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

Chapter 48, Reward received, mission progress (please read later)

Jiang Zhe had just walked downstairs to the studio when he remembered that Xiao Ka was still with his parents.

Just now, I should have asked the driver to take me there.

He could only go to his parents' house to pick up Xiaoka first.

When the parents saw their son coming home so late, they gave him a lecture.

Jiang Zhe took Xiao Ka back to the studio and started studying not long after that he received a text message from Ning Anchi, asking him if he had arrived home and that the agreed fee of 6 yuan had been transferred to his designated account.

Jiang Zhe immediately called Ning Anchi back to express his gratitude.

After ending the call, he checked his account on his computer.

With this money, the balance in the account reaches 12 yuan. Because of the recent large expenses, otherwise it should be more than 15 yuan.

Based on the current price and tuition levels, this money is enough to cover college expenses.

If I can keep getting rewards, I shouldn't be short of money in the future.

He has no intention of investing for the time being. He never played in his previous life, and he will never take risks in this life. He just needs to make good use of the system and have enough money to cover his expenses.

After being happy, you still have to study hard.

With his painting skills as a backing, he can spend a lot of time memorizing history and ideological and moral education courses.

In addition to memorization, these two courses also require understanding, and can only be studied bit by bit.

During a break from studying, he opened the system page to check what he had learned today.

In recent times, there has not been any obvious growth in my knowledge of academic subjects. Perhaps I really have no talent in this area.

In order to give his brain a rest, he took out his sketchbook and used the napping Xiao Ka as a model to draw a rough draft.

Unfortunately, the system never allowed him to contract Xiaoka as a model.

Jiang Zhe became interested in painting and began to draw the images of Chen Yan and Ning Anchi in his sketchbook.

With the attribute of portraiture expertise, his sensitivity to modeling has been greatly improved. Even when drawing silently, the wonderfulness of the modeling has not diminished. He can even draw the most typical expressions and features of the two people based on his memories.

The next morning, when Jiang Zhe went out to walk his dog, he deliberately took a detour to buy breakfast at the market. On the way, he carefully observed the pedestrians and vendors on the street.

Back in the studio, he drew more than a dozen character sketches in succession.

With the help of his portrait-specific skills, he found that he could remember the images of many people, as well as people of different ages and professions, their clothing, expressions, movements, etc. These characteristics allowed him to avoid the problem of making everyone look the same in his creation.

I guess I will have no problem in taking exams that require me to copy portraits in the future.

Since the training course has ended, you need to arrange your time yourself in the future.

Director Lin and the class teachers at the Seventh High School must always be aware of the student movements in their class.

Director Lin specifically called Jiang Zhe and recommended him to go to other training courses, such as going to several good training courses in the capital to continue studying and try better schools.

Jiang Zhe declined the suggestion, citing his academic performance.

He once estimated his grades and thought he could try to get into a university in the capital or Shanghai, but that might not be a good choice for his future self.

I have no shortage of ways to make money, and my hometown will be more prosperous in the future, so why should I stay away from my parents and relatives?
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On Tuesday morning, Jiang Zhe stood on the balcony and saw Chen Yan walking towards the test site from afar. He picked up his backpack and prepared to go out.

Xiao Ka automatically ran to his feet.

Jiang Zhe could only comfort her: "Wait at home for a while, I'll be back soon."

Xiao Ka didn't understand, but still followed.

Jiang Zhe had no choice but to put it in a cage temporarily and go downstairs to wait for Chen Yan to go sign up together.

He was going to apply for a school in Shanghai today. He remembered that the university was renamed later, and it seemed to have four characters.

Because of the system's mission to win the first prize, there are requirements for the schools that Jiang Zhe applies to. The system has rated these schools in the Magic City as Class A schools.

After comprehensive consideration, Jiang Zhe decided to give it a try.

He originally thought that Chen Yan would not apply to this school. With her level, her chances of getting into this school were slim, but Chen Yan insisted on applying with him.

The provincial art examination has ended, but the bustle at the Binhai test site has not diminished at all, as dozens of schools are still looking to recruit students.

This school in Shanghai is also a popular school, with many applicants.

When Jiang Zhe saw Chen Yan coming over, his face looked a little strange. "What's wrong?"

Chen Yan said irritably: "Oh! My parents said that my chances of getting into this school are slim, and asked me to concentrate on preparing for key goals, so they didn't give me the registration fee."

Jiang Zhe comforted him, "Okay, stop worrying. You have two choices. First, I'll give you money. Second, you go to the studio and wait for me and listen to your parents' arrangements."

Chen Yan hesitated for a moment and said, "It's better not to sign up. If my parents knew that I borrowed money from you to sign up, they would definitely scold me."

Jiang Zhe took out the key and said, "I'll lock Xiaoka in the cage. Go to the studio and wait for me."

"Sorry to have kept you waiting for so long." Chen Yan took the key.

Jiang Zhe's registration process went smoothly. As soon as he walked out of the test center, he saw Chen Yan holding Xiaoka, waiting for him in the distance.

Xiao Ka was locked in a cage, but he didn't seem to bear any grudge. As soon as he saw Jiang Zhe walk in, he came over and showed affection to him.

Jiang Zhe hurriedly comforted him: "It didn't make a fuss when you went up there."

"No, the little guy is very obedient." Chen Yan asked: "Did the registration go smoothly?"

"smoothly."

"Where are we going now?" Jiang Zhe said, "Back to the studio to study."

"Oh, how boring."

Although he and Chen Yan were getting closer, Jiang Zhe had no intention of pandering to them: "You really let yourself go. Models require low scores. I can't do that."

"Let's go. Let's have lunch together after we finish reviewing." He changed the words about eating into English.

"What do you mean? Hateful." Chen Yan said coquettishly.

Jiang Zhe explained what he meant.

Seeing that he insisted, Chen Yan agreed to his wishes.

It was also a coincidence that there were many students who came to register.

On the way from the test site to the studio, Jiang Zhe met several classmates one after another.

Seeing Jiang Zhe walking the dog with a pretty girl by his side, these classmates did not show any strangeness when they greeted him face to face. But when they were a distance away, their expressions became much more interesting.

Jiang Zhe and Chen Yan returned to the studio and began to review their academic subjects.

Chen Yan’s academic performance isn’t very good either.

In order to make the learning process less boring, Jiang Zhe suggested that the two of them check each other's recitation.

He took out the ideological and political questions and history questions.

Because he and Chen Yan were in different schools with different review materials, the random questions they asked would often leave the other stuck.

Admit defeat, look for answers, and ask again.

In this way, the originally boring learning becomes more interesting.

Before they knew it, they were studying until noon. They agreed to share their review materials while they were eating.

In the afternoon, Chen Yan had to go home for something.

Jiang Zhe used the afternoon to paint two gouache still lifes with flowers.

Both of these paintings are based on excellent watercolor works and are in preparation for tomorrow's exam.

He had never taken the art exam for this school in his previous life, but later he heard his classmates talk about color topics and was particularly impressed.

As for the sketching and design exams, he had no impression of them.

In the evening, Wang Zhen called and asked about the portrait.

Jiang Zhe roughly described what happened that day.

Wang Zhen said on the phone that if Jiang Zhe needed to improve his work, he could call her directly.

Jiang Zhe agreed verbally, but was weighing the options in his mind.

President Ning asked him to contact her directly, but Wang Zhen said so again. He didn't know what was going on and it was difficult to make a decision, so it would be best not to offend anyone.

The next morning, Jiang Zhe took his tools and went to the test site to take the exam.

The sketch test in the morning was still about drawing a head from memory. This time it was about drawing a head of an elderly woman. The test was not difficult for those who had done special preparation.

Jiang Zhe completed this work according to his own preparation. What makes this work unique is that he painted the head of an old man he had seen before. The old man was selling mashed potatoes and eggs at a stall in the market near the studio, with a weathered look.

The exam is over.

Jiang Zhe took a peek at some of the candidates' works and immediately found it funny. In his own examination room alone, there were three very similar works, and he could even tell where these works came from.

A certain art publishing house in the south published a pre-exam tutorial book two years ago, which contained some high-quality portrait sketches. Among them was a portrait of an old lady with big eyes and gray hair. Because the painting was good and the model was energetic, many candidates copied it.

The three works that Jiang Zhe discovered were almost exact copies of the model painting.

The color test in the afternoon was indeed about gouache, and it clearly required elements such as flowers, porcelain jars, glass bottles, cabbage, and fruits.

Jiang Zhe uses flowers as the theme of the painting, adopts vertical composition, and weakens other elements, especially the background.

With yesterday's preparation, he easily completed the exam work. In order to highlight the bright colors of flowers, he used thick, strong covering paint to show the light-receiving parts of flowers, retaining some transparent colors to increase the layers of flowers.

The third design test was to design a two-square continuous pattern based on the elements specified in the test.

At this time, the more popular pattern templates in the province were still the pattern books published by Han Meilin in his early years and some classic pattern books.

Jiang Zhe wanted his works to reflect more modern atmosphere, so when designing the patterns, he transformed all the patterns into shapes that could be expressed with tools.

For example, use compasses, rulers or curve boards to express all images, and try to avoid overly complex shapes, so that the pattern can be highly generalized and look more modern.

When designing the pattern color, he arranged high-grade gray and several elements in the pattern background.

After the exam, he returned to the studio and estimated the results.

Although he was well prepared, this exam and the one at Qinghua Academy of Fine Arts were the ones he was least confident about.

I don’t dare to hope for a ranking, I just hope to be given a certificate so that I can complete the system task.

He opened the system page, found the task of winning the first prize in the imperial examination, and saw that the cursor on the task progress bar showed that there was only a short distance left to the end.

I have already taken six exams, and I only need to take one more exam to basically meet the requirements of the task. By then, there is no need to take the art exam again, and I can concentrate on reviewing the academic subjects.

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