Tokyo life starting with painting.

Chapter 195 Not only to get the gold reward but also to get it (4000 words)

Of course, the professors in the judging panel just thought about it, and didn't jump to conclusions too hastily.

After all, the first floor of Yamauchi is considered a high-status oil painting scholar in the venue. Since he can appreciate it, there must be something special about this "Summer is End".

Most of the judges gathered around, and only two judges were still discussing their unfinished works in a low voice—they were Professor Toshiyama from Tokyo University of the Arts and Ji Yong, an active painter.

The two of them seem to have found a good seedling for the Golden Award, so they kept discussing, and they didn't even hear what was said on the first floor of the mountain.

Regardless of them, the other judges came to the first floor of the mountain.

"It really is a painting about humanities."

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

Sure enough, it is not a natural landscape painting.

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

They turned their eyes to the lower right corner again, wanting to see whose work it was.

"North Yiju private high school?"

High school student?

Many people were somewhat surprised when they saw the prefix.

Because those who can make it all the way to the final selection of the Art Creation Awards are basically college students, and it is impossible for high school students' works to withstand the pressure under such circumstances.

Even if it's not the five major art academies in Tokyo, it's art college students from all over Japan. Why did a high school student come in all of a sudden?

It's like trying to buy a motorcycle, only to find a bicycle in the row.

But the name Beiyiju Private High School sounds familiar.

They continued to look at the line below, and then they saw the signature of the work - Higashino Division.

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

If you were a little surprised before, but after seeing Higashino Division's name, the mood of these judges calmed down again.

Higashinoji is indeed a celebrity in Tokyo. After all, he is very young, just a high school student, and he has produced a lot of results

If Musashino Art University had already appointed Higashinoji by default, the other four major art academies in Tokyo might have asked some staff to contact Higashinoji.

Regardless of whether Higashino's reputation is in vain or not, and whether his painting skills are as good as the outside world touts, it is absolutely correct to get acquainted with his influence among young people in Tokyo.

But one size fits all.

Although he sighed, the reviewers present would not relax their standards just because of Higashinoji's name.

They looked up, including the first floor of Yamauchi, who also turned their attention to Higashinoji's "Summer Is Over".

Jumping, hazy, restless.

This is the first impression of the painting "Summer is Over" on the first floor of Yamauchi.

This is a women's room.

Desktop fan, window frame, messy bed quilt and a woman in a suit sitting beside the bed in the painting

It can be seen that women should wake up from an ignorant sleep state.

While half asleep and half awake, she picked up her shoulder bag and began to tidy it up, but after tidying it up for a while, she realized that something was wrong, so she half lowered her head, only to realize that she accidentally spilled all the contents of the shoulder bag.

She bowed halfway, covered her mouth and yawned halfway, as if she wanted to pick up the things that fell on the ground, but her body stopped halfway, and then her face showed an unusually complicated and lonely look expression.

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

It's just picking up a shoulder bag, why do you have complicated and lonely psychological feelings?

However, they continued to look down and they got the answer.

It turns out that women in suits confused the shoulder bag they used in school with the shoulder bag they use now at work

No.Probably not mixed up.

Rather than being confused, it might be better to say that I subconsciously took the shoulder bag I used when I was a student.

The grown-up woman in a suit thought she was still the same student who went to school with a shoulder bag.

The complex, sad and lonely expression on her face also shows this point.

"This design is very clever. It just expresses the mood of the characters in the painting through the detail of the shoulder bag."

The following judges couldn't help but say something.

This is indeed a clever trick.

Compared with the previous "Jiaziyuan" which directly and clearly stated that youth has gone away, Higashino's hand gives people a sense of loss.

Because no matter who has such experience.

Inadvertently tidying up the room, and accidentally flipping through the previously used objects, the youthful memories were also involved.

This feeling is not limited to the student union, even many university professors who serve as judges also have the same feeling.

After all, everyone comes from a young age.

The graduation photos of the first batch of students I brought, and the gifts I received from students for the first time are all hard to let go, and aftertaste will make people feel extraordinarily complicated emotions.

But no matter how you recall or think about the beautiful things that have passed away, they will gradually disappear with time

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

Finally, the corners of the woman's mouth still curled up helplessly, obviously she has accepted the reality.

Growth always comes with loss.

It has to be said that this Higashino Secretary has really kept the theme of this Art Creation Award to such an extent that there is absolutely no room for anyone to make use of it.

"It's not just the theme, you can also look at the use of color." Yamauchi Yirou reminded beside him, and at the same time he also sighed in his heart.

This time Dong Yesi gave him a big surprise.

If we say that the last time "Tokyo" surprised the first floor of Yamauchi, it was a strong sense of contradiction between cold and warm.

So this time "Summer Is Over" gave him an extreme use of paint, whether it is gradient color or contrast, Higashino has done a particularly good job, and it can be clearly seen that he has improved again.

The background color of this painting is very jumpy.

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

This light and ethereal color is giving people a feeling of dizziness after waking up from a nap on a hot summer day.

Dizziness, agitation, and haziness should make people look irritable.

But Higashinoji's old-fashioned skills handled it perfectly, not only did not give people any sense of anxiety, but made this summer very refreshing.

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

But under this refreshing color, the whole room looks very realistic and reveals an indescribable sense of depression.

The application of this realistic painting method suppresses the "light and floating" feeling of the whole picture, and instead forms an indescribably hazy and restless atmosphere.

Higashinoji did not deliberately suppress the frivolous feeling of the picture with the depressive colors of large brush and ink like many people.

Instead, he did the opposite, drawing the decoration of the room in an overly realistic way—a small desktop fan with damaged blue and red wire insulation, dusty and worn window frames

There are no sparkling fireflies, and there are no watermelons to feast on in summer.

The summer fantasies of youth are just a bubble in this painting.

The comparison of these completely different painting methods is like the big villain Higashino Tsukasa wielding a big stick, and directly hits your head hard, so that you can wake up and let the devil's warning sound in your ear, "summer is over" , your youth is also over'.

It's really sad, but it's also reality.

And the judges present finally understood what Higashino's title 'summer is over' really meant.

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

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

Some people fall into the sea of ​​mediocrity and disappear in an instant.Some people work hard and shine, but no matter what, the lost things will not come back. This is growth, and it is also youth.

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

But no matter what, Dong Yesi's painting is indeed a seedling of Jinshang - and the other party is indeed not just a name, but a real talent.

Just when someone wanted to propose to submit Higashinoji's painting to the candidates for the Golden Prize, Mano Noriko, who had been standing behind them without speaking, suddenly sighed:

"It is indeed an excellent work."

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 Higashinoji's painting, but she likes the title of Higashinoji's "Summer Is Over" more and more.

This sentence is very flavorful.

It does have a lot of flavor.

There is a kind of culture in Japan, which is called the culture of mourning.This is probably due to the influence of Shintoism that "everything has a spirit", and there is always an indescribable sadness when something beautiful passes away.

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 is exaggerated, but it can be seen from many Japanese film and television dramas-the protagonist sees the railway track and thinks of parting and lying on the track, and sees the starry sky and thinks of childhood memories

The summer in "summer is over" is just a manifestation of "things".

Whether it is the fireworks that rise into the sky in summer, or the love letters that have not been sent out, the cicadas that were not caught in summer, or the beautiful memories that have been washed away by the torrent of time before they are remembered.

This sentence makes the listeners feel an indescribable sense of loss, especially for young people.

At least Mano Noriko agrees with this sentence, and feels an indescribable literary charm in this sentence.

It's no wonder, you know, this was a golden sentence in Japanese culture in the previous life, a sentence that can keep pace with 'the moonlight is so beautiful'.

And

"This painting was painted by Mr. Higashino, the author of that Kumamon bear, right?" Mano Noriko looked around the painting a few times before asking calmly.

"Yes."

The judges present didn't know why Higashinoji's name was suddenly mentioned, but they answered decisively.

"It's really outstanding." Noriko Mano didn't answer their questions, but just looked at the painting and nodded with a smile.

Seeing Mano Noriko's smile, the judges here stopped talking.

Because as soon as Mano Noriko opened his mouth, they knew that Higashino Division's gold reward was basically stable this time.

After all, the Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports and Science all favored his painting.

This golden prize run is definitely impossible to escape.

But it's okay, Higashinoji's work is indeed of the quality of the Golden Award.

They have seen at least [-] or [-] pieces, and they can't find any work that can be compared with Higashinoji's "Summer is End".

Whether it's the painting technique, the use of color, composition, or 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.

Higashinoji's painting takes into account the theme of "growth" and "regret for the loss of beautiful things" at the same time - this behavior is very risky, but Higashinoji perfectly reproduces it on the canvas.

Someone couldn't help but sigh.

It's really rare.

It feels like he has been painting oil paintings for 20 years.

But that's just a feeling.

One must know that Dong Yesi is only seventeen or eighteen years old this year, so where does he get so much time to practice oil painting?

As for Professor Toshiyama and Mr. Yoshida from Tokyo University of the Arts, who were discussing with each other at the beginning of the Jinshang seedlings, their expressions were bewildered when they learned that the Jinshang had been selected.

After all, they had had a heated discussion around a piece of work by a college student in Aichi Prefecture just now, and their faces were red and their necks were thick.

In the end, after the discussion, did you tell me that the Golden Award has been selected?

Ok? ? ?

They are confused.

The two hurriedly glanced at Higashinoji's work, and then they shook hands and made peace--well, indeed, the golden award seedling can't beat this painting.

Many people at the scene began to gradually get to know this Higashino Division who was born in Beiyiju High School.

As for the other side, the one with the deepest feeling is probably the first floor of the mountain.

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

Regardless of the theme of 'Tokyo' in the big picture.

The theme of "regret for good things" and "growth" is still a small pattern, and Higashino has grasped it very well.

"Was Mr. Okano so good before?" Yamauchi first floor couldn't help thinking of Okano Yoshiko who was in charge of studio management in Beiyijuku High School.

How did she teach such outstanding students?

If there is a chance, Yamauchi Yirou really wants to learn from her and gain some experience from her.

But no matter what, it is a good thing that Higashinoji can successfully get the gold award. Considering that it is still under review, he still suppressed the urge to call Higashinoji to announce the good news, and wanted to look at other works instead.

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

"Hello, Mr. Yamauchi." Mano Noriko called to the first floor of Yamauchi with a smile.

On the first floor of Yamauchi, he never expected that the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology would take the initiative to talk to him, and he asked strangely, "Ah, Ms. Mano, what's the matter?"

"It's about this year's Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award. Mr. Yamauchi should know Mr. Higashino?"

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

what?

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

Are you looking for Higashinoji?

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

No way?

　Thanks to Tianyu Tianze and Yi Yongheng for their rewards!Thank you so much!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)