frightfiction Chapter 280 Fall
Chapter 280 Fall
When Rongyue rushed to the exhibition hall, the opening ceremony of the exhibition had already been missed, and people had dispersed to view the paintings.
Rongyue walked around and looked at each work carefully. When she saw a work with a particularly familiar style, she saw Ji Lingfeng communicating with several people.
Ji Lingfeng saw Rongyue, smiled and waved to her to come over.
Rongyue walked to Ji Lingfeng.
"You've come just in time." Ji Lingfeng and Rongyue finished talking and turned to the people who had just spoken. "This is my junior schoolmate, Nangong Rongyue. She is younger than me, but she is quite talented. Her works will also be exhibited this time. I hope you seniors will take care of her."
Ji Lingfeng introduced Rongyue to several elderly foreigners in front of him in English.
Rongyue found that one of the artists looked familiar, and after a closer look, she found that he seemed to be Qin Huaiyi's teacher. When this person saw Rongyue, he also looked at Rongyue carefully.
Rongyue shook hands with everyone politely and greeted them in English.
Afterwards, she followed Ji Lingfeng and the elderly foreigners to view the exhibition and listened to their comments and discussions on the works. Rongyue found that their comments on each work were very sharp, and everyone had their own opinions, and their language was very sharp when they were dissatisfied with the works.
"Listen carefully to what they say. Two of them are famous art critics. See how they evaluate your work. Their attitude will affect the attitude of the media and will have a great impact on you in the world art circle." Ji Lingfeng whispered to Rongyue.
Rongyue nodded and couldn't help but feel nervous. She was looking forward to how they would evaluate her work. Due to the principle of fairness and justice, no artist's works were named. Only the artists themselves knew their own works. Besides, people like Ji Lingfeng and Rongyue who knew each other's styles very well could recognize each other's paintings at a glance.
Ji Lingfeng saw everyone walking near Rongyue's work, and deliberately led these people to the front of Rongyue's work.
Rongyue was standing behind a few people. When she saw Ji Lingfeng secretly giving her a look, her heart was about to jump out of her chest with nervousness. Her work had never been commented on by so many famous artists and art critics. She was really expectant and nervous.
Several people watched Rongyue's work and everyone was silent for a while.
Just these few minutes of silence had already made Rongyue's palms sweat.
Ji Lingfeng looked at Rongyue and couldn't help but smile, signaling with his eyes that she shouldn't be nervous.
"It's quite interesting. The only thing I don't quite understand is this work. The artist obviously has profound artistic attainments and experience, but the painting technique is a bit immature. I don't know if it's intentional or if he just started painting not long ago and his hands can't keep up..."
"Indeed...it should be a young artist...the painting technique is a bit hard to understand, but this is also one of the intriguing advantages of this work."
“From the composition to the use of colors, everything is exquisite. It doesn’t look like someone who has just started painting. Instead, it looks like someone with rich experience, who can clearly convey his thoughts and ideas.”
"Interesting... I would like to meet the artist of this painting!"
"Yes, I'm curious too!"
Rongyue listened to the comments from several people. Although there was no praise, as long as there was no fault finding, Rongyue was very happy. Her heart finally settled down.
Ji Lingfeng had expected this result, but he just wanted to see what his usually calm schoolmate would look like when she got nervous.
Ji Lingfeng told those people in English that this painting was the work of Rongyue, and everyone looked at Rongyue in surprise.
Then their questions came one after another, and Rongyue answered them one by one in English. Ji Lingfeng assisted Rongyue in translating the words she could not express in English to everyone. Looking at the satisfied expressions of several people, Rongyue herself felt an unprecedented sense of accomplishment.
After the exhibition, there is a voluntary artist competition that lasts for four weeks, with three gold, silver and bronze awards being voted for in the last week.
This activity aims to give young artists the opportunity to perform. The senior artists are divided into several groups, and the artists who signed up for the competition are also divided into groups. Then the senior artists will lead the new artists to do a one-week inspiration creation workshop. Then the artists will have two weeks of independent creation time, and finally exhibit their works and use one week for voting.
This vote is not only open to those who attend this art exchange meeting, but all those who come to the exhibition can participate in the voting. The works of the participating artists will also be synced to the most famous websites of artists around the world for display and promotion, and online voting will be conducted.
If you can win a place in this competition, not only will the prize be valuable, but it will also be a great opportunity to become famous around the world. Several artists who have been popular in recent years were selected through this competition.
Teacher Xu specifically told Rongyue to participate in the competition. On the day of registration, Teacher Xu even called to urge Rongyue to prepare well for the competition. If Rongyue hadn't stopped him, Teacher Xu almost couldn't stay in the country.
The team formation was decided by drawing lots. Coincidentally, Ji Lingfeng was one of the famous artists who formed a team with Rongyue and several other young artists. Rongyue was also stunned when she saw Ji Lingfeng's name in the mentor column.
There was another person who made Rongyue feel it was a special coincidence, that was Qin Huaiyi's teacher, who was also on the list of mentors in Rongyue's group.
After everyone has looked at the grouping, they will go to the assigned venue. Each group has a corresponding venue for artists to communicate and create. Class equipment and painting materials are all available. You can create directly here or go back to create. The creation location is free, as long as you can submit the work on time.
Everything went smoothly at first, and everyone sat together discussing painting techniques and inspiration, until Hazel, Qin Huaiyi's teacher, asked Rongyue to draw a diagonal line on a 4-inch drawing paper.
Everyone was shocked by Hazel's question. First of all, it was not a difficult question. Secondly, she only chose Rongyue to draw and not everyone else.
Rongyue looked at Ji Lingfeng, and Ji Lingfeng frowned. He didn't understand what Hazel meant and didn't say anything.
Rongyue sat down in front of the drawing board and looked at the white paper in front of her. She picked up the pen and seemed to be back to her first sketching class in her life, when the teacher also asked her to draw straight lines on the paper.
"Is your left hand your dominant hand? Use your dominant hand to draw." Hazel looked at Rongyue seriously.
"It's the left hand." Rongyue looked at Hazel.
Hazel nodded "Go on."
Rongyue's pen fell on a corner of the drawing paper. She looked at the direction and drew a line diagonally at a moderate speed.
Then Rongyue and everyone looked at Hazel.
"No, no, no, what I want is a straight line! Like this." Hazel took Rongyue's pen and drew a straight diagonal line on the paper very smoothly. In comparison, the line drawn by Rongyue looked like a loose cotton rope coiled on a tight straight line.
Rongyue gripped the pen and drew another line. Although it was a little better than the last time, it was still not as straight and powerful.
Hazel frowned and looked at Rongyue with dissatisfaction, then she casually patted the two other people beside her and asked them to start drawing.
Rongyue made way and watched the other two easily draw two straight lines that almost completely overlapped with Hazel's straight line.
Hazel's frown relaxed and she looked at Rongyue with relief.
Rongyue felt very ashamed as she held the pen in her hand.
The others still looked at Hazel and Rongyue in confusion.
Hazel looked at the others and said, "Let's move on to other issues." Then she looked at Rongyue and said, "You can choose to sit there and draw the line straight, or come and join our discussion. It's up to you."
After saying that, Hazel returned to the podium and everyone else followed Hazel.
Rongyue stood there awkwardly, like a student abandoned by his teacher.
Ji Lingfeng saw Rongyue with a red face and head down, looking a little at a loss. He glanced at Hazel, then walked to Rongyue.
"sit."
Rongyue came back to her senses, sat down in her seat, and glanced at the others. Three or five people turned around and looked at her and Ji Lingfeng curiously.
Rongyue looked down at the paintbrush in her hand, then looked at the straight line on the drawing board.
"Hazel is just a test." Ji Lingfeng patted Rongyue.
Until the end of the day, Rongyue always felt her face burning hot and she didn't dare to look up at others. She didn't know why a straight line could defeat her.
She watched as the classroom became less and less populated until it was empty. Then she reacted and stood up to leave. Not long after she walked out of the classroom, she heard Senior Ji and Hazel talking, and their tones sounded like they were arguing.