flstandardbreds Chapter 178 This is easy
Chapter 178 This is easy
"Absolutely! How could there be a mistake? That's the top scorer in the national college entrance examination!"
Director Zhao made a firm decision regarding the railway.
"What's wrong, Elder Su? Is that kid's drawing quite good?"
"Not only is it good..."
Old Su exclaimed in amazement, "This little guy has a very deep foundation in sketching. Although his work just now was not finished, it was more than enough to be used as the content for an art student's graduation exam."
"In my opinion, this requires at least four or five years of experience."
"Four or five years? No way?"
Director Zhao blinked.
"That Lin Chen used to be a vocational school student, but he transferred to high school later. And he's not only a high school student, but also an athlete!"
"He used to be busy preparing for the college entrance exam and training, so where would he have time to study art?"
"Hehehe... Let's wait until their match is over and then see."
Old Su smiled.
Director Zhao didn't say anything more, and the group continued to other examination rooms.
Not long after Elder Su and the others left the examination hall, Lin Chen's exam also ended.
He has five projects to participate in today, with the second project, calligraphy, almost back-to-back with sketching.
Therefore, Lin Chen did not intend to waste too much time on sketching.
"Teacher, I'm handing in my paper."
After packing his things, Lin Chen handed his completed work to the proctor.
After that, he went straight to the calligraphy examination hall, found his seat in advance, and began grinding ink to prepare his skills.
In calligraphy, there is a concept of "accumulating momentum."
An excellent calligrapher is like a swordsman; before picking up the brush, he gathers his energy and spirit, and then unleashes it all the moment he begins to write.
Lin Chen ground the ink, closed his eyes, and felt the ink and ink blend together.
It wasn't until the second calligraphy exam began that he took a deep breath and recalled the structure of the calligraphy characters and the strokes he had practiced repeatedly.
He began writing, moved the brush, and finished writing in one go the eight characters "逸韵千秋，墨染风华" (meaning "elegant charm for a thousand autumns, ink staining the splendor of the wind").
At this point, Lin Chen's morning matches were all completed.
The three afternoon sessions are traditional Chinese painting, watercolor painting, and oil painting.
Lin Chen painted three pictures, each depicting the southern scenery of Yongyang Island using traditional Chinese painting techniques.
He used watercolors to depict the majestic warships he saw on Yongyang Island.
Finally, he painted the beautiful sunrise over the island in oil.
All three paintings depict scenes he witnessed on Yongyang Island.
However, due to the different painting techniques used, different effects were achieved.
Having studied art for so long, Lin Chen is no longer the naive young man he once was; he has fully grasped the true meaning of "artistic beauty."
To be honest, if it weren't for the need to qualify for the national competition, this kind of provincial art competition would be unsuitable for Lin Chen to participate in.
His participation in this competition is like a professional NBA player participating in a high school basketball league.
It's simply a case of the big bullying the small.
In addition, because he was worried that winning the award would cause a sensation, Chen Xiaoxiao also found out about it.
Therefore, Lin Chen deliberately held back in this competition and did not exert his full strength.
His goal was simply to get a ranking and qualify for some major competitions.
After the match, Lin Chen and Cai Hua found a hotel to stay in.
The results of tomorrow's competition will be announced.
If I win the award, I will have to attend the award ceremony the day after tomorrow.
Lin Chen was naturally very confident about winning the award, so he booked a room for two nights well in advance.
Night fell, and it was the next morning.
After having breakfast with Cai Hua, the two went to Jinling Academy of Arts.
Because I need to stay in Nanjing for two nights to wait for the results.
So today, Cai Hua arranged for Lin Chen to have a day trip to Jinling Academy of Arts.
Although Cai Hua is from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, some of his classmates are now teachers here.
In his view, although Lin Chen had no chance of getting into an art academy, he still wanted him to experience the atmosphere of a real art academy.
Who knows, this kid might change his mind and switch to studying art?
Since he had nothing better to do, Lin Chen was somewhat interested in Cai Hua's suggestion.
Although he was here yesterday, he was busy with the competition all day.
Now that I finally have the time, I can properly visit this place.
Lin Chen had only been to one university before, namely Tsinghua and Peking University.
Compared to Tsinghua and Peking Universities, which are full of top students, the biggest feature of Jinling Academy of Arts is that there are many more handsome men and beautiful women here.
On campus, both male and female students dress much more fashionably than students at Tsinghua and Peking Universities.
Seeing Lin Chen looking around, Cai Hua laughed and said, "What do you think? That's how art schools are—lots of beautiful girls. And this is just in Jinling. At the Central Academy of Fine Arts, there are beauties from all over the country."
Would you be interested in considering transferring schools?
"Teacher Cai, I have a girlfriend."
"She's just a girlfriend, not a wife."
Lin Chen rolled his eyes.
Look at what you're saying! Where is your dignity as a teacher?
As they spoke, the two arrived at an art classroom.
In the classroom, a teacher of similar age to Cai Hua was instructing a group of students on wood carving.
Upon seeing Cai Hua appear at the door, he immediately said, "Everyone, practice on your own. I'll go out for a bit."
"Old Cai, you're here!"
"Old Xu, let me introduce you. This is Lin Chen, whom I was talking about. Lin Chen, this is my old classmate Xu Ming."
Xu Ming glanced at Lin Chen and asked in surprise, "You're Lin Chen? So, how were you in yesterday's match?"
"That's natural." Lin Chen smiled faintly.
Xu Ming laughed too: "Old Cai, this kid's pretty arrogant, huh?"
“If you can get a perfect score on the college entrance exam, you can be arrogant too,” Cai Hua replied.
Xu Ming coughed a few times before remembering that Cai Hua had mentioned that his student was this year's top scorer in the college entrance examination.
Lin Chen glanced into the classroom and saw that people were practicing wood carving, which made him a little curious.
He has now become quite proficient in art.
But I've never been involved in sculpture before.
The main reason was that Cai Hua wasn't good at this, and since Lin Chen initially planned to give Chen Xiaoxiao a painting as a gift, he didn't pay much attention to sculpture.
But today I saw the students in the classroom carving pieces of wood into lifelike objects.
Lin Chen suddenly realized that he seemed to know what kind of gift he should give Chen Xiaoxiao!
Painting won't do; only sculpting is the best way to create a gift that Chen Xiaoxiao will like!
"Teacher Xu, may I go in and take a look?"
Lin Chen then asked.
"Sure, Lin Chen, you can go in by yourself. Lao Cai and I will talk outside."
Having received permission, Lin Chen immediately went inside with great interest.
In the classroom, several male students were concentrating on completing their projects.
Several girls, however, lit up immediately when they saw Lin Chen walk in, and excitedly whispered among themselves.
"Look, look! There's a handsome guy!"
"Really?! So handsome!"
"Is he in our class? I've never seen him before."
Hearing the whispers of the girls in the class, the boys immediately became disdainful, and their gazes toward Lin Chen turned unfriendly.
At this moment, Lin Chen came up behind a boy.
Although he had never worked with wood carving before, he could tell that among everyone present, the person in front of him had the best skills.
The boy is currently making a wooden ox; the workmanship is exquisite and lifelike.
After observing for a while, Lin Chen finally couldn't help but ask, "Classmate, is wood carving easy to learn?"
Zhang Chuan had actually noticed the boy behind him long ago.
However, out of jealousy of the girls' reactions, he deliberately ignored the person behind him.
Unexpectedly, the other party took the initiative to contact him.
He stopped what he was doing, turned around, and said, "You haven't learned this?"
"No, I've only studied traditional Chinese painting and sketching."
"Oh, you have a foundation? That makes things easy. Wood carving is simple. Just find a piece of wood, draw what you want to make on it, and then cut it out according to the drawing."
"Is it that simple? Can I give it a try?"
“Sure, there are empty spaces and tools over there, and there’s wood over there. Just find a piece yourself.”
Hearing their conversation, the boys around them almost burst out laughing.
Zhang Chuan is such a scoundrel; the other guy is clearly a newbie who doesn't know anything.
Wood carving is nowhere near as easy as Zhang Chuan makes it out to be.
Sculpture is related to painting, but it is also different.
Painting is simply drawing a two-dimensional picture on a flat piece of paper.
Sculpture, on the other hand, is a three-dimensional creation in real space.
Drawing is just the foundation here; it also tests a person's three-dimensional perception and manual dexterity.
It takes two or three years just to get started, how can you call that simple?