While Gu Weijing was drawing characters on paper.
Komatsu Taro is also preparing a character sketch, and the atmosphere is much more romantic, at least that's what he thinks in his heart.
Today is family dinner day at the Sakai family.
Komatsu, who claims to be the son-in-law of the Sakai family, has already reserved a seat in the restaurant early.
Kokotxa, a famous seafood restaurant in Yangon's Ahole wealthy district, provides traditional and absolutely authentic Spanish flavors, which is perfect to please the future mother-in-law.
Kokotxa Restaurant is a high-end restaurant with a history of 300 years. It is headquartered in San Sebastian, the old Spanish gastronomic city. It has been selected as Michelin three stars and the world's top 50 restaurants for many consecutive years.
However, this Asian branch opened in a wealthy area of Yangon not long ago and currently only has one Michelin star.
But in Yangon, five people spend nearly $800 per person on a meal, which is a figure that would make the hearts of most people in this country stop.
Everything is perfect.
The environment of the restaurant is great, the music is beautiful, the white wine is very mellow, the fruity peach sponge cake is very sweet, and the venison is very tender.
It may be a little regrettable that Kenta Komatsu didn't like the taste of olive oil and garlic in the red shrimp with beetroot rice and the thick gazpacho as an appetizer, but his mother-in-law, Mrs. Sakai, was quite happy with it.
In general,
Kenta Komatsu was extremely satisfied with this meal.
He is a person who pursues perfection. He even carefully selected the car he rented from the car rental agency after getting off the plane. Merc S65, a Mercedes-Benz S-Class specially tuned by the AMG racing factory, is not as ostentatious as Ferrari and Rolls-Royce, but it is noble enough, muscular and not greasy, showing its image of a young, mature and reliable good man.
At any age, it will be a plus in the eyes of girls of any personality.
The only thing less than perfect is.
Sakai Katsuko seemed a little absent-minded while eating.
Taro Komatsu changed several topics at the dinner table, ranging from diving in the Maldives to Swarovski's new ruby tiara, and even talked about RB and Spain's national sport F1.
From travel, jewelry, racing...
Xiaosong tried his best to make witty remarks.
Mrs. Sakai listened with great interest, and she talked and laughed. Tsunamasa Sakai was also yearning for it. Even Professor Sakai, who was usually relatively uninterested in these topics, expressed some opinions of his own.
But only Katsuko Sakai acted very coldly.
Except for occasionally showing a polite smile to the waitress and the chef who came to thank me when the food was served, the whole person was completely outside the entire restaurant.
She was like an outsider.
"Katsuko, you can't draw good works by just staying in your own world. If you find that your works are too cold, you should experience life more actively."
The round Professor Kazunari Sakai swallowed the last piece of venison that the red-bearded Spanish chef ordered into his mouth with some unsatisfied taste.
Maybe it was because it was pitiful to see Mr. Komatsu fighting with the air alone for a long time, or maybe it was because the wife viciously kicked her husband with high heels under the table and finally broke through the fat defense on his calves.
Anyway, Professor Sakai rapped his knuckles on the table to remind his daughter that she had been neglecting this lunch guest for a long time.
"Oh well."
Sakai Katsuko answered, still staring at the thing in her hand.
It was a folder with a beautiful cover, in which were pasted a variety of printed photos and illustrations of oil paintings.
That's a collection of Sakai Katsuko's works.
She is also of age to apply for college this year.
There are many people in the world who have studied art, but very few people can be admitted to art academies, especially well-known art academies.
If you want to apply for the most famous art colleges in the world, in addition to cultural courses and some professional examinations, every student who wants to apply must prepare a portfolio that can impress the professor.
However, this is a requirement for general students.
Winning an award is the best collection of works, based on the awards Sakai Katsuko has won among young painters since she was a child, and Sakai Kazunari's reputation in the art world.
Even if she doesn't have a portfolio, she is basically at the point where she can choose from prestigious schools around the world.
Professor Kazunari Sakai understands.
The reason why Shengzi was troubled recently when she was sorting out her portfolio had nothing to do with applying to school. She was just wrestling with herself.
She was not satisfied with her work.
From Kazunari Sakai's perspective, his daughter has entered a painting bottleneck period.
Her proficiency in painting skills has almost reached the point where she is unique among young people. Perhaps it is unprecedented and unprecedented, and it is a bit exaggerated. At least it is much better than herself at this age.
He can proudly say that in many aspects, his daughter Katsuko Sakai has reached the level of a professional painter.
But Katsuko Sakai is a little girl after all.
Apart from the technical aspects, the mood of the work is too cold.
No, the more accurate term is not cold, but pale.
In the field of art, coldness is also an infectious force.
Painters who are truly good at expressing this kind of emotion can freeze the hearts of the audience with cold brushwork, but Sakai Katsuko is not this cold, but because she has been immersed in the world of painting since she was a child and lacks experience, which makes her appear hollow.
She paid too much attention to painting and was separated from life, which made her paintbrush look pale.
At this point, Katsuko Sakai is not as good as Kenta Komatsu, who has more rich life experience.
"Katsuko, stop thinking about painting. In the evening, take Tsunasa and Komatsu-senpai with you young people and go rowing on the Yangon River. There seems to be a fireworks show for a change of fresh air?"
Mrs. Sakai lightly scraped the glass with her fingertips, frowned and made a suggestion.
"Just let Tsunasa go."
Sakai Katsuko still lowered her head.
"Katsuko?" Mrs. Sakai's tone became more severe.
Komatsu Taro was not too angry.
Sakai Katsuko's character is exactly what his father likes. As long as he is not distracted by other men like Gu Weijing, he will not be too jealous.
His father Kenta Komatsu believes that women are men’s medals.
In this era, girls who can immerse themselves wholeheartedly in the art world bring great honor to their family.
Neither vines nor branches are what an artist's daughter-in-law should have.
Since Katsuko likes art, Komatsu also has other tricks up his sleeve.
Art girls have an art girl way of opening up.
He left the restaurant in the name of going to the bathroom, opened the trunk of his car, and took out roses and a sketch.
This is a sketch he made of Katsuko Sakai.
In the sketch, Sakai Katsuko is wearing the traditional dress he wore when they first met in Yuan Day. She has a graceful figure, sexy and pure.
Although Taro Komatsu is already a well-known young painter, sketching is not his strong point.
His painting style is influenced by his father, who likes to use strong colors to express emotions, especially the use of large blocks of mystical paint in oil paintings.
Colorful blocks of color always impress the audience more than cold lines.
It was with this technique that he painted "Sunrise in Osaka", which won the grand prize in the amateur category at the Yokohama Art Triennale.
He attaches great importance to color but despises line of sight. There must be a reason why he is not diligent enough.
Precision is the most important thing in sketching. It is difficult to find a new way. The only way is to practice more.
"Ölgemälde (Oil Painting)" is Austria's leading art magazine.
"Oil Painting" is to painters what the Billboard charts are to pop singers. It is a fashion benchmark for commenting on young artists, covering multiple sections such as the art market, opinions, styles, and buyer's guides.
It will rate a painter with stars from the perspective of his collection of works.
The lowest is one star, which is worth waiting for.
The highest one is Seven Stars, a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation.
The last East Asian painter under the age of 30 to be awarded four or more stars was Mr. Cao's current youngest apprentice Tang Ning (four and a half stars).
The last one to get a seven-star investment rating was when Andy Warhol was shot and critically ill in 1967, and the original six-and-a-half-star rating was raised to seven stars. It doesn't matter how much money you buy, you just make money.
After the turn of the millennium, Andy Warhol's works have repeatedly set historical records at auction houses in units of 100 million US dollars, which undoubtedly proves the magazine's vision.
When Taro Komatsu won the award at the art exhibition, the chief writer of this magazine once criticized his "Sunrise Osaka" for being too opportunistic.
Although he has a certain appeal, he is just a lunatic who randomly talks incomprehensible words.
In the buyer's guide, Taro Komatsu was only given a one-star rating (worth waiting for).
But Taro Komatsu didn't care at all.
Those who can appear in such well-known art magazines are generally young professors from various art academies and Mesozoic painters in their thirties and above, and the general evaluation is not higher than two stars (buy with caution), and those who can get three stars are recommended (certainly The oil paintings of young oil painters with appreciation potential) can basically sell for more than 300,000 US dollars.
At his age, being able to appear in such a magazine, even if he is scolded, still shows that his father is a great painter.
Xiaosong also had his own thoughts when choosing sketches that he was not very good at.
He felt that oil painting was not as ambiguous as sketching, especially when he used a pen to outline the curves of Sakai Katsuko's figure in his mind, Komatsu-san could almost feel the almost substantial touch.
When painting,
The scene in "Titanic" in which Jack drew a human figure on Silk was played over and over in his mind, and he had a strong sense of immersion.
If Celine Dion sings "My Heart Will Go On" next to him, he will get excited.
Maybe some girls are not interested in jewelry and jewelry, but they are willing to take the time to draw a picture for you. This kind of thinking is very romantic.
Many poor boys from the Academy of Fine Arts got cute and beautiful schoolgirls through this method.
Sakai Katsuko is not a simple and soft girl without knowledge, and Xiaosong herself is not a poor native Yangon boy like Gu Weijing.
He is rich and talented, and he is also willing to spend time with girls.
A casual glance at the jealous eyes of the beautiful female guests in the hotel towards Sakai Katsuko will reveal that these people are sincere in their desire to have a boyfriend like Komatsu.
They just wished they could swallow Sakai Katsuko in one go and replace her with them.
Even so, when Taro Komatsu returned with the sketch and roses, the most beautiful waitress secretly wrote the phone number on a tissue with lipstick and handed it to Komatsu.
She hinted that she didn't care if the other person had a girlfriend. If the handsome guy was willing to paint such a picture for her, she would do anything.
"Humph, one of my paintings."
Based on the potential he has shown and the connections he has shown at Komatsu Gallery, most art critics are optimistic about the investment prospects of his works.
A signed painting by Komatsu can easily be sold for more than 1,000 US dollars, and there will be more room for growth in the future. If you date such a beautiful girl, I don’t know who will make more money.
He didn't mind playing a dangerous emotional game with them when he had time, but not now.
It would be better to concentrate on keeping this beautiful butterfly, Katsuko Sakai, in her own bottle.
"Katsuko, this is the gift I am going to give you." Komatsu Taro said.
He handed the sketch and roses to Sakai Katsuko.
"The painting is really good and thoughtful. Yichen, you really weren't so romantic back then."
Mrs. Sakai was very moved.
Many artists are bastards who are immersed in their own world and don't want to come out. A male partner like Taro who is willing to put in effort to please his daughter, has a good artistic future, and can achieve mutual success with Katsuko.
It is definitely much better than other messy people.
"Thanks."
Sakai Katsuko took the painting and her eyes fell on the sketch.
She was silent for a few seconds, seemingly moved.
Just when Sakai Tsunamasa thought his elder sister was really moved by him.
Sakai Katsuko suddenly handed the painting to her father.
"What are you doing for me?"
Professor Sakai was a little confused.
"I feel that Komatsu-senpai has drawn at least three more vertebrae, and the muscles on the arms are also distorted. The length of the knuckles is not coordinated, especially the index finger. Compared with other knuckles, it is about one centimeter longer in proportion."
Sakai Katsuko smiled apologetically at Komatsu, but there was still a clear sense of detachment in her tone that she only wanted to discuss art.
Taro Osomatsu looked embarrassed, and Mrs. Sakai shook her head helplessly.
The good atmosphere at the dinner table suddenly changed from charming and ambiguous to the nature of an academic seminar.
"It's great for a painter of this age to be able to draw like this. Katsuko, you know that looking at paintings is different from painting. It's easy to find shortcomings when looking at paintings, but it's difficult to perfect them when painting. Unless you have a complete understanding of muscles. Monsters, otherwise no one at this age can paint them well, not Komatsu, not you, not even me now."
Professor Sakai stroked his forehead helplessly.
"In fact, many times we just need to pursue the overall harmonious beauty. It is as accurate as a photo in a complete physiological sense. I think there are no more than five painters in history who can understand this step about the human body. Strictly speaking, those who have been handed down from generation to generation There are various problems in famous paintings, and even Master Ingres made many similar mistakes."
Professor Sakai looked at his daughter who was still frowning and thinking, and held back the second half of the sentence.
He believes that people who are completely immersed in the world of painting will find it difficult to break through after reaching a certain point.
Without life experience, there is no artistic life.
Van Gogh's suffering in life, to a certain extent, made his art possible.
Although this is cruel, it is true.
It's useless to talk about this kind of thing. He brought his children to Yangon this time because he actually wanted Sakai Katsuko to have more contact with the outside world.
He is waiting,
Katsuko Sakai needed an opportunity to have an epiphany on her own.
