Fukushima-senpai, whose real name is Madoka Fukushima, won the Silver Prize at the Tokyo Youth Painting Awards last year.

There are even rumors that she will be the next Minister of Fine Arts.

Kita Gijuku and Musashino Art University have always cooperated. As the art director of Kita Gijuku, it is a bonus to enter Musashino Art University.

That’s why so many people hold Fukushima rounds.

Seeing her holding her phone and taking photos seriously, a lot of little girls next to her were a little confused.

They looked at each other and curiously came to Higashinoji's easel.

Then--

"Oh..."

"this..."

The female students in the art department blushed and didn't know what they saw.

After a while, Madoka Fukushima put down the phone and asked:

"Lianghua, does the boy you mentioned like you?"

"ah?!"

Konoe Ryoka had been standing nearby without even daring to say anything. When she heard her name, she immediately raised her head with a confused look on her face.

Seeing the 'what are you talking about' expression on her face, Madoka Fukushima didn't waste any time and motioned to Konoe Ryoka to come over and take a look.

Konoe Ryoka lowered her head, walked over hesitantly, glanced at it, and then opened her mouth wide——

"Ah wow wow wow..."

Her pink lips trembled violently, and her lowered face was completely dyed red.

Although it still looks a bit gloomy, the overall situation is much better than before.

What remains on Higashinoji's drawing paper is a sketch.

Above is a side profile sketch of Konoe Ryoka who is working hard and conscientiously.

The ends of her hair were curled inward, her watery eyes were wide open, she was holding a paintbrush in her hand, her eyebrows were pressed down, and she looked hesitant, not knowing what to do.

Three points are timid, two points are cautious, and five points are serious.

It perfectly recreates Konoe Ryoka's gloomy, cowardly and serious image.

"The painting looks like..."

Madoka Fukushima spoke, but soon she frowned: "No...it doesn't look like it...but..."

She wiped her eyes and looked twice at Konoe Ryoka's face to compare it with the one in the painting. She was a little confused.

It seems...but it doesn't look like...what the hell is this?

Just when everyone was in a daze and their computers were shut down, someone heard a voice behind them.

"This is actually artistry."

"Teacher Okano?"

At some point, the studio's instructor Ryoko Okano stood behind all the female students.

She nodded in response to someone calling her just now, then walked up and asked, "Which teacher came here to paint this painting?"

This is probably because some teacher came over and drew a sample picture. It was indeed a good drawing and very artistic.

It's just that this painting method... In Ryoko Okano's impression, there shouldn't be such a powerful teacher in the school.

But forget it.

Without waiting for the students to answer, she began to comment: "As you all have seen, this is a standard sketch template. The subject of this teacher's painting is Konoe Ryoka, but the characters in the painting are slightly different from Konoe.

place."

Ryoko Okano pointed to Konoe Ryoka in the painting: "Look at the eyebrows and eyes. Are there any subtle differences?"

Everyone looked and found that it was just as Ryoko Gangno said.

In the painting, Konoe Ryoka's slender eyebrows are set very low, showing a very humble and cowardly look, and her big flashing eyes also make people feel a little painful.

But the real Konoe Ryoka is obviously not like this. She does have a gloomy personality, but her eyebrows have never been pressed to this extent, and her eyes are basically innocent and will not give people a feeling of 'pain'.

If you look carefully, you will see that the face shape of Konoe Ryoka in the painting is actually different from the real Konoe Ryoka.

"This is the so-called artistry of painting."

Ryoko Okano feels that she can say a lot through this example.

"Just as articles also need metaphors and personification, painting is also inseparable from these rhetorical techniques. The subject of this painting comes from Konoe-san, but the painting is not exactly like Konoe-san."

She held up a finger:

"This is because this teacher did not rigidly copy the image of Konoe-san in reality, stroke by stroke. He drew the image of Konoe-san in his mind."

This is actually the most important reason why the same things painted by masters are always better than those painted by others.

It’s not just about simply copying the similarities, but more importantly, it’s about capturing the first impression and drawing.

"Fukushima-kun, you have a bad habit of drawing rigidly. Drawing is not just about looking like something."

"Well..."

Konoe Ryoka, who had been listening in, heard this and subconsciously opened her mouth.

Because she just heard this sentence from Higashinoji's mouth.

Could it be that Higashino-san’s drawing skills are already as good as those of the teacher?

Her little mind couldn't help but think so.

But the next moment, Konoe Ryoka heard Okano Ryoko's sigh:

"This painting is so good. Even if this sketch is included in the sketch template, it can be printed and published, but I can't do it. Which teacher drew this?"

Ryoko Okano has always been a person who will not be humble if he can do something, and will not hold on if he can't do it.

Konoe Ryoka knew this very clearly.

But what surprised her the most was the last sentence——

‘It’s okay to print and publish’, ‘I can’t do it’…

This made Konoe Ryoka unable to stop swallowing her saliva.

Higashino... Is Higashino-san so powerful?

Is this already a level that can be printed and published?

For Konoe Ryoka, learning gouache well is one of her current pursuits.

Next up is oil painting...

But if you want to talk about printing and publishing...this touches her blind spot of knowledge, she has not thought that it is that advanced.

She was in a trance for a moment and couldn't say a word.

After a while, she heard Madoka Fukushima's voice:

"Lianghua said it was painted by Higashino-kun, who just joined the club today."

Madoka Fukushima's mood is actually a bit complicated, because she used to be the one who was praised the most in the art department, and now Higashino suddenly shows up, so naturally she can't accept it emotionally.

But she didn't say anything like, 'Oh, this is actually nothing.'

After all, she specially studied art, and the difference between her and the unmasked Higashinoji could be seen at a glance.

This is like comparing a small electric donkey with a big truck.

If the other side were to run over him, his two small wheels would probably be destroyed.

"Ah, really? Wait? Higashinoji? Is this a student work?"

After hearing this, Ryoko Gangno said casually, "Ah", and then suddenly came back to his senses.

"It took Higashino-san thirty minutes to draw it."

"...Yeah?"

Okano Ryoko didn't know what to say for a while.

She was just talking about the teacher's work, but she didn't expect that the reality was much more magical than she imagined.

This is actually the work of Higashinoji who just entered the studio today.

but--

"The painting is really good."

Okano Ryoko nodded his head, as if sighing, but still insisted on his own point of view.

I can’t help it, I just draw well——
Chapter completed!