Chapter 359 Today’s young people
Su Xing finished the draft and started to color it.
This time, her painting was not Q-version, nor was it realistic, but rather had a freehand style.
She did not depict the stage background, characters' appearance, etc. in detail, but focused on painting movements, expressions and atmosphere.
This style of painting tests the artist's observation and ability to express himself on the canvas.
The painter must have a careful plan for the layout, dynamics, color, etc. of the picture, with clear priorities and complementary elements.
Because she didn't have to dwell on too many details, Su Xing was able to paint faster, more fluently and with ease, which further demonstrated her talent and spirituality in painting.
After Su Xing finished the drawing, he uploaded it to Weibo.
Before uploading the picture, she hesitated whether to write a paragraph of text.
But in the end, she didn't write anything and just uploaded it.
Because of the performance style of opera, she felt that a painting alone could not show its unique performance form and charm.
She painted this picture purely because she was inspired and wanted to paint.
Su Xing looked at the time and it was already past 1:30 in the morning.
It was time to go to bed, but she wasn't sleepy at all.
Her cerebral cortex is still very active and excited.
Su Xing turned off the computer and lay back on the bed.
Unable to sleep, she started checking Weibo again.
She searched for keywords such as "Pingju" and "opera" on Weibo, and found some related content. She picked out the ones that interested her and took a look.
Finally she found a girl’s Weibo.
The girl in the video looks to be in her twenties and has a very pretty face.
She was wearing casual clothes and light makeup, and sang in an opera style to the camera.
Although she was not wearing any costume, her eyes and expressions were just right, and Su Xing was easily drawn into the lyrics.
The girls sang a selection from "The Lock of Hair", which started with Peking Opera.
When the video progress bar was pulled halfway, it suddenly changed to Pingju!
The same lyrics, different opera tunes, two completely different singing styles and different ways of expression form a very sharp contrast!
I was amazed when I woke up!
She liked the video of singing "The Lock of Hair" and then visited the girl's Weibo homepage.
The girl’s Weibo nickname is “Xiying’er”. She has more than 200 updates on Weibo, some of which are casual shots of her daily life, and some of which are opera excerpts.
She sang and filmed those opera excerpts herself. Some of them were sung with her daily makeup, while others were performed wearing opera costumes and makeup.
Su Xing focused on her videos of opera excerpts and found that most of her videos were shot using a contrasting approach, and were not limited to the contrast between Peking opera and Ping opera.
For example, there is a video singing "Pair of Embroidered Shoes". The first half is sung in Henan opera style, and the second half is sung in Ping opera style.
There is also a video singing "The Legend of White Snake". The first half is Peking Opera, and the second half is Henan Opera.
Su Xing watched the videos one by one and liked each one.
Xiying'er's videos are not very long, about 3 or 4 minutes each.
Su Xing spent an hour scrolling through nearly twenty of her updates.
She looked at the time. It was almost three o'clock. She had to go to bed.
She paid attention to the drama.
Before putting down her phone, she went back to her Weibo and took a quick look.
There are still many night owls surfing the Internet late at night.
The Weibo post that Su Xing posted before has already received a lot of likes, reposts and comments.
"Wow! It's updated at this time?"
"It seems the painter is also a night owl!"
“Is the artist going to paint a new theme again?”
“Is this a Peking Opera costume?”
"Alas, I don't like opera, I don't understand it, and I'm not very interested in the theme the artist chose this time..."
Su Xing replied to the comment asking if it was a Peking Opera costume: "Ping Opera"
Then she turned off her phone, closed her eyes and went to sleep.
I slept very deeply and it was almost eight o'clock when I got up.
Zhou Liyun has already gone to work.
There were some buns, porridge, stir-fried vegetables and other foods on the table.
Su Xing knew at a glance that it was bought at the breakfast shop at the entrance of her community.
Her mother went downstairs to buy breakfast before going to work? That's rare.
She washed up and sat down to eat breakfast.
After dinner, I tidied the house and put some dirty clothes into the washing machine.
At around nine o'clock, Su Xing received a call from her mother Zhou Liyun.
"I asked your Aunt Chu. The tuition for the driving school her son signed up for is 3200 yuan. The place where they practice driving is not too far from our home. Do you want to go and take a look?"
Su Xing said, "Sure, Mom, ask for the name and phone number of the driving school, and I'll go over and take a look."
Zhou Liyun said: "Your Aunt Chu's son is going to the driving school today to learn how to drive, and he said he can take you with him."
Su Xing: "That's fine."
After the mother and daughter hung up the call, Zhou Liyun sent a string of numbers to her daughter.
Su Xing looked at the number and hesitated again.
She had met Aunt Chu's son several times when she was a child. He was two years older than her and seemed to be studying at H University of Technology in the same city.
Although he was the son of her mother's colleague, she was not familiar with him and felt a little embarrassed to trouble him.
Just then, her cell phone rang.
When she looked at the number, it was the number she hesitated to dial.
Su Xing pressed the answer button, "Hello."
A cheerful male voice came from the other side, "Hello Su Xing, I'm Xu Yin, my mom said you want to go to the driving school? When are you free today?"
Su Xing immediately said, "Thank you so much, I'm always available."
"You're welcome. Let's go now."
The two chatted for a few minutes and quickly agreed on a compromise meeting place.
Su Xing put on his coat, carried a small backpack and went out.
They agreed to meet at the entrance of a shopping mall, three stops away from Su Xing's home.
Su Xing got on the bus and didn't look for a seat. He just stood not far from the back door for a while and got off soon.
Su Xing was closer, so she arrived first.
After about five or six minutes, a sunny boy in a black short down jacket trotted over.
"Hi, Su Xing? I'm Xu Yin."
Su Xing extended his hand politely, "Hello."
Xu Yin smiled and gently shook hands with Su Xing.
"We are not strangers meeting for the first time. You are too polite."
Su Xing smiled at the other person a little awkwardly.
Xu Yin looked at Su Xing and couldn't help but marvel in his heart at how much she had changed as she grew up.
The last time he saw her, she was still in junior high school. She was also a quiet and pretty girl then, but still very immature. Now she has grown up a little and become more delicate and dazzling.
"Let's go."
"it is good."
They were seven or eight stops away from the driving school.
Instead of taking a taxi, the two took the bus.
There weren't too many people on the bus, so the two walked back and sat down in the double row of seats at the back.
After two more stops, more and more people got on the bus, and soon all the seats were filled.
An old lady stood in front of a girl and said with a frown: "Young people nowadays are too selfish. They don't know how to respect the elderly and love the young!"