Of course, the professors of the judging panel just thought about it this way, and did not rush to conclusions directly.

After all, Yamauchi is also a high-status oil painting scholar in the venue, and since he can afford it, he must have something outstanding about this "Summer is Over".

Most of the judges gathered around, and only two of them were still quietly discussing their unfinished work – Professor Toshiyama from Tokyo University of the Arts and active painter Yoshiyong.

The two of them seemed to have found a good golden reward seedling, so they kept discussing it, and they didn't even hear what was said on the first floor of Yamauchi.

Leaving them alone, the other judges all came to the side of the first floor of Yamauchi.

"Sure enough, it's a painting about humanities."

They only took a cursory glance and saw directly the woman in the interview suit.

Sure enough... It's not a natural landscape painting.

If it is just a simple natural landscape painting, the requirements for painting skills are too high.

They looked sideways to the lower right corner to see whose work it was.

"Hokugijuku Private High School?"

High school students?

When they saw the prefix, many people were somewhat surprised.

Because most of the people who can make it all the way to the final selection of the art creation awards are college students, it is impossible for the works of high school students to withstand the pressure in that situation.

Even if it's not one of the five major art academies in Tokyo, it's art students from all over Japan who are interested in... Why did you suddenly get a high school student in there?

It's like you want to buy a motorcycle, but you didn't expect to mix up a bike in a row of motorcycles.

But the Hokugijuku private high school... The name sounds familiar.

They continued to look down the line, and then they saw the signature of the work, Tsukasa Higashino.

So everyone suddenly realized: "It turned out to be him." ”

If I was a little surprised before, after seeing the name of Tsukasa Higashino, the mood of these judges calmed down again.

Tsukasa Higashino is indeed a celebrity in Tokyo, after all, he is very young, he is a high school student, and then he has come up with a lot of results...

If it weren't for the fact that Musashino Art University had already established Tsukasa Higashino, the other four major art academies in Tokyo might have let some staff contact Tsukasa Higashino.

Regardless of whether Tsukasa Higashino is in vain or not, his painting skills are not as good as the outside world touted... His influence among the youth of Tokyo alone... There's absolutely nothing wrong with getting in touch with it.

But one yard is one yard.

Although he sighed, the audits present still did not relax the standards because of the name of Tsukasa Higashino.

They looked up, including the first floor of Yamauchi, and also set their eyes on Tsukasa Higashino's "Summer is Over".

Jumpy, hazy, restless.

This is the first impression that this painting "Summer is Over" gave to the first floor of Yamauchi.

It is a women's room.

Desktop fans, window frames, messy quilts, and a woman in a suit sitting next to the bed in the painting...

It can be seen that women should wake up from a state of ignorance and sleep.

She picked up her shoulder bag in a half-asleep and began to tidy it up, but she only tidied for a while before she realized that something was wrong, so she half-lowered her head, only to realize that she had accidentally spilled all the contents of the shoulder bag.

Her body was half-bowed, covering her mouth and half-yawning, as if she wanted to pick up something that had fallen on the ground, but her body only moved halfway before she paused, and then her face showed an extremely complicated and lonely expression.

Looking at this woman in a suit, the judges below couldn't help but have a trace of doubt in their hearts.

Just picking up a shoulder bag, why do you have complex and lonely psychological feelings?

But keep looking... That's when they got the answer.

It turns out that the woman in the suit confused the shoulder bag she used when she was a student with the shoulder bag she uses for work now...

No. Probably not confused.

It's not so much a confusion as a subconscious takeover of the shoulder bag I used as a student.

The woman in the suit who has grown up still thinks that she is still the same student who went to school with a shoulder bag.

The complex, stunned, lonely expression on her face also illustrates this.

"It's cleverly designed... It is only through the detail of the shoulder bag that the mood of the characters in the painting is expressed. ”

Some of the judges below couldn't help but say a word.

It's really a clever trick.

Compared with the previous painting "Koshien", which clearly indicates that youth is gone, Higashino's hand gives people a sense of loss.

Because anyone has had that experience.

Inadvertently tidying up the room, and accidentally turning over objects that I used before... The memories of youth are also involved.

This feeling is felt not only by the student union, but also by many university professors who serve as judges.

After all, anyone comes from a young age.

The graduation photos of the first batch of students I brought with me, and the first time I received a gift from a student... These are all inseparable emotions that can be remarkably mixed in the heart.

But no matter how you remember, how you think... The good things that have passed away will fade away with time...

This idea is indeed possible, not to mention that there is also the theme of 'growth' in it.

The corners of the woman's mouth in the suit finally curled up helplessly, obviously she had accepted the reality.

Growth always comes with loss.

I have to say that this Higashino Tsukasa really deducted the theme of this art creation award to the core, and there was no place for people to use the topic at all.

"It's not just the subject... Let's take a look at the use of color. Yamauchi reminded him on the first floor, and at the same time sighed a little in his heart.

This time Higashino Tsukasa gave him a big surprise.

If the surprise of the last "Tokyo" to the first floor of Yamauchi was a strong sense of contradiction between cold and warm.

So this time "Summer is Over" gives him an extreme use of paint... Whether it's gradient or contrast, Tsukasa Higashino has done a particularly good job, and it's clear that he's improving again.

The background color of this painting is very out-of-the-box.

The zinc-white sunlight carries a little yellow, making the whole picture in a hazy and jumping feeling, making the whole picture appear light and fluttering.

This light and fluttering color is giving people a dizzy feeling of just waking up from a nap on a hot summer day.

Dizziness, restlessness, haze... This should have made people look at it and should be irritating.

But Tsukasa Higashino's old spicy skills handled it perfectly, not only did it not give people any sense of anxiety, but it made this summer look very refreshing.

There is a feeling of young people's summer fantasy.

But underneath this crisp color, the whole room looks very realistic... There is an indescribable sense of depression.

The application of this realistic painting method suppresses the feeling of 'light and fluttering' in the whole picture, and instead forms an indescribable hazy and restless atmosphere.

Tsukasa Higashino did not deliberately suppress the lightness of the picture with the oppressive colors of large brushstrokes, as many people do.

Instead, he did the opposite, drawing the decoration of the room in an overly realistic way - damaging the small desktop electric fan that exposed the insulation of the blue and red wires... Dusty and worn-out window frames...

There are no glittering fireflies, and no watermelons to feast on in the summer.

The summer fantasies of young people are only in vain in this painting.

This completely different way of painting contrasts, as if the big villain Higashino Tsukasa is wielding a big stick and slamming it directly at your head, so that you can soberly and hear another devil's warning in your ear: 'Summer is over, and your youth is over'.

It's really uncomfortable... But this is also the reality.

The judges present finally understood what the title "Summer is Over" meant by Tsukasa Higashino.

'Summer is over', but there is a moment to come back after the end of summer, but people's youth is different.

Time flies, summer comes to an abrupt end, and young people have to put on bow ties and keep busy as hard-working members of society.

Some people fall into the sea of mediocrity and disappear in the blink of an eye. Some people are diligent and upward, shining ... But no matter what, what is gone does not come back, this is growth, and in the same way, it is youth.

Looking at this painting, even some people want to make a phone call and say a few words to their classmates who studied hard in the cold window in the past...

But in any case, Tsukasa Higashino's painting is indeed the seedling of the golden reward - the other party is indeed not in vain, but has real skills.

Just when someone wanted to propose to submit the painting of Tsukasa Higashino to the gold award candidate, Noriko Mano, who had been standing behind them without speaking, suddenly sighed:

"It's an excellent piece of work indeed."

As the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, she really doesn't understand the theory of painting, and she really doesn't understand the painting skills of Tsukasa Higashino... But the more she looks at the title of "Summer is Over" by Tsukasa Higashino, the more she likes it.

This sentence is very flavorful.

It's really tasteful.

There is a culture in Japan called the Mono Mourning Culture. This is probably due to the influence of Shinto's 'everything has a spirit', and there is always an indescribable sadness at the passing of something good.

The sky is so blue, alas.

The cherry blossoms are falling, alas.

The stars are so bright, alas.

Wearing a good-looking kimono, I don't commit suicide, alas.

Some people may think it's exaggerated, but it can be seen from many Japanese film and television dramas - the protagonist thinks of parting and lying on the railroad track when he sees the railroad track, and thinks of childhood memories when he sees the starry sky...

The summer in 'Summer is over' is a manifestation of 'things'.

Whether it's the fireworks in the sky in the summer, or the love letters that haven't been sent, the cicadas that haven't been caught in the summer, or the beautiful memories that have been washed away by the torrent of time before they are remembered...

This sentence makes those who listen to it inexplicably feel a sense of indescribable amazement, especially for young people.

At least Noriko Mano recognized this sentence, and felt an indescribable literary charm in this sentence.

It's no wonder that in the past life, this was a golden sentence in Japanese culture, and it was a sentence that could go hand in hand with 'the moonlight is beautiful'.

And...

"This painting was painted by Mr. Higashino, the author of the Kumamon, right?" Mano Noriko looked around the painting a few times, and then asked calmly.

"Yes."

The judges present didn't know why the name of Tsukasa Higashino was suddenly mentioned, but they answered decisively.

“... Outstanding indeed. Noriko Mano didn't answer the question in their hearts, just looked at the painting and nodded with a smile.

Looking at Noriko Mano's smile, none of the judges here spoke anymore.

Because as soon as Noriko Mano opened his mouth, they knew that the gold reward of Higashino Tsukasa was basically stable.

After all, Japan's Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology favored his painting.

This gold reward run will definitely not be able to run away.

But it's okay, Tsukasa Higashino's work is indeed a gold award.

At least they've seen twenty or thirty of them, and they can't find any work that can compare with Tsukasa Higashino's "Summer Is Over" for the time being.

Whether it's the painting technique, the use of color, the composition, the trivial details... The handling of these places is so sophisticated that it doesn't look like a high school student at all.

Especially in terms of intention.

Tsukasa Higashino's painting combines the themes of 'growth' and 'regret for the passing of beautiful things' – an act that is risky, but Tsukasa Higashino has perfectly reproduced it on canvas.

Someone couldn't help but sigh.

It's really rare.

It feels like he's been painting for a decade or two.

But that's what it feels like.

You must know that Higashino Tsukasa is only seventeen or eighteen years old this year, where does he have so much time to practice oil painting?

As for Professor Toshiyama and Mr. Yoshida of Tokyo University of the Arts, who were discussing with each other at the beginning... When they both learned that the gold reward had been selected, their expressions were confused.

After all, they had a heated discussion about a work from a university student in Aichi Prefecture from just now, and they were so noisy that they were red-faced and thick-necked.

After the discussion, you told me that the gold reward had been chosen?

Well???

They were confused.

The two hurriedly glanced at Tsukasa Higashino's work, and then simply shook hands and made peace - well, indeed, that golden reward seedling couldn't beat this painting.

Many of the people present began to get to know this Higashino Tsukasa who was born in Kita-Gijuku High School.

As for the other side, the most felt is probably the first floor of Yamauchi.

The more he came into contact with Tsukasa Higashino, the more he felt an indescribable feeling.

Whether it's the theme of 'Tokyo' in a big way.

It's still a small-scale theme of 'regretting good things' and 'growing up', and Higashino has a good grasp of it.

"Did Okano-sensei be so good before?" On the first floor of Yamauchi, I couldn't help but think of Ryoko Okano, who was in charge of studio management at Kita-Gijuku High School.

How did she teach such a brilliant student?

If you have the chance, Yamauchi really wants to learn from her and gain some experience from her.

But no matter what, it's a good thing that Higashino Tsukasa can get the gold reward smoothly, considering that it is still under review, he still suppressed the urge to call Higashino Tsukasa to report the good news, and instead wanted to look at other works.

But he just stood up, and before he could look at other works, he was stopped by Noriko Mano.

"Hello, Yamauchi-sensei." Noriko Mano smiled and called to the first floor of Yamauchi.

The first floor of Yamauchi didn't expect that the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology would take the initiative to talk, and asked at the same time, "Ah, Ms. Mano, is there something wrong?" ”

"There is a question about this year's Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award... Mr. Yamauchi should know Mr. Higashino, right? ”

Noriko Mano smiled affectionately and said words that made the first floor of Yamauchi look confused.

What the?

Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award?

Looking for Tsukasa Higashino?

Could it be that Tsukasa Higashino is going to repeat the last Tokyo Youth Painting Award this time? Another double reward?

No way?