The All-Around Painter

This book has truly been the most emotionally complex one I've read recently. On one hand, art is a subject rarely written about, and even fewer are written well. The author is very professional, and the professional sections are brilliantly written, demonstrating a clear and solid writing style.

How can the protagonist become the greatest painter if he doesn't die?

Can you please stop worrying about your pathetic romance plot? I could barely tolerate the free chapters, but what was chapter 96 even about? It almost got me banned.

Why is the setting in Southeast Asia? Traditional Chinese painting has been divided into three grades since ancient times: divine, wondrous, and skillful. Since the Tang Dynasty painter Zhu Jingxuan introduced the concept of "exquisite" in his "Record of Famous Paintings of the Tang Dynasty", the categories have become four: exquisite, divine, wondrous, and skillful.

Dear author, from a reader's perspective, I have some suggestions regarding character development that I hope will be helpful to your writing: After reading the latest chapter, I still don't understand why Gu wants to become Cao's apprentice. Your portrayal of Tang Ning's dissatisfaction and even jealousy towards Gu, and her desire to destroy Gu, is certainly not problematic.

It's clear this is the author's first time writing a book. Because the author doesn't understand the importance of subtraction in writing, they've lavished detail on many seemingly important subplots that could enrich the characters, allowing themselves to expand upon them without restraint. However, this is detrimental to a book.

Other books are like picking fruit from a muddy swamp, but this book is like picking pearls from a cesspool. The good parts are truly good, but the bad parts are truly outrageous.

I reluctantly deleted it for a month, and when I downloaded it again this month, there were only thirty-odd chapters. Thirty-odd chapters is bad enough, but what's the plot progressing? Did the author intend to write the timeline exactly as it is in reality? Am I supposed to graduate before he goes to university? The so-called "feel-good moments" are completely off-target.

The problem remains the same: the pacing is too slow. But if the author likes it, so be it. I'm not saying it has to be changed; I'm just expressing my opinion. I put about 300 chapters aside and came back to read it. I finished the latest chapter tonight, reading selectively, which cost me a little over 36 yuan.

I'd give this novel a 9 out of 10 if I could just pick up the female characters and the art direction, even if I removed the gangster storyline. Unfortunately, it can't be deleted. The gangster storyline is the biggest flaw. It also exposes the author's excessive pursuit of character complexity, which, due to limitations in writing skills, leads to inconsistencies in the character descriptions…