Gu Weijing subconsciously turned around and looked at Miss Katsuko beside him, and Katsuko Sakai also looked at the boy he was holding quietly with his big bright eyes with lilac color.

Two people look at each other,

In this situation, without the teacher's teaching, Gu Weijing subconsciously lowered his head slowly, chasing his instinct and wanting to kiss the girl next to him.

Katsuko Sakai felt Gu Weijing's movements.

Her pupils constricted, her breathing began to become rapid, and her chest rose and fell rapidly.

"Also...... Not then. ”

Sakai Katsuko suddenly lowered her head and pressed her forehead against Gu Weijing's chest, avoiding his kiss.

Gu Weijing's lips only smelled the vegetal scent of strands of conditioner on Miss Sakai's dark hair.

"Oh, I'm sorry."

Seeing Katsuko Sakai retreating, Gu Weijing blushed a little and apologized embarrassedly.

"No need to apologize, I don't want to refuse your request, it's just ...... I wish our first kiss could be more ceremonial and memorable. ”

Katsuko Sakai's earlobes are red.

She had just hesitated for a long time, and the fierce battle between heaven and man in her mind finally decided to listen to her mother.

"Wait a little longer, okay?"

Katsuko Sakai rubbed her little head on Gu Weijing's chest and asked softly.

Gu Weijing smiled.

He stopped drawing, and the two of them just hugged each other for a while, until Katsuko Sakai suddenly spoke: "By the way, I also filled out the application form for the audition for the Singapore Art Biennale in the early autumn of this year. ”

Gu Weijing was stunned for a moment, and then turned a little curious.

"Then Katsuko, what theme do you want to paint?"

"I haven't really decided what to do. The theme of this year's exhibition is "The Hustle and Bustle of the World", and the requirements are very broad. Katsuko Sakai let go of her arm, blinked her eyes, and said, "It's okay to draw people and buildings, but I've thought about the types of drawing, and your drawing ideas inspired me...... But it's not your kind of content that blends Chinese painting and oil painting. ”

There are similarities throughout East Asian art.

In Vietnam and Burma, there is traditional silk painting that evolved from Chinese painting, and there is Yamato-e, which is based on Tang painting, which is also called Minghe-e.

The painting method is closer to the traditional calligraphy and painting of the Eastern Xia than the ukiyo-e that people often hear about.

Katsuko Sakai learned how to draw accordingly.

Her Chinese skills are limited, but she has learned soft-pen calligraphy.

Dongying's brush calligraphy was very prosperous, and the culture of Chinese characters was also very important among the literati and scholars.

Until the 20th century, there have been brush masters such as Inoue Ichichi and Furutani Soyun who are very famous in the Asian calligraphy world.

Katsuko Sakai learned calligraphy in the same way as copying painting, focusing on body, beauty, and shape, and paying attention to the artistic value of copying calligraphy when posting, but as for the meaning of specific words, it is not so important.

If not,

She will not be brought by her father to participate in international projects in Myanmar.

However, although Katsuko Sakai loves the love of pen and ink shown in Gu Weijing's works, after careful consideration, she also gave up taking a similar path.

Miss Sakai is inconvenient to choose the exact same painting method as Gu Weijing.

First, her brush painting skills are still much worse than oil paintings.

In the long run, if it were her own creation, Katsuko Sakai would prefer to focus all her painting energy on oil painting.

Forcibly choosing this long and long road may not be suitable for you.

Second, from the perspective of participating in art exhibitions.

She didn't want to steal the limelight.

If two people draw too similarly, especially in unpopular categories, and similar painting levels, whether they are selected or exhibited, the organizing committee will have a choice.

A more understandable description is that the four sisters in the university dormitory applied for the same highly competitive establishment position in the same unit at the same time.

Immediately, the best girlfriend changed her career to stage Infernal Affairs, and it was difficult not to intrigue.

"What is it?" Gu Weijing asked.

"Actually, the story I just told about Manet and Monet is not just a metaphor. In addition to this year's exhibition, I also hope to concentrate on Manet's painting style for a long time to come, and then absorb a certain amount of Carroll's predecessor's impressionist treatment of dark tones. It's a natural fusion painting! ”

Katsuko Sakai said with a smile.

Gu Weijing nodded.

Of course, Impressionism was originally the product of the fusion of Eastern and Western Asian art and European art. The reason why their papers were submitted to a journal called Asian Art was not just that Carroll's painting "Old Church" was created in Yangon.

Every painter of Impressionism has been influenced by oriental art to a greater or lesser extent.

However, unlike Lang Shining, who needed to curry favor with the scholar class and was recognized by the Qing court, the technique of Impressionism was purely oil painting.

"Manet's way of painting ......," he thought.

Manet's style of painting leaned towards modernism, and he was mainly influenced by two artistic currents, Japanese ukiyo-e and Spanish traditional paintings, boldly using bright colors and discarding the middle tones of traditional painting. I think this should work well for me. ”

As for the idea of how to draw, after deciding to try to participate in the exhibition, Katsuko Sakai had already thought about it in advance, and it was very well organized at this time.

Manet was French, but the two most influential styles of painting in his life were from Japan and Spain.

The brushwork contains both the warmth and splendor of the Iberian Peninsula and the two-dimensional flatness of ukiyo-e.

These are two of Sakai's hometowns.

"Manet liked to paint very bright and brilliant works, and I can see in the style of Carroll's predecessors the idea of expressing intense colors with dark-toned brushstrokes. In a sense, these two styles of painting can be reconciled. Based on this, I want to find a painting path that suits me. ”

Katsuko Sakai looked serious and said with a fascination.

"The idea is clear." Gu Weijing nodded in affirmation.

He didn't think he could think of any better advice.

"I already have the way to draw, but my brush skills and proficiency can only be improved slowly, and I can't rush it." Katsuko Sakai took a palm-sized teak frame from a small schoolbag on the sofa, and wiped her fingers again with a tissue before taking out a well-preserved sketch illustration.

"I've always been a little bit of a learner and I put my emotions into my paintings. A few days ago, I felt a little bit like I found some feeling, but when I practiced in the hotel, I was still a little unsure. ”

She handed the sketch to Gu Weijing, and asked with a hint of anticipation: "You teach me, okay?" ”

Gu Wei is connected to sketch paper.

He recognized it as a small portrait he had given to Katsuko Sakai in the study room at Dulwich.

"My father told me that a painter should be close to nature and feel life. I also want to listen to your opinion Gu Jun, you are the only peer I have seen who can handle emotions so well. ”

"Even if it's just a simple pencil sketch, I often look at this piece of paper and I can feel the feeling of looking at myself in the painting, as if I am looking in a mirror."

Miss Sakai stood beside Gu Weijing and earnestly sought advice.

"What do you think about when you paint? I don't think my lines are as agile as yours. ”

What are you thinking?

Looking at the sketch paper in front of you,

Gu Weijing recalled the feeling in his heart when he created the first work he created and got the [Heart Feeling] evaluation on the system panel.

"I'm thinking about drawing, I'm not thinking about drawing, I'm thinking about models, I'm thinking about models."

"Sounds like it's playing Zen Feng."

Katsuko Sakai had a confused look in her eyes.

"Actually...... I didn't understand it too much, can you explain it more intuitively? She generously said that she didn't understand the meaning of Gu Weijing's words.

"I remember when I was writing my paper, I mentioned the idea of empathy?" Gu Weijing said, "You need to resonate enough with the scenery you write, and connect your heart and environment into one." When you have a desire to express yourself, drawing is just a natural thing. Your mind is empty, and you're preoccupied. You don't have to go out of your way to pursue what the emotions are like, you can easily feel the emotions flowing slowly on the tip of the pen. ”

"This kind of resonance should be the purpose of feeling life and nature as Uncle Sakai said."

"Nothing, yet preoccupied."

Miss Sakai muttered to herself, thinking about the feeling of this painting.

Gu Weijing gently touched the hair on the back of Katsuko Sakai's head and said, "The fastest way to feel all this is not to dream, but to find a model that can make you interested in painting enough." He doesn't think of a model as an empty thing like plaster, he doesn't think of a mass of lines, but as a living person. To understand him, to care for him. Draw more of him, practice more daily, and you will be able to find the feeling. ”

Sakai Katsuko thought for a few seconds, the corners of her mouth hooked, and she looked at Gu Weijing: "Gu Jun, you mean, I should draw you more?" ”

"I think—"

Gu Weijing did not refuse, and smiled back: "Most of the common models painted by great painters are their lovers, and there is a reason for this. ”

"Well, then you are not only my Monet, but also my Miss Merland occasionally!" Katsuko Sakai said casually.

"Then ask Miss Sakai to take care of you." Gu Weijing joked.

Mademoiselle Merlin is Manet's most common female model and Manet's long-term queen...... Uh, whore.

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the main focus was on this uninhibited tone.

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and tuberculosis (TB) are among the signature characteristics of artists.

Famous people who contracted or died of syphilis, Van Gogh, Maupassant, Nietzsche, Wilde, Schubert...... I can come up with the name of half a company in my mind.

Manet's favorite female model Merlan, she is not even a lover and courtesan, and she is a serious professional sex girl.

Katsuko Sakai was stunned for two seconds.

When she realized the meaning of the other party's teasing in her heart, her cheeks immediately turned red, and she patted Gu Weijing's arm lightly in shame.

"Not serious, you know I didn't mean that." Miss Katsuko's voice was as thin as a mosquito's chirping.

Gu Weijing saw that Miss Katsuko Sakai had a tender face, and her cheeks were red as if she was a ripe apple, and she liked it very much.

He grabbed the other party's arm and held her in his arms.

Sakai Katsuko symbolically struggled twice, and then half-pushed and half-stretched out his arms to wrap around the other party's neck.

The two of them made love for a moment.

Gu Weijing didn't do anything excessive, just hugged, at most he just whispered something face to face.

But it is also a simple physical contact, and the concubinage at this time is natural when he is just painting, and the physiological stimulation brought by it is not of an order of magnitude at all.

A little bit of effort,

Two young people who are also young and in love for the first time are a little hot.

Gu Weijing was only a little sweaty on his neckline and forehead, and Miss Katsuko didn't know whether she was nervous or shy, as if she was soaked in sweat as if she had been fished out of the water.

A few strands of wet hair clinged to her sideburns, and the girl's breathing was like a fish out of a pool, and even her eyes were a little blurred.

Looking at Miss Sakai's pitiful look of pleading.

After all, Gu Weijing decided to be a righteous gentleman with great willpower, and did not take the opportunity to kiss him.

"I think...... No...... Not so good. ”

Katsuko Sakai sat on the fabric sofa on the side for several minutes, and the violent heaving of her chest slowly subsided.

She picked herself up half a cup of coffee from the coffee machine and added a small half cup of ice water to the cup from the refrigerated water dispenser.

The girl was not in a hurry to drink it, so she held the iced coffee in front of her chest, took small sips, and calmed her hot body under the pheromones with the slightest coolness from her chest.

That's it

Her voice was still a little unbreathing.

"Did we just get too close?"

"No...... I don't mean that. Katsuko Sakai said slowly, "I'm referring to Meran, it's about letting me be my model." ”

"I don't think that's good." Katsuko Sakai shook her head.

The two of them only made out for a few minutes before Miss Sakai suddenly changed her mind. Gu Weijing didn't speak, just looked at the girl on the sofa with a puzzled gaze.

"I probably have to practice a lot every day, and if I draw you, it's all too familiar with the brush." Katsuko Sakai looked at Gu Weijing.

"Isn't it good to be familiar?"

"Not good."

Katsuko Sakai shook her head.

"It might not be a bad thing for making art, but I don't like it."

"Familiarity makes people lose their initial passion, and it makes me take it for granted. And, frankly, I have to consider the possibility that if I don't get the work I want for a long time in a row, then painting on the same subject for a long time may also make me feel tired and frustrated. ”

Miss Sakai pinched a strand of wet hair with her fingertips, "I don't like to associate your face in my heart with feelings of exhaustion and frustration at any time. ”

Psychologically,

There is a correlation effect in the human brain.

When a person listens to a piece of music that they like, but does something very painful to them, such as eating dark food.

in time

When you hear a similar melody again, you will recall the taste of dark cuisine.

"Gu Jun, I don't want you to be my practice model, it's like a kiss, a kiss that is too easy to get will lose its charm. I hope that in the future, when I feel that my emotions are as warm and beautiful as they are today, and my heart is beating like a drum, I will lift the brush again. ”

"I hope that every time I want to paint your face, it will make me excited and it will make me shy." Katsuko Sakai looked at Gu Weijing's side face.

Miss Sakai is shy now, but her tone is serious: "I hope that when you have gray hair, I will still blush when I draw for you." ”

"Hmm...... So you can change the model? How about Jasmine. ”

"Jasmine?"

"She's always been a very cute little model, and I assure you, she's always been very nice."

(End of chapter)