feathers and suns

воскресенье, 27 марта 2011 г.

There were next to no flights on our helipad the whole Friday. It was 18 mps windspeed and was snowing heavily. Internet was cut of so I had plenty of time with a book about Norway. My life impressions are poor all I see on a daily basis are 140 km of highway the walls of my flat. That is why I always use some reference photos to build my pictures upon, nice pics in zines and tourist guides, pictures made by my fellows travelers. There is a sketch I made from one of those nice pictures from the book about Norway, that I hope will later become a painting.

and there is a quick pastel work made out of one of Olga Lovtsyus nice pictures of Ireland -

четверг, 24 марта 2011 г.

artist soft pastel

Yesterday I went consuming. Stopped by at some art-supply shop near the place where we rehears with the band and bought another piece of art materials that is totally new to me. soft pastels not the kind like oil pastels, more like tiny chalk pieces. 36 colours Sonnet set. The dust of purple color has covered my keyboard and I am making grainy stains all over my white keys as I type these words, there is a colored sand under my arms that makes kind of scratchy sound as I move my mouse. It was fun making this quick work that I'll call rocky path. Pastel is still keeping its secrets away from me. I am still not sure how to draw with it.

21x29cm.

понедельник, 21 марта 2011 г.

some early stuff

Kuhmo skyline. 2009.

Peony. 04.2009. Some negative shaping and then light-to-dark painting.

среда, 16 марта 2011 г.

BBW/OBSTACLES MOSCOW SHOW POSTER

вторник, 22 февраля 2011 г.

new toy

Just finished this my second ever oil pastels work. Made with my new toy - Pentel Arts Oil Pastels, 50 sticks, 49 colours. It is the easiest media in matter of materials that far, you have spare minute, open your pad, open the box of pastels and go on. No need of water, no stains on the table, no need to clean your brushes afterwards - just plain fun. I am in my very beginning and not sure what to expect from it. So I have just tried to do something and based my drawing on one of Duane Wakeham wonderful works. Here it is:

суббота, 19 февраля 2011 г.

colors

This one we started with my 1 year and 7 month old son earlier today, he did a few broad strokes with 2 inch flat brush and then we had a long break, I've finished it a few minutes ago, when he has been already sleeping. It is a brief color study with scratching, mixing colors on paper, glazing and blending, wet in wet, wet on dry, painting wood and stone walls technics - just a quick refresher made with good old Saint Petersburg watercolors and 3 brushes: half inch flat/ 2 inch flat and a rigger.