He Jin really thought that the three paintings by Chiang Xiao were amazing. If they were displayed, they would definitely get noticed and sold right away.
Hearing him say this, Chiang Xiao couldnât help but laugh.
"Well, thank you for the compliment, Brother He."
For each of the three paintings, she used a little bit of Magic Brush, just a tiny bit, but it gave the entire painting a powerful soul.
"Really, really, Iâm not exaggerating. Xiao Chiang, Iâm counting on you to win glory for us! Iâm going to prepare to send these paintings out, and Iâll let you know as soon as thereâs news."
Honestly, upon seeing these three paintings, He Jin even considered collecting them all for himself.
If it werenât for the fact that these three paintings were meant for Chiang Xiao to enter the competition, he really would have tried everything to persuade her to let them go.
Chiang Xiao truly lived up to the title of a genius young painter; her progress had been tremendous.
"Alright."
On this side, Chiang Xiao handed in her paintings and also submitted the piece for the exhibition she was co-hosting with Liu Guoying.
Among the paintings selected from the class, surprisingly, one was by Ye Wanqing.
When she heard this news, Chiang Xiao was indeed a bit stunned.
Ye Wanqingâs level?
She couldnât even compare to Jin Lei, so how did she stand out?
She immediately wanted to see the artwork that let Ye Wanqing top the class. The selection had happened while she was on leave, so she didnât know what was going on.
For this, she specially went to the faculty dormitory to find Liu Guoying.
After learning her intention, Liu Guoying frowned and said, "Itâs strange; in the past two weeks, Ye Wanqingâs artwork has improved significantly!"
Significant improvement in just two weeks?
Chiang Xiao was quite familiar with Ye Wanqingâs artistry.
To be fair, Ye Wanqing did have some talent in painting. Otherwise, she wouldnât have chosen this field and gotten into the art academy.
However, in the past life, Ye Wanqingâs paintings were consistently critiqued by Liu Guoying and other teachers as overly deliberate, too vulgar, stiff in style, and lacking Spiritual Energy, with obvious imitative traces, lacking a personal style.
These assessments werenât just made by Liu Guoying alone; almost all the instructors at the art academy said this, so it was a pretty objective evaluation.
Ye Wanqing was also aware of her own shortcomings, so in the past life, she was always looking to find a master teacher, which led to her later seeking Xu Yiqiu as a mentor, only to be rejected.
But in this life, itâs only been a few months since the school started, and suddenly they say sheâs made such a great improvement. How is that possible?
"Has she been particularly diligent recently? Spending all her time in the studio?" Chiang Xiao asked.
Liu Guoying shot her a look.
"No, although most of the classmates are more diligent and active than you, spending more time in the studio, Ye Wanqing is an exception. Sheâs the only one in our class who can rival your laziness."
Chiang Xiao: "..."
Was he criticizing her?
What kind of teacher talks to their students like that, occasionally taking a jab?
"Teacher, I did hand in my work for the exhibition, so I canât be counted as lazy, right? Besides, you approved my leave. If you want, you can look at my leave slip; it has your signature and approval on it."
Liu Guoying couldnât help but glare at her again.
He knew she had a lot going on, so he approved her leave. Was this becoming his fault? "Stop joking around with me!"
"Alright, alright, Iâm not joking. Teacher, I want to see Ye Wanqingâs painting."
Liu Guoying shook his head, "Itâs been sent to the art gallery. If you want to see it, youâll have to go there."
So, Ye Wanqingâs painting would be exhibited.