Overview
Five basic elements that make up the entire painting of Khokhloma, The design of buds and flowers in the folk art of Khokhloma, Additional elements for composition: herbs, ferns, small flowers, How to combine all simple elements to create your unique composition in folk art style
This course will be appreciated by both art lovers without any painting experience as a simple way to start to paint and artists, illustrators or surface designers to bring some folk art elements to their works.
Even if you never have tried to paint in decorative style or even never have painted at all, you can follow my easy step-by-step instructions and create your first artwork in Russian folk art style "Khokhloma".
The main idea of this class is a floral painting in the traditional Russian folk art style "Khokhloma". Khokhloma is one of the oldest Russian folk art style which is recognized all over the world.
You can use any paint: acrylic, vinyl, gouache, tempera or even oil paint. I recommend to paint with a round natural squirrel or Kolinsky brush N2, but you can use synthetic as well.
Decorative painting is very functional: you can paint interior items, accessories, clothes, canvas, paper and even use decorative painting skills for digital illustration and surface design.
You can choose any surface and paint on a paper, canvas, wood. You can decorate with these folk flowers a box, a bag, furniture and other things.
In the class we are going to create style step-by-step together two floral compositions the "Tulip" and the "Peony" flowers in Russian folk style. We will start from basis exercises, simple elements, through learning the rules of composition to a final artwork. Everyone will succeed! You can't fail.
I would recommend this class for:
- beginners without any experience in painting, because we will start from basic elements;
- people who like handicrafts to decorate their homes and create interesting souvenirs for their family and friends;
- experienced painters and illustrators who want to learn new techniques and ideas.
I wish you happy painting and relaxation with Russian folk art!
Warmest greetings,
Irina De Vicente
Irina De Vicente
Hello everyone!
My name is Irina De Vicente. I was born and grew up in St. Petersburg, Russia. Since 2018 I live with my family in Galicia, Spain.
Since I can remember, I have always been interested in art, so I began to study classical painting at a private art school and I studied art at the “Imperial Academy of Fine Arts” in St. Petersburg. There, I fell in love with the artistic heritage of Russia, but especially with Russian folk art: Khokhloma, Zhostovo, Gzhel, Mezen, Gorodets, Palekh, Fedoskino, Kholui and many others. These styles are now famous all over the world.
My goal is to teach you in a simple and structured way, the basic techniques of Russian Folk Art to start creating your own art works. In the process you will learn a history of Russian Folk Art, how people did it centuries ago, what a hidden symbolic meaning is in different folk styles.
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