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

The corridors of the Repin Academy of Fine Arts are crowded and old, and the light is a little dim due to poor lighting.

Galina stood at the corner of the corridor, wearing a high-necked long sweater, tight pants, neatly combed hair, and a pair of glasses on her face. She was tall and elegant in the current environment, and she was particularly conspicuous.

The smile on her face reveals her youth and vitality.

Seeing that Jiang Zhe noticed her, she took the initiative to go over to him.

Jiang Zhe also walked over to say hello.

"Hello, Galina. I didn't expect to see you right after I arrived at the academy."

Galina came to Jiang Zhe and said, "I heard from my classmates that a study group from China came to visit our school. I was wondering if you would be among them. I walked over and saw you."

She was obviously more relaxed in the academy than yesterday and talked more.

Glancing at the group of people in the study group, he asked, "Are you free to move around today? Do you want me to introduce you? I can go with you on a tour. I know most areas of the school."

Jiang Zhe asked, "Don't you have to attend professional training today?"

"I am free to move around," Galina replied.

"Thank you." With a beautiful woman by his side, Jiang Zhe naturally would not refuse.

"Where are you going first?" Galina asked.

Jiang Zhe said: "We just arrived at the teaching area."

Galina glanced at the group's guide and said, "Your guide can't take care of so many people. I'll introduce you."

The two men returned to the team.

Teacher Hu noticed Jiang Lina as soon as she appeared. He was startled when he saw her accompanying Jiang Zhe.

She pulled Professor Qin and gestured to see what Jiang Zhe was doing.

Jiang Zhe led Galina back to the team.

Because they had met yesterday, Galina took the initiative to greet Teacher Hu.

Teacher Hu’s foreign language skills are not good, so he needs Jiang Zhe to translate.

Jiang Zhe introduced several familiar people to Galina.

When Galina heard that these people were Jiang Zhe’s friends and even teachers, she behaved particularly well.

Don’t reach out to hit the smiling person.

When Professor Qin heard that this person was a friend that Jiang Zhe had just met, he responded enthusiastically.

The learning team did not stop because of this incident.

Because there were so many people, the line was stretched during the visit. Most people only paid attention to the people around them.

Several members of the study team gradually formed several small teams under the leadership of Russian friends.

Gradually, many people noticed that there was a beautiful Russian girl next to Jiang Zhe.

This situation soon spread to other people's ears, and many people kept looking at Jiang Zhe as if he was looking at a rare object.

During the visit, we sometimes met the staff and teachers of the college. Some of them saw Galina standing in the group and inevitably asked a few questions.

Galina answered the questions by saying that she was visiting with a friend.

Jiang Zhe was noticed by many people in the college again.

Fortunately, he has been able to handle the situation in stride.

The crowd walked through the corridor and up the stairs. The corridor was not very clean. There were some discarded plaster statues and various teaching tools piled in the corners, covered with some wooden boards and rags, but these items blocked part of the road.

Pedestrians should be especially careful when passing by.

Galina told Jiang Zhe that some of the exercises here were for senior students. Because there was no place to store them, they could only be stored here temporarily. There were many places like this.

The college building looks neat and imposing on the outside, but there are many passages inside. In order to keep warm, the windows in the passages are very small, so the light is dim.

"We pass through several such corridors every day," said Galina.

Jiang Zhe noticed some very old items, such as rusty metal stair railings and stairs with broken corners. Some stairs were particularly worn in the middle, much like old buildings in China.

"Going up from this side, there are some studios. This is the first grade classroom. Our school has a square layout, and there is a large circular garden in the middle. Doesn't it look rather shabby? Our school does have a long history." Galina introduced while making fun of herself.

In order, everyone visited the oil painting classroom.

Entering the classroom, the light suddenly became brighter and the space became very spacious. Jiang Zhe finally saw the environment he had been expecting.

The walls of this classroom are covered with finished paintings. There are also various painting tools on the floor, and some practice works are hung on some shelves.

The interior is dominated by white tones, and unnecessary decorations are removed as much as possible.

Galina told Jiang Zhe that this was a class exhibition for the first-year students.

Schools often hold such small exhibitions to increase communication among students.

Next, Jiang Zhe and others visited other functional classrooms, such as basic training, sketching, anatomy, and classrooms for copying classical works.

The college attaches great importance to traditional learning, and lower-grade students can copy some excellent works left in the college.

These copied samples are excellent samples copied by senior students from museums.

The guide sent by the academy told everyone that the teachers here will teach a variety of traditional classical oil painting techniques, allowing students to experience them in the process of copying, and not just learning Russian or Soviet oil painting as people imagine.

Students majoring in painting will also learn a type of painting that uses mosaic collage and icon painting.

During the visit, Jiang Zhe slowly discovered that many unique traditions had been formed here. While learning from the West, they adhered to their own traditional paintings and began to absorb new artistic trends.

For example, icon painting, these arts were clearly influenced by Byzantine art.

Jiang Lingna told Jiang Zhe that because of the issue of faith, the sales of holy images are very good. It is a bit like the portraits that some religious people in China worship. Many students can make a living by mastering this kind of religious painting.

Art colleges also implement a tutor system, where one tutor is responsible for a studio and leads a group of students to study.

Because of the professional requirements and venues, many studios are scattered throughout the college, and some even have additional learning venues outside the college.

Jiang Zhe has seen a lot of works by teachers and students. His first impression is that Russian painting has indeed formed its own style, but this style is only suitable for Russian-style narration and not very suitable for narrating stories from other countries. To put it bluntly, students from other countries cannot understand it and cannot learn it well. If they copy it mechanically, it will only appear weird.

In addition, learning art really requires talent and hard work. The quality of the works I saw today varied greatly. Even without using a systematic approach to judging, Jiang Zhe could see that some of the works were almost approaching commercial painting.

"In front is the classroom for our sculpture major." The study team came to a familiar place, and Galina introduced it to Jiang Zhe in more detail.

"Our majors are separate, and there is even a studio in the mint. They also need to learn this kind of skills."

The study group did not visit the first-year classroom of the sculpture major. Galina deliberately led Jiang Zhe to her own classroom alone.

Jiang Zhe saw that Anna was the only one in the classroom and the other students were obviously not there, so he looked at Galina.

Galina met Jiang Zhe's gaze and explained with a smile: "Today, we just happened to come here to complete some exercises."

Jiang Zhe said with a double meaning: "Thank you for your hard work. You are smart and hardworking, you must be an excellent student. May I have the honor of appreciating your work?"

(End of this chapter)