I have almost all the necessary colors in the Copic Sketch 72A set of markers, but if you want to put together the perfect palette, then you should buy a few more markers of white skin color (in my case), that is, light earthy shades. I studied swatch and drawings…
Each artist sooner or later sits down to draw up his artistic statement if he is serious about his work, because it is the author’s statement that gives viewers an idea of the artist’s thoughts about his work. Sometimes an artist statement means a description of his work, sometimes the…
If you try to remember what you saw on your birthday, sometimes it seems that this is not possible. Once walking through the park, I came across a beautiful tree. It was large and in the leaves. I would really like to see this tree first when I was born.…
I decided to try abstract art, initially I thought to make a couple of strokes and add a few drops, but when I got into the black hole of my subconscious, it turned out that the chosen colors no longer gave the chance of work to be easy. Red, black,…
Those who watch my videos on YouTube know how much I love Holland after I spent an impressive time there, I strongly connect my life with many typical dutch (typical Dutch). When I once again returned from Holland to Russia, from the small scientific city of Wageningen to the metropolis…
Once I had a puppy who later grew up and lived a long life by dog standards (13 years old). This was my friend in those days when I had no one to share my tears with, I hugged my puppy and we sat hugged. Gradually, I made more friends.…
One of my best paintings in terms of emotion, which I feel being close. It has everything I love. Observation is what you need to do when you are near any work of art, be it reflection in the mirror, a twig of blossoming sakura, bubbles on the water, or…
On the example of one of my successful portraits, I will tell you how to create paintings with a person as a central figure. To begin with, let’s decide whether you are observing nature or a photograph? Now many artists are working on photos, we’ll talk about this separately separately.…
When photography was invented in the 19th century, and then cinema, then any sane person would have a question – why do we need artists now if we can just take a photo? I also pondered this question. What is the difference between photography and painting, what is the essence…
One of my early paintings, a hedgehog who lives in the forest, is made with oil on canvas (size 40×30 cm). To make this picture I used light brush strokes, the style is similar to pointillism, but the “dots” are larger. With great pleasure, I applied soft colors to each…