Hello everyone! Starting today, every week we’ll be doing the new format, “Interview”, on our GeekArts channel.
In this column, we’ll introduce you to modern painters, designers, illustrators – to all those people changing and setting the art trends now.
By numerous demands, we’re launching this channel on other platforms and social networks.
You can find Russian version of the interview here:
Telegram - https://telegram.me/dotblog
VK – https://vk.com/geekartsvk
Spark – https://spark.ru/startup/geekarts
and the English one is here:
Telegram - https://telegram.me/GeekArts
VK – https://vk.com/geekartsvk
#interview #eng #rus
In this column, we’ll introduce you to modern painters, designers, illustrators – to all those people changing and setting the art trends now.
By numerous demands, we’re launching this channel on other platforms and social networks.
You can find Russian version of the interview here:
Telegram - https://telegram.me/dotblog
VK – https://vk.com/geekartsvk
Spark – https://spark.ru/startup/geekarts
and the English one is here:
Telegram - https://telegram.me/GeekArts
VK – https://vk.com/geekartsvk
#interview #eng #rus
And today I want to introduce you to Varya Kolesnikova and her heart’s motives.
👦🏽 Hello Varya, I’m very happy to speak to you. So, I think we’ll start with the simpliest question: how long have you been holding a paint-brush in your hands?
👧🏻Hello, GeekArts, thanks for inviting me. I’ve been holding a brush (actually a stylus, not a brush) for about 5-6 years already, I suppose.
👦🏽So you’ve always been painting on the virtual canvas?
👧🏻Yes, I started to draw on the computer, and still continue that and only that. Devices are as always – small Bamboo tablet, which is very old too. I’m very lazy in terms of electronics – it’s hard for me to get used to new gadgets.
👦🏽What software do you prefer?
👧🏻I like Corel Painter. Through I’m not one of those people who have complexes about computer graphics, pictures in Сorel Painter turn out to be lively and warm (at least my works are like that).
👦🏽What do you use besides the main software? For example, to determine the necessary palette, to search for a new color? Or everything is just up to your senses?
👧🏻Additionally to Сorel Painter, I use Photoshop. Often for very pragmatic tasks – when I see that the composition has drooped, or I’ve drawn the main character and nothing else could fit into the picture anymore. I always draw perspective “as it seems to me”, I’m not building it, and I like to do it very much! Of course, senses often fail me during work, so the final stage is always in Photoshop: I reduce or increase the contrasts, brighten or shadow. And I’m very happy when nothing needs to be done at Photoshop, and the picture ends the process as it is.
👦🏽OK, now let’s talk about the style in which you like to draw. What motives do you like?
👧🏻I like drawing something cartoonish or near that. Sad, kind, funny, thoughtful – this is all mine. I’m feeling awkward if I need to draw something more aggressive, it turns out cute, no matter how I try. I like to draw animals, especially dogs, maybe because all dogs are cool.
👦🏽I’ve noticed a subtle theme of St. Petersburg in your works. I’m also from this city, and your works awaken the warm and romantic nostalgia.
👧🏻I’ve moved to Petersburg a few years after I’ve graduated from the university. For quite a long time I couldn’t get myself to draw something on this city’s theme, though I like it very much. There’s so much Petersburg-themed drawings, that I’ve felt that I’m not ready to jump in. But gradually the city has got into my pictures somehow. I haven’t drawn any specific place, only the atmosphere. Despite that, people easily see that this is Petersburg. This city is very self-willed.
👦🏽Do you draw just for yourself, or is this your job?
👧🏻This is my job, I’m a professional illustrator.
#interview #Varya_Kolesnikova_part_I #eng
👦🏽 Hello Varya, I’m very happy to speak to you. So, I think we’ll start with the simpliest question: how long have you been holding a paint-brush in your hands?
👧🏻Hello, GeekArts, thanks for inviting me. I’ve been holding a brush (actually a stylus, not a brush) for about 5-6 years already, I suppose.
👦🏽So you’ve always been painting on the virtual canvas?
👧🏻Yes, I started to draw on the computer, and still continue that and only that. Devices are as always – small Bamboo tablet, which is very old too. I’m very lazy in terms of electronics – it’s hard for me to get used to new gadgets.
👦🏽What software do you prefer?
👧🏻I like Corel Painter. Through I’m not one of those people who have complexes about computer graphics, pictures in Сorel Painter turn out to be lively and warm (at least my works are like that).
👦🏽What do you use besides the main software? For example, to determine the necessary palette, to search for a new color? Or everything is just up to your senses?
👧🏻Additionally to Сorel Painter, I use Photoshop. Often for very pragmatic tasks – when I see that the composition has drooped, or I’ve drawn the main character and nothing else could fit into the picture anymore. I always draw perspective “as it seems to me”, I’m not building it, and I like to do it very much! Of course, senses often fail me during work, so the final stage is always in Photoshop: I reduce or increase the contrasts, brighten or shadow. And I’m very happy when nothing needs to be done at Photoshop, and the picture ends the process as it is.
👦🏽OK, now let’s talk about the style in which you like to draw. What motives do you like?
👧🏻I like drawing something cartoonish or near that. Sad, kind, funny, thoughtful – this is all mine. I’m feeling awkward if I need to draw something more aggressive, it turns out cute, no matter how I try. I like to draw animals, especially dogs, maybe because all dogs are cool.
👦🏽I’ve noticed a subtle theme of St. Petersburg in your works. I’m also from this city, and your works awaken the warm and romantic nostalgia.
👧🏻I’ve moved to Petersburg a few years after I’ve graduated from the university. For quite a long time I couldn’t get myself to draw something on this city’s theme, though I like it very much. There’s so much Petersburg-themed drawings, that I’ve felt that I’m not ready to jump in. But gradually the city has got into my pictures somehow. I haven’t drawn any specific place, only the atmosphere. Despite that, people easily see that this is Petersburg. This city is very self-willed.
👦🏽Do you draw just for yourself, or is this your job?
👧🏻This is my job, I’m a professional illustrator.
#interview #Varya_Kolesnikova_part_I #eng
👦🏽What are the three most interesting projects or teams that you have worked with?
All my projects are interesting, if they’re not, I just don’t do them. What good can you get if you’re bored with your job?
👧🏻One of the recent projects – the book about Oswald the Opossum. Firstly, I have never drawn, and even never seen an opossum. Secondly, it had to be a book with black-and-white illustrations, this was very inspiring. Old monochrome movies started appearing before my eyes, I wanted to put life in Oswald, like a small cartoon from my childhood. And thirdly, the book was in English, so I had and opportunity to find out how bad my English is. It’s very bad)).
https://www.behance.net/gallery/30384551/Oswald
https://www.amazon.com/Oswald-Almost-Famous-Opossum-Katherine/dp/099357470X?ie=UTF8&keywords=oswald%2C%20the%20almost%20famous%20opossum&qid=1463242337&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1
There were the pictures for the diplomas of “Angel of inspiration” contest for “Razvitum” project in Petersburg. We started this project in 2013,and we’re doing 4 diplomas every year or every 6 months. I like to review those works, this way I can see where my art is moving. They all have the same theme, and the theme of Petersburg in them is growing more and more. Faces are showing more emotions. It will be great if this will continue like that.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/34448475/Muse-3
👦🏽What internet sources do you use to publish and promote your works?
👧🏻Behance, illustrator.ru, instagram,where I publish the works in process (along with photos of my dog:), facebook, and VK, of course.
https://www.behance.net/paskamarja
http://illustrators.ru/users/paskamarja
https://new.vk.com/varyakolesnikova
https://www.facebook.com/paskamarja
👦🏽Where can we find your works, apart from internet galleries?
👧🏻Recently postcards with my pictures were made at Cardspoint shop.
http://cardspoint.ru/ru/vkolesnikova
👦🏽What modern Russian painters, illustrators and designers do you like?
👧🏻Andrey Gordeev, Phil Dunskiy, Polina Yakovleva. We have many cool illustrators.
👦🏽What about foreign masters, who’s inspiring you?
👧🏻
Rebecca Dautremer is my idol.
Shaun Tan - very mood-driven cartoonist.
👦🏽How do you expand your knowledge?
👧🏻For me, there have always been only one way of getting new knowledge – experimentally. It turned out to be the ideal way. I just try to draw. If this looks good – then it works. If no – I’ve messed up and have to redo this.
👦🏽What have you learned in the last 6 months?
👧🏻That I won’t believe that I can do something. By the way, I was very happy that I’ve learned something in my first year of drawing. Like – «Wow, I managed to draw this shadow on the face», or – «Wow, I understand how a dog's nose is organized now», or – «I managed to convey this emotion, hurray!»
Now, the more I learn – the more feeling that I don’t know anything I get.
#interview #Varya_Kolesnikova_part_II #eng
All my projects are interesting, if they’re not, I just don’t do them. What good can you get if you’re bored with your job?
👧🏻One of the recent projects – the book about Oswald the Opossum. Firstly, I have never drawn, and even never seen an opossum. Secondly, it had to be a book with black-and-white illustrations, this was very inspiring. Old monochrome movies started appearing before my eyes, I wanted to put life in Oswald, like a small cartoon from my childhood. And thirdly, the book was in English, so I had and opportunity to find out how bad my English is. It’s very bad)).
https://www.behance.net/gallery/30384551/Oswald
https://www.amazon.com/Oswald-Almost-Famous-Opossum-Katherine/dp/099357470X?ie=UTF8&keywords=oswald%2C%20the%20almost%20famous%20opossum&qid=1463242337&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1
There were the pictures for the diplomas of “Angel of inspiration” contest for “Razvitum” project in Petersburg. We started this project in 2013,and we’re doing 4 diplomas every year or every 6 months. I like to review those works, this way I can see where my art is moving. They all have the same theme, and the theme of Petersburg in them is growing more and more. Faces are showing more emotions. It will be great if this will continue like that.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/34448475/Muse-3
👦🏽What internet sources do you use to publish and promote your works?
👧🏻Behance, illustrator.ru, instagram,where I publish the works in process (along with photos of my dog:), facebook, and VK, of course.
https://www.behance.net/paskamarja
http://illustrators.ru/users/paskamarja
https://new.vk.com/varyakolesnikova
https://www.facebook.com/paskamarja
👦🏽Where can we find your works, apart from internet galleries?
👧🏻Recently postcards with my pictures were made at Cardspoint shop.
http://cardspoint.ru/ru/vkolesnikova
👦🏽What modern Russian painters, illustrators and designers do you like?
👧🏻Andrey Gordeev, Phil Dunskiy, Polina Yakovleva. We have many cool illustrators.
👦🏽What about foreign masters, who’s inspiring you?
👧🏻
Rebecca Dautremer is my idol.
Shaun Tan - very mood-driven cartoonist.
👦🏽How do you expand your knowledge?
👧🏻For me, there have always been only one way of getting new knowledge – experimentally. It turned out to be the ideal way. I just try to draw. If this looks good – then it works. If no – I’ve messed up and have to redo this.
👦🏽What have you learned in the last 6 months?
👧🏻That I won’t believe that I can do something. By the way, I was very happy that I’ve learned something in my first year of drawing. Like – «Wow, I managed to draw this shadow on the face», or – «Wow, I understand how a dog's nose is organized now», or – «I managed to convey this emotion, hurray!»
Now, the more I learn – the more feeling that I don’t know anything I get.
#interview #Varya_Kolesnikova_part_II #eng
👦🏽Don’t worry, I think any constantly evolving person gets this feeling. What can you advise for young and beginning illustrators?
👧🏻To believe your feelings: if you don’t like to draw something – just drop it and start from the beginning. And don’t finish the work until you get to like it. I’ve always thought that only the author could know, how his works should look, so you could believe only yourself. That’s why I’m not a fan of advises, and don’t like to give advises myself.
Varya, thank you very much for this conversation. It was very interesting.
👦🏽Dear subscribers, I can’t leave you today without the most important thing – without the Beauty that Varya creates, so, today’s evening will be all about her works.
I'll say again:
You can find Russian version of the interview here:
Telegram - https://telegram.me/dotblog
VK – https://vk.com/geekartsvk
Spark – https://spark.ru/startup/geekarts
and the English one is here:
Telegram - https://telegram.me/GeekArts
VK – https://vk.com/geekartsvk
Special thanks to Artyom Kostyashin - @Artego32 (http://vk.com/artego32), who've prepared the English version of this issue.
I hope you liked it;)
Stay with us, give your likes, share the posts. See you.
#interview #Varya_Kolesnikova_part_III #eng
👧🏻To believe your feelings: if you don’t like to draw something – just drop it and start from the beginning. And don’t finish the work until you get to like it. I’ve always thought that only the author could know, how his works should look, so you could believe only yourself. That’s why I’m not a fan of advises, and don’t like to give advises myself.
Varya, thank you very much for this conversation. It was very interesting.
👦🏽Dear subscribers, I can’t leave you today without the most important thing – without the Beauty that Varya creates, so, today’s evening will be all about her works.
I'll say again:
You can find Russian version of the interview here:
Telegram - https://telegram.me/dotblog
VK – https://vk.com/geekartsvk
Spark – https://spark.ru/startup/geekarts
and the English one is here:
Telegram - https://telegram.me/GeekArts
VK – https://vk.com/geekartsvk
Special thanks to Artyom Kostyashin - @Artego32 (http://vk.com/artego32), who've prepared the English version of this issue.
I hope you liked it;)
Stay with us, give your likes, share the posts. See you.
#interview #Varya_Kolesnikova_part_III #eng
Hello everyone! I hope you doing well in this summer time, and you’re ready for the next interview.
Our guest today is Darya Galimzyanova – the painter, whose works can be seen not only interactively, but also in the flesh, for example, in Russian chess federation in Moscow, but you’ll hear about this below, so stay with us!
DCCON👦🏽 How long have you been drawing? Where have you been learning?
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 I’ve been drawing for quite a long time, since my childhood. When I was twelve, I’ve entered an art school in my city. Ever since then I’ve been constantly training and improving. After 4 years in the art school, I was studying for 6 years in Moscow State Regional University as a painter.
DCCON👦🏽 How to you draw the most now, in reality, or using the PC?
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 In reality. I consider computers as supportive means. Use of PC comes down to processing of scanned drawings or photos of the works.
I’m lacking the feeling of the material during the work on PC.
DCCON👦🏽 So, the main part of the work is done on the canvas, then you scan the drawing, and… What happens next? What additional equipment and software do you use?
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 I always work in Photoshop. Usually I adjust the colors, contrast, and fight with the bad effects of scanning (light or dark places). I’m cleaning the drawing a little, if necessary. Talking about gadgets, I have Wacom tablet. It makes the work a lot easier. Occasionally I draw sketches on PC, it’s very convenient when you’re drawing a complex design – it’s very easy and quickly to do manipulations with the picture (to reduce, turn, move instead of redrawing everything).
I’m also learning to use InDesign now, but this is a completely other story.
So, usually work is done on the paper and canvas. Occasionally – on walls and ceilings.
DCCON👦🏽 What additional web services or software do you use?
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 Only those I’ve spoken about.
Photoshop’s functionality is enough for me. I don’t even know of any additional web services.
DCCON👦🏽 In what style do you like to draw? What motives do you like?
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 I was studying realistic art for a long time, so my style and preferences have been formed from that. The most interesting for me is to achieve "as in real life" result – this concerns pictorial art, my main profile. But this approach gives its restrictions, but there’s no such restrictions in the illustration – there’s freedom for creativity and imagination. Illustration – it’s such a chance to misbehave. I prefer drawing charismatic personalities both in art and in illustration, it’s important for me to convey the inner world and the character of a portraited or an imaginary character.
DCCON👦🏽 Do you draw mostly for yourself, or this is your work?
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 I manage to combine the meanings of "for myself" and "work". All that I do for myself brings money, and vise versa: orders give me the opportunity to earn money by doing the thing that I like. My work is my hobby, this is great!
DCCON👦🏽 All as Confucius said:)
What are the most interesting projects that you had or the most interesting teams you have worked with?
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 It’s difficult for me to highlight the most interesting ones. I’m interested in the very process of creating the pictures, every project is unique and routine at the same time, it’s difficult to highlight something.
There was a time when I was working on restoration of paintings and stucco in the mansions, this was new and unusual, so I guess this was the unique and memorable project. Now I’m thinking over the draft for the book, this captivates me a lot. I guess, the most interesting projects are those in which I haven’t tried myself yet.
#interview
#Dariya_Galimzyanova_part_I
#eng
Our guest today is Darya Galimzyanova – the painter, whose works can be seen not only interactively, but also in the flesh, for example, in Russian chess federation in Moscow, but you’ll hear about this below, so stay with us!
DCCON👦🏽 How long have you been drawing? Where have you been learning?
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 I’ve been drawing for quite a long time, since my childhood. When I was twelve, I’ve entered an art school in my city. Ever since then I’ve been constantly training and improving. After 4 years in the art school, I was studying for 6 years in Moscow State Regional University as a painter.
DCCON👦🏽 How to you draw the most now, in reality, or using the PC?
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 In reality. I consider computers as supportive means. Use of PC comes down to processing of scanned drawings or photos of the works.
I’m lacking the feeling of the material during the work on PC.
DCCON👦🏽 So, the main part of the work is done on the canvas, then you scan the drawing, and… What happens next? What additional equipment and software do you use?
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 I always work in Photoshop. Usually I adjust the colors, contrast, and fight with the bad effects of scanning (light or dark places). I’m cleaning the drawing a little, if necessary. Talking about gadgets, I have Wacom tablet. It makes the work a lot easier. Occasionally I draw sketches on PC, it’s very convenient when you’re drawing a complex design – it’s very easy and quickly to do manipulations with the picture (to reduce, turn, move instead of redrawing everything).
I’m also learning to use InDesign now, but this is a completely other story.
So, usually work is done on the paper and canvas. Occasionally – on walls and ceilings.
DCCON👦🏽 What additional web services or software do you use?
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 Only those I’ve spoken about.
Photoshop’s functionality is enough for me. I don’t even know of any additional web services.
DCCON👦🏽 In what style do you like to draw? What motives do you like?
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 I was studying realistic art for a long time, so my style and preferences have been formed from that. The most interesting for me is to achieve "as in real life" result – this concerns pictorial art, my main profile. But this approach gives its restrictions, but there’s no such restrictions in the illustration – there’s freedom for creativity and imagination. Illustration – it’s such a chance to misbehave. I prefer drawing charismatic personalities both in art and in illustration, it’s important for me to convey the inner world and the character of a portraited or an imaginary character.
DCCON👦🏽 Do you draw mostly for yourself, or this is your work?
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 I manage to combine the meanings of "for myself" and "work". All that I do for myself brings money, and vise versa: orders give me the opportunity to earn money by doing the thing that I like. My work is my hobby, this is great!
DCCON👦🏽 All as Confucius said:)
What are the most interesting projects that you had or the most interesting teams you have worked with?
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 It’s difficult for me to highlight the most interesting ones. I’m interested in the very process of creating the pictures, every project is unique and routine at the same time, it’s difficult to highlight something.
There was a time when I was working on restoration of paintings and stucco in the mansions, this was new and unusual, so I guess this was the unique and memorable project. Now I’m thinking over the draft for the book, this captivates me a lot. I guess, the most interesting projects are those in which I haven’t tried myself yet.
#interview
#Dariya_Galimzyanova_part_I
#eng
DCCON👦🏽 Do you have some photos or links for the projects left? It would be interesting to see.
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 http://www.kr-pro.ru/galerea-ghiro/ There you could find the painted ceilings. I’ve worked there.
And this is the building of Russian Chess Federation. The restoration of stucco there.
https://new.vk.com/im?act=browse_images&id=50855
And concerning the book, the illustrations to “Alice in Wonderland” in my portfolio are the part of my current project. Now I’m negotiating with the publisher. We’ll be approving the draft the next week. And then will be the long, but pleasant drawing process.
DCCON👦🏽 Can your works be bought? And if yes, where?
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 You can buy them directly from me. You can fill in the order on work or buy rights for using finished works. I publish my illustrations here http://illustrators.ru/users/darya-rey
Paintings – only by order, finished works don’t stay with me for too long.
Currently my website is being developed. I will upload my works available for purchase there.
DCCON👦🏽 Great! And now I want to know, what Russian painters, designers or illustrators are you following? Who do you like, admire, or just simply friends with, and you’d like to share this with us?
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 If to mention illustrators – I admire the works of Denis Gordeev. I can watch them for a long time.
Speaking of painters - Sergey and Maxim Sidorenko have great works. They’re very bright and positive people themselves, and so their drawings.
There is one painter – Vitaly Popov. He’s just the living embodiment of a painter. To understand this, you should see him with your own eyes and talk to him. He’s the landscape painter, he paints with gouache. His work with this material is just magic to me!
DCCON👦🏽 Thanks for those good recommendations.
And what foreign masters are you interested in? Maybe you’ve worked with someone?
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 I haven’t worked with foreign masters yet. I like the works where great realistic skills combine with magic. Masters like that are Jean-Baptiste Monge, Edward Binkley, Robert Ingpen, Shaun Tan. There are so many painters whose works I admire. And I’m constantly opening someone new to me.
DCCON👦🏽 And how do you expand your knowledge (books, blogs, courses)?
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 I often flip through the books on anatomy and academic pictures and paintings, apart from that – watching the books and catalogues with the works of painters and illustrators. I visit exhibitions and galleries, sometimes - art lectures. I’ve completed the book graphics course this year. And the main source of expanding my knowledge is watching: I watch the painting and think of how it was created, then I’m experimenting myself. Of course, internet is a vast source of knowledge and inspiration. I’ve found many interesting painters this way. If the painter whom I’ve interested in is keeping a blog, I watch over it. My knowledge-box is filling this way too.
DCCON👦🏽 Our interview has dragged a little, so, the last question to not torture you;)
What would you like to wish for the beginning painters or illustrators?
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 I wish them to love their work and to achieve the goals they’ve set, overcoming every obstacles on the way. And let inspiration never leave them. And if it’s left (it’s a very unstable thing, really) – to not stop drawing. This is the difference between a pro and an amateur. Professional is always working, no matter if he has inspiration or not. So, draw, draw, and draw again! We learn to draw only by drawing!
As always, you can read us there:
You’ll find the Russian version of the interview here:
Telegram - https://telegram.me/dotblog
VK – https://vk.com/geekartsvk
Spark – https://spark.ru/startup/geekarts
And the English one will be here:
VK – https://vk.com/geekartsvk
Telegram - https://telegram.me/GeekArts
As always, respect to Artyom (@Artego32 (http://vk.com/artego32)) for the English version!
Follow us where it’s convenient for you! Share with your friends, because it will be more and more interesting;)
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#eng
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 http://www.kr-pro.ru/galerea-ghiro/ There you could find the painted ceilings. I’ve worked there.
And this is the building of Russian Chess Federation. The restoration of stucco there.
https://new.vk.com/im?act=browse_images&id=50855
And concerning the book, the illustrations to “Alice in Wonderland” in my portfolio are the part of my current project. Now I’m negotiating with the publisher. We’ll be approving the draft the next week. And then will be the long, but pleasant drawing process.
DCCON👦🏽 Can your works be bought? And if yes, where?
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 You can buy them directly from me. You can fill in the order on work or buy rights for using finished works. I publish my illustrations here http://illustrators.ru/users/darya-rey
Paintings – only by order, finished works don’t stay with me for too long.
Currently my website is being developed. I will upload my works available for purchase there.
DCCON👦🏽 Great! And now I want to know, what Russian painters, designers or illustrators are you following? Who do you like, admire, or just simply friends with, and you’d like to share this with us?
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 If to mention illustrators – I admire the works of Denis Gordeev. I can watch them for a long time.
Speaking of painters - Sergey and Maxim Sidorenko have great works. They’re very bright and positive people themselves, and so their drawings.
There is one painter – Vitaly Popov. He’s just the living embodiment of a painter. To understand this, you should see him with your own eyes and talk to him. He’s the landscape painter, he paints with gouache. His work with this material is just magic to me!
DCCON👦🏽 Thanks for those good recommendations.
And what foreign masters are you interested in? Maybe you’ve worked with someone?
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 I haven’t worked with foreign masters yet. I like the works where great realistic skills combine with magic. Masters like that are Jean-Baptiste Monge, Edward Binkley, Robert Ingpen, Shaun Tan. There are so many painters whose works I admire. And I’m constantly opening someone new to me.
DCCON👦🏽 And how do you expand your knowledge (books, blogs, courses)?
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 I often flip through the books on anatomy and academic pictures and paintings, apart from that – watching the books and catalogues with the works of painters and illustrators. I visit exhibitions and galleries, sometimes - art lectures. I’ve completed the book graphics course this year. And the main source of expanding my knowledge is watching: I watch the painting and think of how it was created, then I’m experimenting myself. Of course, internet is a vast source of knowledge and inspiration. I’ve found many interesting painters this way. If the painter whom I’ve interested in is keeping a blog, I watch over it. My knowledge-box is filling this way too.
DCCON👦🏽 Our interview has dragged a little, so, the last question to not torture you;)
What would you like to wish for the beginning painters or illustrators?
ДАРЬЯ👧🏻 I wish them to love their work and to achieve the goals they’ve set, overcoming every obstacles on the way. And let inspiration never leave them. And if it’s left (it’s a very unstable thing, really) – to not stop drawing. This is the difference between a pro and an amateur. Professional is always working, no matter if he has inspiration or not. So, draw, draw, and draw again! We learn to draw only by drawing!
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