In a blink of an eye, a month passed. In the principal's office of the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, Principal Meng was talking about Long Xiao.

"You, you, you know that you can find something for me all day long, and you are not reconciled to having three apprentices. You have to tell your classmates that you can take a painting and recommend yourself. Why don't you let me come over? People sent the paintings to me, didn't they just want me to choose them for you? What's the matter? Three apprentices aren't enough?"

Principal Meng was also Long Xiao's teacher back then. Naturally, he knew what kind of person Long Xiao was. Long Xiao was not only talented, but also had his own ideas and practices in everything. He never listened to what others thought. , he always does what he wants to do. In the past, he urged him to accept apprentices, but he was unwilling. Now he accepts three at once, but he still wants to, which is strange.

"Apprentice, the more the better. Teacher, Mo Wan is in a good mood recently. I think it must have something to do with my apprentices."

Long Xiao replied with a smile, and have to say, these children are cute and cute, and they have a lot of ideas. After accepting three apprentices, it can be said that Jiang Mowan is in a much better mood every day.

how to say? Su Xian is the adopted son of the two of them, and he will be no different from his own son in the future, so Jiang Mowan, as a mother, naturally cares about everything. Even the mother and son go to the movies, go to art exhibitions and listen to musicals together. It can be said that Emotional progress is rapid.

And Wu Yanbai and Yan Hongwei often come over to eat and live in Long Xiao's house after they know that Master's house has a room for them. Who asked Long Xiao's house to be outside the school? Not only is it very close, but there are also meals carefully prepared by the chef. Naturally, Wu Yanbai and Yan Hongwei like to come to the house very much, but within a month, they are used to calling Long Xiao's father and Jiang Mowan's mother, but they are not as embarrassing as before. .

"That's true, this person is old, and it's easy to think wildly, especially at Mo Wan's age, when she sees that everyone around has children, she naturally has ideas in her heart, and now that she has children by her side, she also has an idea. Much better."

Principal Meng nodded, and then showed Long Xiao the paintings he had seen.

You know, since Long Xiao said that students can self-recommend with their own works, many students have taken the initiative to recommend themselves. In this month, Principal Meng has seen hundreds of good paintings, so after screening, Only these are left.

Long Xiao took over these sketches, and at first it seemed that it was actually easy to draw and imitate. The key was to be able to have your own style. Just like a literati with his own brushstrokes, painting is the same.

"These children are very good. I have selected these suitable pictures for you to see. I feel that the style is approaching you, and you already have a self-style. If you educate them, you will definitely have more results."

I really want these children to get better, so the paintings selected by Principal Meng are also very good.

Long Xiao's eyes fell on a painting named "Maple". The overall style of this painting belongs to the realism school. At first glance, it is actually the same as the photo, but if you look closely, it has a unique charm. Among them is the Fenglin Avenue of the Academy of Fine Arts in Shangjing City. This road is visited by countless students every year, but in this painting, the swaying beauty of the maple trees makes people feel that these maple leaves seem to be flying when you look at them. generally……

"This student is very good. Her writing style is soft and she is good at detailed things, but now the market doesn't like this kind of realism, and prefers virtual things..."

Principal Meng said that in fact, painting is not as high-end and high-end as many Ou Tongren said, because everyone is ordinary people who have to eat, and their paintings can have a good price. It's also a very happy thing.

Because of this money, they can live well and get more paintings.

This is mutual, so excellent painters must not only adhere to their own ideas, but also integrate modern styles and trends. Only in this way can they survive in this industry.

As for those who have always been stubborn, maybe some people have been mediocre all their lives, feeling that they will not be liked by others, and that God is unfair.

But there are still one in ten million, maybe like many painters who have lived through the ages, they will have their own names after they die.

It's a pity, what's the use of a person's name after death?

"This is good, I like it, it's just her."

Long Xiao nodded. After looking at a few paintings, this "Maple" really moved him. This painting has the bleakness of autumn, but it has a tenderness of autumn, which makes people feel comfortable after seeing it. Maybe Unlike many paintings that like to pursue a sense of incompleteness, Long Xiao likes it.

"This? Okay, this student's name is Qiao Mohan, and the information is here..."

The two were discussing about the next apprentice, and in Long Xiao's home, in a quiet and huge studio, three people occupied three corners respectively, all painting quietly.

Tulip Cup has released the official news on the official website. The competition time is from this month to the next month, one month of painting time, and then the first voting evaluation of netizens will be conducted next month. Only the top 100 people voted by netizens will be able to In the follow-up review, it comes from the evaluations of major art painters, including many outstanding talents from the national art department. This tulip cup is the most valuable every year.

In the early years, everyone thought it was too hasty to use netizens to vote, but later everyone found out that this netizen is not your ordinary netizen who can vote!

Before you want to vote, you must first register as a member of the Tulip Cup. This member requires you to show your education and personal appreciation ability. In the early years, everyone even wrote an article about famous paintings in order to join the Tulip Cup. Appreciate papers, so anyone who can vote is someone who has the ability to appreciate and must have graduated from an art-related university.

This will directly prevent ordinary netizens from voting. Later, the national art department will vote in person, and then the top ten outstanding young painters will be announced as rewards. This is a very valuable competition.

And the most important thing is that any painter who can get the top ten results in the Tulip Cup can get the membership of the Tulip Association. This identity directly makes a person gilded, and the distance from them to success is getting closer and closer. close.

In addition, being able to join the national first-level painters association is also a name that makes people rush for it, so the annual tulip cup can be said to be a place where people become famous in one step.

The three of them hadn't started to prepare to participate in the painting of the Tulip Cup. At this time, they were just painting casually. Seeing that it was noon, Jiang Mowan came over and called them to eat.

"It's noon, let's eat first, and then paint in the afternoon."

In fact, Jiang Mowan knew that the three of them didn't paint at all. The so-called tulip cup has no proposition and no requirements. As long as you meet the entry requirements, you can use your own works to participate in the competition. Whether you can pass the public aesthetics, and then pass the teachers' evaluation It is very difficult to achieve the top ten results in aesthetics.

Jiang Mowan had also participated in the Tulip Cup, but at that time the ranking was only over 50, so her paintings were not very good.

"Yep."

Su Xian's eyes lit up as soon as he saw Jiang Mowan. Both Wu Yanbai and Yan Hongwei were a little serious. After all, they remembered the task assigned by the teacher and the competition that was about to start. Both of them paid too much attention to this competition.

After finally apprenticing, they didn't want to be embarrassed in front of Long Xiao.

"There is still a period of time for the competition. You can take your time. Don't worry, let's eat first."

Greeting the three children for dinner, Jiang Mowan had not been with such an old child for a long time, and she could not let go at first, but after spending a month with these children, she found that these three children are very sensible, and also Making her laugh constantly made Jiang Mowan like these three children even more.

"Mom, can I draw you?"

Su Xian suddenly raised her head and asked Jiang Mowan, those black eyes were full of anticipation, which made Jiang Mowan also stunned, and then said in surprise.

"Does A Xian want to draw her mother? Of course you can, but if you are participating in the competition this time, it is best not to draw a figure painting. It is easy to suffer a loss. If A Xian likes her mother, she can draw a picture for her alone, okay? "

Jiang Mowan stretched out her hand and rubbed Su Xian's hair, feeling that this child was very caring and the most comfortable to get along with.

She knows Su Xian's talent, so she hopes that Su Xian can play well this time and have a good result in this game.

"En," Su Xian nodded obediently, listening to Jiang Mowan.

The two people on the side were in a much better mood when they saw how their mother and younger brother got along with each other. They didn't think about painting anymore, but started to serve Su Xian with food, which can be said to be very warm.

In the afternoon, the three of them went to quietly find inspiration. This time, they were alone in each room. Jiang Mowan had nothing to do, so she remembered the baking biscuits that she had not made for many years, and found the ingredients to make biscuits for the children with the chef. , It seems that with these children, there is really no other crankiness.

On the school side, Long Xiao's personal open class, and many students participated in this open class, and everyone looked at Long Xiao on the podium with piercing eyes.

"Today, I'm very happy, because I found a very good work. I appreciate the work of this classmate. I will also appreciate the work of this classmate with everyone today. Of course, this classmate is now In the class, I also hope that after she sees her own work, she will carefully consider whether to be my close disciple, and I will ask this classmate to explain the source of inspiration for this work later."

Long Xiao's remarks shocked everyone in this class.

Teacher Long is really going to accept apprentices again! And the work of this man will be released soon! Anyone who has given a painting to Principal Meng is nervous, hoping that the lucky one will be himself.

In the center of the crowd, Su Ying was also very nervous. She felt her heart beating constantly, speeding up, thinking that the person selected by Teacher Long was herself.

Then, in the expectation of everyone, Long Xiao opened the painting, revealing the red and lingering maple forest...