, acting, and modeling received special attention, including Chen Yan.

Jiang Zhe, who could make pretty girls smile and be as charming as a little bird, naturally attracted attention. The students of the oil painting major soon found out that Jiang Zhe had a very beautiful girlfriend.

After a short rest, military training continued.

According to the requirements of military training, lunch is also a part of military training. There will be a lunch break at noon, and military training will continue in the afternoon.

Before the end of the military training that day, the instructor made a request to all the boys, asking them not to have strange hairstyles and to change their hair to a flat style.

Jiang Zhe was worried that the military training would be too hot, so he cut his hair into a flat top in advance so he didn't have to go for a haircut.

While the boys were queuing up at the barber shop near the school, Jiang Zhe had already washed his military training uniforms and hung them on the balcony.

The other three boys in the dormitory came back one after another. They were exhausted from the military training and went to wash and rest early.

Jiang Zhe felt that he still had enough energy, so he turned off the indoor lights, turned on the desk lamp, and used sketches to write down the scenes he saw and thought about today.

The first day of military training is also the day to accumulate and summarize learning in August.

He finished his practice and lay on the couch until midnight, when he heard a prompt from the system.

Today is the last day of August. Have players settled their learning accumulation?

Jiang Zhe clicks settle.

After the system calculation, the result is given: the player reaches the qualified level during the accumulation process this month. He can receive the reward funds - 2.6 yuan.

He clicked to view the channels for receiving funds.

The system only provides three channels: stocks, lotteries and selling paintings.

He still chose to sell paintings, which was his way of making a living. Lottery tickets were okay to use occasionally, but not often.

The system will then display that when players receive this month’s rewards, they will also receive part of the previous rewards.

When Jiang Zhe saw that the system did not ask him to prepare new works, he guessed that the works submitted for the competition might be sold successfully.

He shut down the system and began to think about the problem of learning accumulation.

The rewards I received this month are much less than before, which means that my accumulation in August is less than before.

The study time in college is different from before, so you must adjust your methods and strive to accumulate more.

A week of military training, no matter how difficult it is, will eventually pass quickly. During the military training, Jiang Zhe has been thinking about how to adjust his study methods and find time to prepare the works required by the system.

In the early morning of September 9, after waking up, Jiang Zhe first practiced Ba Duan Jin, then quietly got downstairs, went to the balcony, and took down the military training clothes hanging on the balcony.

The clothes were not completely dry and I could only wear them with difficulty.

The three roommates were still snoring loudly. The continuous military training for several days was a huge test for the students' physical strength.

Today was the military training performance, so they had to change into their uniforms and go to eat early. Since Jiang Zhe could get up early every day, his roommates asked him to wake up the three of them.

The roommates who were awakened got up in agony and put on their clothes.

When Jiang Zhe and the other three went out, the corridor was quiet.

After breakfast, they came to the playground where the instructors were already waiting.

The freshmen gathered in the playground one after another.

After Instructor Lian organized the team, he explained the performance requirements and then checked the attire.

When he checked a few boys, he was a little unhappy. There were several white sweat stains around the collars of these boys. This was the result of the clothes being repeatedly soaked by sweat and not washed. To have this effect, the clothes must have not been washed for at least two days.

"Didn't I say yesterday that I would go back and wash clothes? You, you and you, what's up with the sweat stains on your clothes?"

A boy said helplessly: "Instructor, I was too tired yesterday and went to sleep as soon as I got home."

Things have come to this point, and the instructor is helpless.

The military training report for freshmen is nothing more than review and performance formation.

The instructor announced the end of the military training and the students finally relaxed.

After taking a group photo with the class, Jiang Zhe used his camera to take pictures of himself and Chen Yan after the military training.

Today is Friday, and the school gives freshmen a half-day holiday. Classes will start next Monday. Together with the weekend, students will have 2.5 days of holiday.

Chen Yan felt that she was tanned, so she planned to go home for two days to recuperate. Some classmates who lived close to home would also go home.

Jiang Zhe plans to go to the studio to complete the work required by the system task.

He had just packed his things and was about to leave school when he received a call from Sister Liao.

"Jiang Zhe, is the military training over?" The two had been in contact, so she knew Jiang Zhe's time.

"Just finished."

"Are you tired? If not, come out for lunch?"

Jiang Zhe said: "Okay, I'll leave now."

"I'm on the east side of your school gate."

Jiang Zhe walked out of the school gate and went a short distance to the east before he saw Sister Liao’s car.

The two drove to a nearby restaurant.

Sister Liao asked for the menu and handed it to Jiang Zhe: "Congratulations on getting the scholarship. See what you like to eat. I'll treat you today as a celebration."

Jiang Zhe said, "I got a scholarship, so I have to treat you." Sister Liao didn't insist. After ordering the dishes, she stared at Jiang Zhe and said, "You've been in military training for a few days, and you've gotten a little tanned, but you look more handsome. It's a pity that I didn't see you during military training. I feel like I missed a lot."

Jiang Zhe took out a digital camera from his backpack and said, "There are photos of me in it, take a look for yourself."

"That's great." Sister Liao happily took the camera and carefully looked through every photo of Jiang Zhe without even looking at the food that was delivered.

Seeing a photo taken at the end of military training, she laughed so hard that she fell backwards: "...Wearing this outfit, I really have the feeling of... that era."

Jiang Zhe said while eating: "Just tell me directly that I look ugly in this outfit."

Sister Liao said, "I'm not making fun of you. You look very special in this outfit. I still have photos of me during my military training in college."

She suddenly had an idea: "I'll show you that photo. Can you draw a work based on it?"

Jiang Zhe said: "Sure, but it might be slow. I need to figure it out slowly."

"It's okay, I can wait."

Jiang Zhe planned to use the afternoon to paint, and Sister Liao also had work to do, so after lunch, Sister Liao sent Jiang Zhe to the studio.

Jiang Zhe came to the studio and started to sketch. Sister Liao's words gave him a new inspiration - a self-portrait.

The system task requires him to use his work to express his feelings when he entered school. If he can express his emotions by depicting his eyes and micro-expressions, he may be able to meet the requirement.

Jiang Zhe imitated Ingres's painting style and used sketches to depict his own busts, some wearing military training uniforms, some wearing daily clothes, with different backgrounds.

After completing three works in one go, he tested them using the system.

Among the three works, two were rated as excellent works by the system and one was rated as an average work.

After seeing the comments, Jiang Zhe felt that this direction was correct.

He found water-soluble colored pencils and solid watercolor paints and began to paint his own portrait on an octavo sheet of paper.

First, sketch the figure in a quick sketch. In order to maintain a vivid effect, the sketch was not adjusted, and the sketch was directly created with colored pencils, and finally colored with watercolors.

Jiang Zhe completed the initial shaping in a short time and then began to concentrate on depicting the eyes and micro-expressions, which are the places that best express the character's emotions and demeanor.

As he progressed in his depiction, he would often pause and think for a long time before making minor adjustments. The eyes of the characters in the painting became more and more consistent with his initial ideas.

When Jiang Zhe felt that the character's eyes had achieved the desired effect, he used watercolors to quickly render the background and the outline of the character's hair, creating the atmosphere and texture, and then stopped painting decisively.

He examined the painting. The figures were vivid, and the colored pencil particles blended with water and watercolor paint to form a rich texture effect, which was better than expected.

With the experience of the first one, he painted another bust.

Jiang Zhe used the system to test the two works, but the results were beyond his expectations.

The first head portrait is a masterpiece, while the second bust is only at the level of an excellent work.

The system gives a prompt and players can submit the task.

Jiang Zhe clicks to submit the task.

The system prompts that the player has completed the task and the system begins to upgrade.

Seeing that the system upgrade would take time, Jiang Zhe shut down the system and reviewed the previous creative process.

When I was painting the first portrait, I used new techniques and kept it fresh and vivid. In the process of creating the second work, I seemed to be a little slack and formulaic.

By finding the reasons for different evaluations through reflection, you will understand the role of maintaining freshness in creation.

Jiang Zhe looked at the clock and saw that it was almost dinner time, so he took a bus home to eat.

He opened the door and shouted, "Mom and Dad, I'm back."

Xiao Ka, who hadn't seen him for a few days, ran over quickly, hugged him and circled around him.

Jiang Yi and his wife came out of the kitchen and asked, "How come you got tanned in just a few days?"

"Why didn't you call ahead? Have you eaten?"

Jiang Zhe picked up Xiao Ka and caressed him while telling his parents what had happened in the past few days.

Jiang Yi and his wife asked Jiang Zhe about everything in school. They only prepared simple meals, but the family of three still ate happily.

Jiang Zhe spent the weekend at home.

On Sunday, after dinner, he prepared to go back to school.

I have to go to school tomorrow and can't continue living at home.

Jiang Yi and his wife took the small card and reluctantly sent her downstairs.

Jiang Zhe returned to the dormitory and saw that only Shao Hui was reading a novel, the other two were not there.

"What novel are you reading?"

Shao Hui dodged and didn't want Jiang Zhe to see the contents of the novel. "A new martial arts novel, rented."

When computers were not yet popular, renting novels was an entertainment activity for many students.

Jiang Zhe glanced at the cover - Jiangshan*So*Many Qiao, the author is Niren. He has heard of this book, the villain-like protagonist, very classic.

This book is still being serialized, and pirated copies have already appeared.

Jiang Zhe sorted out the books he would use for tomorrow's class, and then practiced calligraphy while listening to music.

Soon, Gan Wenjie and Du Xin came back one after another.

The two of them went out to play with their classmates, and when they came back, they both smelled of alcohol.

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