Kendra still wanted to say something, but another student stood up and stopped her.
“Miss Kendra, what Miss Kara said is right. If there is anything between you, you can talk about it after class. If you argue now, you are wasting our time.”
Kendra secretly glared at the student who was speaking and sat down angrily.
Kara glanced at the student. It was a woman in her twenties. She was dressed plainly and nodded politely when she met her gaze.
Kara nodded gratefully at the woman and sat down to listen to the lecture.
When the class quieted down, Raphael glanced at Kara meaningfully and continued his lecture.
During the lunch break, because the time was too short, everyone could only order takeout.
However, Kara had promised to treat everyone to lunch, so she gave everyone a small booklet with various kinds of dishes on it. If anyone wanted to eat anything, they could tick on the menu and Kara could order takeout according to their choices.
Kendra looked at the booklet. She gave a cold snort of disdain as she glanced at Kara.
“Using a takeout to win people’s hearts, Miss Kara, aren’t you too mean?”
Kara looked at Kendra and she could not help but laugh.
“Miss Kendra, you are thinking too much. I just want to apologize for my being late. Of course, it would be best if you could be bribed by me with a meal.”
“You!” Kendra clenched her fists in anger. “You dream on.”
“It is said that people dream about what they have in mind during the day. Maybe my dream will come true.”
Kendra was speechless. She angrily threw the booklet to the ground and turned to leave.
The crowd watched as the war between Kendra and Kara became fiercer. They all kept a distance from Kara.
Kara looked at the booklet on the ground. She still looked indifferent. She picked up the booklet and walked to the woman who spoke for her earlier.
“What do you want to eat? It’s on me.”
The woman was working on the notes. She looked up and glanced at Kara. After thinking for a while, she did not refuse. She chose two dishes from the booklet, a plate of fruit, and a cup of milk tea.
Kara did not think too much and handed the booklet to other students.
There were a total of twelve students in the class, eight men and four ladies. Only two of them accepted her treat, but Kara did not care. She took the booklet to order the food.
When she walked around the corner, she saw Kendra and some others having their lunches. Kendra’s lunch was sent from her home. It looked very delicious.
There were several men and women sitting next to her and they all wanted to talk to her, but Kendra was not in a good mood. She simply ignored them.
Anyone who participated in this competition and stood out in the competition must have some talent.
However, only if a piece of work was known by people and someone would like to buy it could the author have income. That was how they could survive in this field.
On the surface, painting was a beautiful dream of many people, an art that people advocated, but in the face of reality, there were many difficulties that were hard to overcome.
To put it more bluntly, a painter might be called a freelancer if he or she made a living by drawing. However, it was not guaranteed that all the works the painter created could be sold.
That was also why there were many people learning painting, but there weren’t many who could become famous.
So if one wanted his or her work to sell for a good price, talent was only the first factor. Good channels and connections were also very important.
Kendra was able to get first place in this competition. Her talent was unquestionable. Looking at her outfit and her style of doing things, one could tell that she was born with a silver spoon. Therefore, everyone liked to make friends with her.
Moreover, most of the people present were men. From any perspective, it was not a bad thing for Kendra to become Kara’s friend.
Kara raised her eyebrows. It was not that she was unwilling to be friends with Kendra. In fact, she admired Kendra’s ability very much.
However, Kendra had disliked her from the very beginning. Since they could not be friends, Kara would not lower herself to cotton up to Kendra.
Kara went to the bathroom first and returned to the classroom again. She went to the woman who spoke for her earlier.
“I’m Kara. May I know your name?”
The woman looked at her in confusion and replied, “Anika Blaney.”
Kara thought about it. Anika Blaney got the third place in this competition.
Her work was very interesting, and it was more mature than Kara’s in terms of pencraft and color.
No, logically speaking, Anika’s skills should be the most outstanding in this competition, but it was because her skills were too mature that it made her work a bit rigid and lack some dynamics.
These words were what Donald had told Kara in private. People who drew this kind of work did not have much creativity, but they were very suitable to be teachers.
“Anika, nice to meet you.”
Kara was not an active person, but thinking that since she had to learn to be independent, she realized she could not always stay in her own world and be a lonely island.
She should try to take the initiative to make some friends, and then know the different lives of different people and broaden her horizons.
She knew what to do, but the process of carrying out her plan was a bit difficult.
She had a battle in her heart before she reached Anika and said those things.
Hearing Kara take the initiative to greet her, Anika was a little shy, but she did not reject it. She smiled and reached out to shake Kara’s hand.
“Well, nice to meet you too. Actually, I have some questions to ask you, but I don’t know how to start.”
When Kara took the initiative to greet Anika, she was also worried that she would be refused. She did not expect that Anika would have questions to ask her.
Kara was glad that she had summoned up her courage. Otherwise, she would have missed the opportunity to communicate with Anika.
Anika was just curious as to why Kara would draw such impactful work. Kara propped up her chin and thought about the question.
“Anika, have you ever been in love?”
Anika looked at her in surprise and blushed a little.
After a long while, she asked doubtfully, “What does drawing have to do with love? Could it be that being in love can give people more inspiration?”
Kara smiled. “I can’t say for sure. Maybe my knowledge is limited now, and for many things, I can’t explain them to you clearly.
“But I can tell you that sometimes drawing requires inspiration, but inspiration is very abstract. It’s ethereal, so don’t be obsessed with finding inspiration. Instead, find more opportunities to experience life.”
Perhaps, this was something any language teacher in primary school would say in teaching how to write.
If one wanted to write an article, one had to observe life carefully.
In fact, there was a premise to observe life carefully. Without a certain comprehension ability, one would not know where to start.
Therefore, one could only let nature take its course and try his or her best to understand professional knowledge thoroughly first. Then they could experience their life with a passionate heart.
Anika didn’t understand what Kara said, but she still felt happy to talk to Kara and they agreed that they would sketch from nature together when they had the chance.
Listening to their conversation was very interesting, and another boy named Triston Paveley also joined their discussion.
Triston was the other person who accepted Kara’s treat for lunch. He had a handsome appearance. However, his dressing style was somewhat like cosplay. He won the special award in this competition.
He won the award because of his creativity. The three of them were very interested in the topic of drawing.
To be able to make friends during the training was a great improvement for Kara, so she was in a good mood.
After class, she looked like walking on a cloud. After saying goodbye to her two new friends, she went to the bus stop to wait for the bus.
As soon as she got on the bus, he met the tall man who helped her this morning. She guessed that he might be working here, so she did not think too much about it.