Dacha Life

20x25cm Neocolor sticks; 30x40cm Oil pastel on tempera background

Sketchbook pages.

Sketchbook Pages

Outdoor drawing sessions in my sketchbook.

Early Morning in Ikea Cafe

Deserted Ikea, right after the opening, gave me kind of surrealistic feeling. Empty rooms, which are always so alive and crowded, were calm and lonely. Cafe, silent and loaded with food. Little version of planet Earth after the end of times.

Ordinary disastrous every day events in my country and overall rise of temperature in the world completely washed away my wish to express myself in blogging. But suddenly the spammers helped. The amount of spam became unbearable, which usually shows that blog is forgotten by its owner and needs revival. So here I am, drawing, painting, blogging. I hope you are all right out there, my friends.

The Architectural Fantasy

My fantasy about the Orthodox Church in Kotor, Montenegro in November 2016.

Sweet November

Sweet quiet November evening in Budva, Montenegro.

Novodevichy Pond

After collecting all my courage and after rather long break,  I am back to sketching outdoors. This time while sketching Novodevichy pond, I made friends with Larissa from Athens, visiting Moscow.  Half an hour later we were chatting like old and dear friends.  Art unites!

Wooden Church for "Visit Norway" Poster

I knew about the 16th century wooden churches of Russian North. And then I learned about the Norwegian wooden architecture. We are so close cultural and geographical, amazing.

Bergen Rooftops for "Visit Norway" Poster

Bergen is one of the most beautiful Norwegian cities. And very colorful.

Out the Window 11

As you see we are still waiting for the spring.

Out the Window 10

After several dull in color monochrome days, the weather inspires me again to study color and tone of the beautiful outdoors.