average american beauty

Originally, Caroline wanted to have a chance to visit Chicago, but now that she has time, the weather doesn't cooperate.

In the past few days, there have been several light snowfalls one after another, and the trams have also stopped and stopped.

In an era when telephones were not yet popular, only rich people could ask someone to send a letter. It was even more difficult for a person like Caroline to contact her friends.

For the rest of the vacation, Caroline had to stay at home, reading books or pulling her hair to write matching recommendations.

Taking advantage of the abundant time, Caroline did not write articles according to the main points recorded at any time on weekdays, but summarized the clothing in her memories according to the categories of hats, tops, skirts, skirts, coats, and shoes. And popular, and even some "outlandish costumes" that can impress her in some TV series and movies have not been missed.

She intends to order all the sorted texts with pictures as a material library for future column writing, and also deliberately leaves half of each page blank for later additions.

After finishing everything, Caroline looked at the messy text after copying, and felt that it was time for her to update her work equipment.

She is going to buy a typewriter.

Thinking of this, she got up and dug out her wallet and the bank account book hidden under the mattress.

Every time she receives a manuscript fee, Caroline will transfer it to her bank account immediately, and has saved nearly 80 yuan in a few months.

Every time she opens the account book, she will have a sense of satisfaction.

There were 28 yuan bills and a few coins left in the wallet.This is also thanks to the "bonus" before Christmas, otherwise, according to the recent speed of spending money, there will definitely not be so much left.

Caroline had learned about it in the store before, and the price of a brand new typewriter is about 100 yuan. In addition, it is necessary to buy replacement ink ribbon reels from time to time, which is not a small expense.This time, she might have to use her small coffers.

After the holidays, Caroline found time to visit a store that sold typewriters and mechanical accessories.

That evening, after Isabella heard the knock on the door and opened the door, she watched in surprise as Caroline moved sideways into the room carrying a heavy wooden box, and then moved the box to the living room table with great difficulty. superior.

"what is this?"

Caroline opened the box as if showing off a new toy, and made an inviting gesture with both hands, "Look."

"You bought a typewriter?"

Caroline nodded, "It's a second-hand typewriter, but the quality of this brand of typewriter is very good. This one is also a new model last year, and the most important thing is that the price is only half of the brand new one."

According to the regulations, the store can choose to pay in installments, so that even a brand new typewriter can barely afford it with her current savings.

However, since it was for her own use, Caroline chose to buy a second-hand one after careful consideration.

"Why do you want to learn to type?" Isabella asked puzzled, "You probably won't be able to use it in your current job, right?"

"It's true that I don't need it for sales work in shopping malls, but it's still very useful for document processing." Caroline reached out and touched the black back cover of the typewriter. "With it, it will be more convenient for me to organize and backup documents in the future."

"That's true," said Isabella, helping Caroline move the typewriter to her desk.

Caroline had been choosing for a long time when she bought this typewriter.She saw second-hand ones from brand-new ones, and because she planned to use them for writing manuscripts, she had to try the feel of the buttons by herself when choosing them.

Each mechanical key of the typewriter is connected to the corresponding letter, and the feel is not the same as that of later generations of keyboards, but she gradually regained the feeling after trying it for a while. The operation is also in a hurry, but has been identified by the clerk as a person who "has learned to type".

The owner guarantees that if there is any problem within six months, it can be repaired for free.After confirming the purchase, Caroline also learned the skills of adjusting the ink ribbon and line spacing with the clerk for a long time, and did not go home with the heavy box until she confirmed that she could operate independently.

"You have cleaned up here much more romantically than before," Isabella said, looking at Caroline's room.

After Caroline moved in, the empty room gradually became more lifelike.The dried roses were also made into decorations for her and tied to a corner of the desk.

"Thank you very much." Caroline pointed to the two paintings hanging on the wall, which were given to her by Isabella to decorate the wall. "I like it very much."

"I usually only have this hobby," Isabella said with a smile, and every time she mentioned painting, her eyes would show a sense of happiness.

"I remember you saying that you also did illustrations?"

"Mine are not paintings." Caroline smiled and shook her head, and generously took a few sketches from her desk shelf to sort out her thoughts and handed them to Isabella. The collocation of recent winter clothing paintings in department stores is basically just stick figures plus clothing.

This is still a draft after practice, and the details of the clothing are much better than what she drew at the beginning.

"Painting doesn't count." Isabella took the sketches and looked at them one by one. The more she looked at it, the more interesting she became.

"You love these too? Francis and I drew these when we were kids, and we used to make out the clothes we drew for dolls." She had nostalgia for the past in her eyes.

"Francis can also draw? No, Francis plays with dolls with you?" Caroline couldn't help asking with a smile when she heard Isabella's words. It turned out that the boy had such an interesting hobby when he was a child.

"Yes, Franz is very talented, and he is also very good at making small clothes, but now he gets angry when I mention it." Isabella also pursed her lips and smiled,

"Do you want to draw with me too?"

Thinking of this, Isabella suddenly said that she was attracted by her proposal, "Didn't you draw these for writing a column? If you could draw illustrations for the column yourself, maybe the effect would be better."

It took Caroline a few seconds to react after hearing her proposal,

"Would you like to teach me how to draw? My God, thank you so much Isa".

In fact, she also thought about making pictures for articles. Nowadays, newspapers generally hire people to draw pictures for newspapers, and there are also creators who specialize in drawing illustrations and comic strips for a living.

If you can add illustrations to your articles, especially clothing collocations, it will definitely make your articles more popular.

When she first met Isabella, Caroline even thought about asking her to provide pictures for her articles.But soon, Caroline discovered that her roommate was actually a "rich second generation" who didn't live on wages at all, so she never thought about it again.

Unexpectedly, Isabella offered to teach herself how to draw today, which was a surprise from heaven.

"Don't be too happy, I was very strict when I was a teacher." Isabella tried to put on a majestic look, but her slow-spoken habit didn't fit well with this expression. .

"Of course, Teacher Isabella, I must be the hardest-working student," Caroline hurriedly nodded her head in cooperation.

When Caroline taught herself how to draw stick figures, she once knew how those art-related majors in school learned how to draw when they were young.Most of them are learned in order according to different painting categories in extracurricular classes.

However, Isabella did not teach in this way. She saw that Caroline already had some drawing skills with pencil and charcoal, but she knew nothing about color matching, so she asked Caroline to try colors first.

After teaching Caroline the basics of color matching, Isabella let her try it out on her own.

"Some people choose the color they want in their minds when painting, so they are extremely demanding on the color. They will try a variety of raw materials in order to match the color they want; some people feel that each Every color has its beauty, as long as the colors are harmonious, seemingly random collocations can sometimes have unexpected beauty.”

While talking, Isabella asked her to choose paints. The paints in the small glass boxes were all the usual colors she had mixed with paint powder and linseed oil.

"My father is the latter school I just mentioned. Under his influence, my brother and I also agree with this idea. So when I teach girls at school, I let them feel the beauty of painting and the color of painting first. Beauty, only those who pursue natural beauty can become a good painter.”

Caroline didn't want to spoil her fun, but she had to remind Isabella,

"Isa, I intend to make pictures for the column, and I don't intend to become a painter like you. The pictures in the newspaper are all black and white."

"You promised to learn from me, so don't be so utilitarian. Just do what I say." Isabella's brown eyes glanced at her, and Caroline nodded and picked up the brush.

Anyway, Caroline had already prepared the submissions for these two weeks before, and since Isabella was willing to teach herself, there would be no harm in learning a little more.

Although Isabella has her teaching habits, she will never forget why Caroline learned painting. Except for the first few days, she still focuses on composition and copying.She also found some European court costume albums and clothing clippings she had collected before, and gave them to Caroline to read and copy by herself.

With the deepening of Caroline's study, her enthusiasm for painting has not diminished in the slightest. She not only learns two hours of painting from Isabella a few nights a week, but sometimes she gets up early to practice.Although Isabella said that she took the initiative to teach when she had nothing to do and insisted on not receiving any remuneration, in order to thank Isabella for her help, Caroline still brought her some small gifts from time to time during this time.

After more than two months, Caroline has been able to better draw black and white clothing pictures according to her heart.On the other hand, after repeated practice, she is quite familiar with the use of the typewriter.

After discussing with the newspaper, they agreed to accept Caroline's text and pictures to be submitted at the same time, and all selected pictures will be paid according to the size of the final publication.

After this period of time, Caroline also realized that her talent in painting is far inferior to that of "roommate teacher", and the purpose of learning is far greater than love, but she can find things that interest her as a means of making money , has been the dream of many people.

Unfortunately, God does not always make people's life smooth sailing.