Gu Weijing regretted his words.

I once mentioned this sentence when I was recording Mr. Sloth's podcast, and I will say it in my own capacity at this time.

There is a bit of a risk of being associated.

But......

Today is Tuesday, and the salon program should be online now, right?

"Huh? I wanted to be with you. ”

Katsuko Sakai's eyes lit up suddenly: "It turns out that you have also listened to the new episode of Mr. Sloth's podcast." ”

"What a coincidence, in this new audio episode, Detective Cat just mentioned a lot of papers we read together...... Don't you think we really have a tacit understanding with this sketcher? ”

Katsuko Sakai exclaimed.

"Miss Katsuko, are you Mr. Sloth's listener?" Gu Weijing looked at Katsuko Sakai and made sure that there was no other meaning in her words.

"Uh-huh, I've been following him since his third episode last year. This is the highest quality English art podcast in my mind in recent years. Even my dad thought Mr. Sloth's show sounded interesting. ”

Katsuko Sakai nodded.

She looked at Gu Weijing with a smile on her face.

The art podcast scene itself tends to be niche and specialized.

Listening to a certain podcast is like listening to an unpopular band.

found that Gu Weijing tacitly had the same hobbies as her, which made Katsuko Sakai quite happy.

"I listened to this episode of the art salon program in the morning when I came to school in the car. I have to say that the detective cat is really an amazing art master, especially the summary of impressionism at the end, which warmly moved me. ”

Katsuko Sakai said softly.

"You're a big fan of detective cats?"

Gu Weijing looked at the look on Miss Sakai's face.

He didn't expect that this girl, who was called a once-in-a-century painting genius by Dongying Media, turned out to be a fan of "himself".

"Well, not only do I like her, but I also respect her. I wish I had the opportunity to meet this female illustrator. ”

Katsuko Sakai doesn't hide her respect for the detective cat.

Her lilac-colored eyes shone with a strange brilliance: "A network painter born in the art desert of the Third World, but with such a deep understanding of serious art. I guess her art career must be admirable. ”

Girls know that the world is not fair.

Receiving the highest quality art education has always been a matter of little bit for Katsuko Sakai.

But in some parts of Africa,

You may not be able to find a professional studio within a radius of hundreds of kilometers.

A female web illustrator with a meager income, who makes a living from cheap illustrations sold for ten dollars a piece on the Internet, relies on her daily study and hard work, not only to exercise her master-level sketching skills, but also to put forward such a moving insight into the art of impressionism.

In Katsuko Sakai's brain, the poignant story in this can be made into an inspirational movie similar to "Wind and Rain Harvard Road".

"Detective Cat Lady is more admirable than any of us art students. This is the soul of a true love for art. She admired.

Sakai Katsuko's face was a little strange when she saw Gu Weijing.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything else......"

She suddenly remembered that the boy next to her was from Myanmar, and it was a bit arrogant to mention the term "art desert in the third world" in front of him, which may have hurt the other party's self-esteem.

Katsuko Sakai explained apologetically.

"You're already great, too. After all, we are still very young, and there is nothing to regret if we can't compare to the detective cat, and in another thirty years, I believe that your achievements will not be lower than this master. ”

Katsuko Sakai opens a desktop podcast app on her laptop.

"No, before you came to the study room, I was preparing to revisit this podcast episode, and write a review of it, and update it on my social account, do you want to listen to it together?"

Katsuko Sakai plugged in headphones into the computer, put one on herself, and handed the other to Gu Weijing.

Listening to the gentle female voice that she had processed with a voice changer sound card coming from the headphones, it was also a very novel experience for Gu Weijing.

Katsuko Sakai opens the audience comments below the podcast.

"Dry stuff!! Timeline Command: 1. Detective Cat analyzes the painting techniques of "White Lake Baikal". (Time: 1 minute 32 seconds) 2. Curator Tonks questioned the shortcomings of the painting, and Ms. Detective Cat judged that the picture was taken from a photograph. (8:19) 3. Detective Cat Discussion...... 19. Detective Cat talks about the aesthetic summary of Impressionism: (46 minutes and 31 seconds). Summary: There are no urine spots in this episode of the show, and it is wonderful everywhere, it is recommended to hear it from the beginning to the end, and don't miss it for a second. ”

Some fans have already made a timeline in the comment area.

"We only record sunlight and air...... This sentence is so powerful that I was so moved that I almost cried. Someone left a message.

"It's too hanging, it's too hanging, it's too hanging. As a student in the Department of Oil Painting at the University of Fine Arts in London, I announced that Detective Cat had beaten Curator Tonks. Her understanding of painting is really deep and clear. It is suggested that Mr. Sloth invite the detective cat to be a frequent guest, even if it is changed to a paid show, I am willing to listen. A netizen named John gasly replied.

"The same cannot be said for Detective Cats, whose profession is painter, while Mr. Sloth and Curator Tonks are art critics and curators. It is normal for Detective Cat Lady to have a deeper understanding of the details of drawing. ”

This is a more neutral and objective fan's point of view.

"Normal? LOL (abbreviation: laughing at me), I'm a professional painter. I am very responsible to tell you that Detective Cat Lady's interpretation of these five paintings seems to me to be no different from magic. This understanding of art has nothing to do with whether the detective cat is a professional painter or not, but simply because she is awesome. ”

Some fans retorted upstairs.

Although the podcast has been online for more than half a day, the popularity of comments has been at the forefront of Mr. Sloth's previous programs, and now there are nearly 1,000 of them.

Gu Weijing saw that the most liked comment in the comment section was the reply of a self-proclaimed author of "White Lake Baikal", which has been liked more than 2,000 times.

"It's amazing that I can infer the environment of the painting just by the final effect of the oil painting, and I only know of a few masters who have this ability."

Katsuko Sakai looked at this comment and sniffled, "My dad may be able to do it, but I'm still a lot worse, I'm really envious." ”

Gu Weijing slowly exhaled a breath.

The personal affirmation of the painter himself appeared in the comment area, which was also an unexpected surprise for him.

"It's amazing!"

“OMG！”

"It's unbelievable, is this kind of judgment really real!"

Under the explanation of the painter himself, there are a lot of fan comments and posts expressing their shock, and some people mention Van Doorne.

"Now, it's embarrassing to switch to Van Doorne, which is what he calls an African monkey illustrator? It's just that the painting is not as good as others, and it's like a clown who refuses to admit it. Fandoorne's fans scold again! This is the vision of the great artists you advertise? ”

This time, under Mr. Sloth's podcast, no one spoke for Van Doorne again.

All the previous disfavor and attacks on the aesthetic cultivation of the detective cat before the podcast was launched were all transferred to Van Doorne's head.

This kind of professional art podcast has this advantage, and the audience's general art literacy is not low, and you can know if you have a level to listen to it.

"They don't dare to speak at this time, and if I were Vandoorne, the best way now would be to treat it coldly, when it didn't happen. When the limelight passed, people forgot about it, and he was still his master of art. ”

"When the limelight passes, it may not be so easy, you guys go and look at the tweet that Curator Tonks just posted."

Katsuko Sakai also swept the news.

Without bothering to be reminded, she clicked on the link below and jumped into the account of Director Tonks, the director of the Taylor National Gallery who is verified by the Twitter Blue V.

"Great artistic insight, refreshing, I love it." - This is a tweet that Tonks just posted two hours ago.

Someone posted a photo of the subject in the comment section below.

The Taylor National Gallery is one of London's landmarks, converted from a huge old power plant along the River Thames, with a total of 11 floors, including the Sculpture Gallery, the Modern Art Gallery, the Dalí Picasso Gallery and hundreds of other large and small galleries.

The number of visitors per year ranges from five million to eight million.

In front of each individual gallery is a silver nameplate to introduce the specific items in the gallery, accompanied by a slogan.

Some of the slogans are famous quotes from painters, some are quotations written by previous museum directors, and some modernist exhibition halls even have some funny jokes or symbols with unknown meanings, which can be regarded as one of the characteristics of art museums.

Many tourists or travel bloggers will check in front of these signs.

Katsuko Sakai had been to the Taylor Museum, and she remembered that the old nameplate of the Impressionist pavilion was engraved with a slogan with dark humor.

"Be careful, this garbage is a denial of beauty and truth, and can only give people a crude impression."

The byline should be An idiot reporter.

This was when Impressionism was just born, and a mainstream art journalist attacked Monet's own painting style.

The word "impression" of the Impressionists got their name from the headline of the news.

Katsuko Sakai was very impressed, and she even took a photo with this slogan.

But

Now the tourist card has been replaced, and the photo has been changed to a newly made nameplate.

"We don't portray gods, we only record sunlight and air. We don't follow the dogma, because the beautiful will stay, and the pain will eventually pass away - Detective Cat"

"Director Tonks wasn't joking, he really removed the check-in nameplate from the Taylor Gallery."

Katsuko Sakai looked at the photo below, her eyes showing longing.

"Ms. Detective Cat is in a sense treasured by the Taylor Museum, which is one of the largest private art museums in the world."

As a painter, one of my highest aspirations is to have my name in an art museum and be treasured.

This means that you have successfully conquered death and time and left your name in the history of art.

The initials of a few letters in the museum are the highest honor of a painter's life.

Even in this form, it is a matter of great pride to be able to leave your mark before millions of tourists.

Among the hundreds of thousands of followers of Curator Tonks' Twitter, many people retweeted the news, including even famous professional painters.

Katsuko Sakai casually clicked on a few tweets and looked at them, and was ready to quit.

Wait a minute

Her hand paused for a moment, her eyes fixed on a retweeted message, and she didn't move.

"Congratulations to Detective Cat Lady for leaving her name at the Taylor National Gallery. Well deserved, it is indeed a very high level of illustrator, are you interested in cooperating with us, there is a very interesting project in the group, the art department has contacted your mailbox, pay attention to check. @侦探猫" – Scholastic Publishing Group.

“Scholastic？ The Scholastic Group has actually interacted with the detective cat! ”

Katsuko Sakai was very surprised.

"What is Scholastic? Is there anything surprising? ”

Gu Weijing looked at this tweet.

"Scholastic, the second largest publishing group in North America and the sixth largest in the world, is almost a one-of-a-kind giant in the field of children's literature."

Katsuko Sakai let out a slow breath.

She clicked into the account of Scholastic Publishing Group, glanced at the homepage introduction, and confirmed that this was Scholastic's official tweet and not some hoax of some high-profile account.

"I think this kind of publishing group collaborates with countless illustrators every year."

Gu Weijing was not too excited in his heart.

Mr. Hyperion's video has just been released, especially when he has just been selected as a two-and-a-half-star illustrator by Oil Painting magazine, and the traffic is the largest.

In addition to movie posters, there are also cooperation invitations from several publishers.

However, at that time, he felt that he did not have the ability to fulfill these orders, and all of them declined.

After he was removed from Oil Painting, these orders basically disappeared.

"You don't understand yet, it's not a concept at all."

Katsuko Sakai shook her head and explained, "Because Scholastic is a leader in the publishing industry, it rarely collaborates with outside illustrators. Its art department has a team of nearly 1,000 professional artists and artists, which is dozens to 100 times the size of the average large-scale illustration studio. ”

"Typically, there are only a very small number of top-level projects that they work with outside illustrators. Being invited to such a project is almost the equivalent of identifying you as a top-notch illustrator in Scholastic's eyes, a golden opportunity that any illustrator can only dream of. ”

"So powerful?"

Gu Weijing was also a little surprised.

"Yes, you can see the artist records that make the official Twitter account of the Scholastic Group interactive."

Katsuko Sakai pulled Scholastic's Twitter record to the historical news column, typed in the word illustrator, and showed it to Gu Weijing.

The next two messages are a tribute to the co-artist on Andy Warhol's death day in February, and the 10th anniversary of Jane Arnaud's Miracle of Oz illustration series for Scholastic. The official account of such a large publishing group is quite cold, and even if it is an ordinary first-line artist, it is not easy for him to interact with the official account. ”

Katsuko Sakai wondered.

In the face of this invitation, if the detective cat can behave well.

In a sense, this is a better chance for an illustrator to make a name for himself than being selected as a two-and-a-half-star painter by Oil Painting magazine.

It's just that......

This episode of the show is certainly very exciting, but it has attracted the attention of a giant crocodile like Scholastic just half a day after it was launched, which is also a bit too exaggerated.

Could it be because of Curator Tonks?

Or is it the detective cat in the art world...... Got some great connections?

(End of chapter)