Chapter 135, Dialogue, Topic Selection, Honor Growth

Jiang Zhe walked into the small cafeteria and saw that many people were already having lunch.

I came a little late today, and there were a lot of people in both cafeterias. It would take too much time to eat outside the school, so I had to make do with it.

He queued up to buy food and ordered a bowl of fish-flavored shredded pork rice, a braised egg and a small plate of cold dishes. When he was looking for a seat with his plate in hand, he found that there were no empty seats in the dining area.

Jiang Zhe was hesitating whether to bring the food back to the dormitory. Just then, two people came over after eating and left. He hurried over and sat down.

He wiped the table with a tissue and just picked up the chopsticks when he heard someone calling Professor Qin. He turned around and saw Professor Qin walking towards the canteen's ordering area with cutlery.

Professor Qin queued up to buy lunch, also carrying a tray, and went to the dining area to find a seat.

Jiang Zhe saw this scene and hurriedly stood up and waved to Professor Qin: "Teacher Qin, here."

Teacher Qin saw Jiang Zhe saying hello, and also noticed that there was an empty seat opposite Jiang Zhe, so he walked towards Jiang Zhe's seat.

The relationship between teachers and students during college is more ordinary than that during high school. Few people would take the initiative to have a meal with their teachers if they have nothing else to do.

The students who were eating around Jiang Zhe looked up, some continued to eat, and some took the initiative to greet Professor Qin.

"Thank you." Professor Qin sat down opposite Jiang Zhe and said to Jiang Zhe.

"You're welcome." Jiang Zhe saw that Professor Qin ordered blanched cauliflower, soft-fried tofu and a plate of vegetarian noodles, so he asked, "You eat such vegetarian food?"

Professor Qin picked up his chopsticks and slowly picked up the noodles, saying, "When I was young, I craved meat the most. When my life got better, I liked beef and fatty braised pork. Later, my blood pressure was too high and I had stomach problems, so I had to change my taste.

I smelled the aroma of fish-flavored pork shreds, and it was delicious.”

"Would you like one?" Jiang Zhe asked.

"No, no matter how greedy you are, you have to hold back."

As he spoke, he scooped the tofu soup into the noodle bowl with a spoon, then used chopsticks to stir the noodles to let them cool.

Jiang Zhe asked, "Teacher Qin, I rarely see you come here to eat."

Teacher Qin said: "Usually, I eat with my wife, and occasionally in the studio. These two days, my wife had something to do, so I came here to eat by myself."

He looked up at Jiang Zhe and said, "I heard from your teacher Hu that you have hypoglycemia?"

Jiang Zhe almost didn't react. He just said one sentence, but it was spread out? Fortunately, he knew what the symptoms of hypoglycemia were.

"I feel it sometimes when I'm hungry in the afternoon."

Professor Qin started eating noodles. "Okay, prepare some snacks, candies or something. Um. Do you have the habit of drinking honey?"

Jiang Zhe said: "I rarely drink."

"You can drink some every day." Teacher Qin took a bite of noodles and then a bite of vegetables: "I heard from your teacher Hu that you have been studying Michelangelo's sketches recently?"

Jiang Zhe nodded: "In order to study the statue of David, I learned Michelangelo's sketches."

Professor Qin said: "It is a good idea to learn from masters and works with high aesthetic level."

He talked about his experience while eating.

Professor Qin was also influenced by Russian painting when he was young. It was not until he was in his forties that he went to Europe by chance and studied for a short period of time in Rome and Italy. After being exposed to European painting, he gained a new understanding.

"We can still see the shadow of Soviet painting in our art education. I went abroad for short-term study several times, and only then did I understand how to evaluate works.

Many students in our school still have the mindset they developed during the art exams. It’s great that you can actively learn from the masters, and you should stick to it. Pay attention to developing your aesthetic sense, and don’t spend all your energy on honing your skills.”

After listening to this, Jiang Zhe expressed his gratitude to Professor Qin.

Professor Qin changed the subject: "By the way, I haven't congratulated you yet. Your work titled Night Market sold for a good price."

Jiang Zhe said: "You know all this?"

Professor Qin said: "I read the information, it is a good work. Technique is only one aspect. The key is passion, curiosity and love for life. Therefore, the painting can impress the audience and be liked by people.

I saw your sketches, and your technique is certainly improving, but that's not the most important thing.

You need to have aesthetic awareness and maintain a state of curiosity to give your work vitality. This is something that is difficult to explain in a few words. You need to slowly comprehend it. Maybe one day, after seeing a certain work, you will understand it. "

Because Professor Qin has a very open attitude towards students' development direction, Jiang Zhe is also willing to listen to Professor Qin's experience.

The more the two talked, the more topics they had.

"Teacher Qin, I have something I want to ask you."

"You say." Professor Qin began to slowly taste the noodle soup.

"I want to try to attend our province's annual art exhibition. Do you think it's okay?"

Professor Qin asked, "Did you learn this from the gallery?"

"Yes."

“Some people in our school have been discussing this recently. I have no objection to participating in the exhibition, nor do I actively organize it.

In our college, some people say that I am the least responsible person in charge.

Of course, I am not saying that the annual exhibition is not important. For many people, it is a must to participate. If young teachers in our school want to be evaluated for professional titles, they must have relevant honors.

One of my classmates didn’t hold a solo exhibition until he was in his forties.

So, my idea is to do what is most important to do at the moment without forcing it.

That annual exhibition has been held for more than a dozen times and has a certain influence in the province. Although you are still a student, you have experience in participating in competitions. As long as you have time, you can prepare your works and give it a try. "Jiang Zhe considered what to ask next.

Ever since the system gave him a new task, he has not made a decision as to which difficulty level to choose.

The more difficult the task, the greater the reward, but you need to consider and decide a series of things on your own.

"Professor Qin, if I participate in this annual exhibition, what type of subject matter should I choose? After all, I have never participated in this provincial annual exhibition."

Professor Qin smiled. He slowly tasted a few mouthfuls of the soup before saying, "Do you remember what you were like before you participated in the National Painting Competition?"

"Remember. Make an effort to prepare."

"Have you ever predicted that you would win the award?" Professor Qin asked again.

Of course Jiang Zhe couldn't tell the system about the prompt, so he could only say, "I participated in the competition with the intention of winning a prize, but I'm not sure."

Professor Qin said: "Just keep that mindset. Don't think about the traditions of the annual exhibition, and don't worry about the judges' preferences. Just treat it as an opportunity to show yourself and give yourself an answer.

If you still want more detailed guidance, I can only suggest that you start with the topics around you, choose the topics you are most familiar with, and don’t consider unfamiliar topics. ”

Jiang Zhe felt that Mr. Qin's suggestions were very pertinent, but because of the existence of the system, some of the opinions were not suitable for him. How to choose was up to him.

When Professor Qin saw Jiang Zhe eating voraciously, he talked to Jiang Zhe about health issues.

"Eat slowly and eat less irritating food. My stomach problems were caused by my irregular lifestyle and careless eating when I was young. At that time, I was as thin as a bamboo pole. One year, my stomach problems recurred and I couldn't get rid of them.

It was a Chinese medicine doctor who gave me some advice, telling me to take care of myself. Don't drink cold or hot water, only warm water, don't eat irritating food, eat on time, and have a regular life. Then the attacks will gradually become less frequent.

If you want to be a painter, you need to be healthy both physically and mentally, and live a long life. ”

Jiang Zhe thanked him again: "I will pay attention to what you said."

Professor Qin said, "Let's stop here for today. I'm going to go back and rest. If you have any questions, come to my studio and find me."

The two left the cafeteria together.

Professor Qin waved to Jiang Zhe and strolled towards the studio.

Jiang Zhe returned to the dormitory, packed up his belongings, said goodbye to his roommates, and left the dormitory, preparing to go home for the night.

As soon as he walked downstairs, he received a call from Chen Yan.

Chen Yan asked Jiang Zhe to go home together.

She waited for Jiang Zhe at the school gate and took the initiative to say, "I went to the cafeteria to find you, but I saw you chatting with the teacher, so I had to find a place to eat by myself. I didn't eat with you. You won't blame me, right?"

Jiang Zhe said: "I guessed it."

"Don't be angry."

"No."

Jiang Zhe was preoccupied with something and didn't care about eating at all.

After he sent Chen Yan home, he went home to watch TV and chat with his parents.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Jiang Zhe returned to his room, calmed down, and thought about how to choose the difficulty of the task. He tended to choose a high difficulty, in addition to hoping to get more rewards, he also wanted to see if his completed work could win an award under the information provided by the system.

He flipped through his sketchbook, trying to find usable material.

After consideration, he initially selected two topics.

The first subject is portraiture. I am currently studying sketching, and I am specialized in portraiture. This is the easiest option, but it is also easy to be drowned in the sea of ​​works.

The second subject is landscape painting. Watercolor landscape painting is also one of his strengths.

On Saturday, Jiang Zhe came to the studio and first checked the portrait he had painted for Sister Liao.

After a week, the oil painting has dried completely. The superposition of color layers gives the portrait a special appeal.

He felt that this painting was presentable and he could find time to give it to Sister Liao.

Jiang Zhe put away the oil painting and began to prepare watercolor tools.

He planned to sketch the subject he thought of yesterday and then make a choice.

He completed more than a dozen drafts in one day.

Jiang Zhe used the system to review today's results. Among the dozen or so drafts, only two were rated as excellent works, and the rest were all mediocre.

As he was looking at the system evaluation and reflecting, he saw a silent prompt pop up on the system page:

Players get honors... Players get honors...

Jiang Zhe didn't know where the honor came from, so he clicked on the character attributes and checked the honor experience bar.

The honors obtained today caused the experience bar to begin to grow slowly again.

The amount of honor experience points gained each time may not be much, but when accumulated, the experience bar has grown significantly.

Among the four experience bars, the growth of honor is the most irregular and the most conspicuous.

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