ACADEMIC WORKS
Portfolio of Work
2006, pensil on tinted paper 60x80
2006, sepia bar on tinted paper 60x80
2007, sepia bar on tinted paper 60x80
2007, sepia bar on tinted paper 60x80
GRAPHIC STUDIES OF A MODEL
Kazan Art College 2001-2006
Saint-Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts 2006-2011
total of 3000 hours of tutored studio work
During my Fine Art Studies in Russia, studio work with life models was a daily routine 6 days a week. Using classical graphic techniques I would draw nude and dressed male and female models, study portraits, parts of the face and parts of the body, using plastic anatomy manuals, gesso examples and anatomical examples.
OIL STUDIES OF A MODEL
Kazan Art College 2001-2006
Saint-Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts 2006-2011
total of 4000 hours of tutored studio work
During my Fine Art Studies in Russia, studio work with life models was a daily routine 6 days a week. Using classical oil techniques I would draw nude and dressed male and female models, and portraits in different light conditions. Each study has a specific objective, it could be either balanced composition or colour management or body tone research or mastering of materiality.
2007, oil on canvas 100x80
2008, oil on canvas 80x120
2008, oil on canvas 70x100
2008, oil on canvas 80x80
2008, oil on canvas 60x80
2006, oil on canvas 80x80
2007, oil on canvas 60x80
2008, oil on canvas 60x80
OIL STUDIES OF STILL LIFE
Kazan Art College 2001-2006
Saint-Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts 2006-2011
total of 500 hours of tutored studio work
Still life study is a very important part in academic painting studies. It contributes to the knowledge of formal composition, materiality effect and learning of the significance of paint layer. I made still life studies in the studio and on the open air, aiming to explore the influence of environment on colour.
LANDSCAPE AND CITYSCAPE STUDIES
Kazan Art College 2001-2006
Saint-Peterburg Academy of Fine Arts 2006-2011
total of 2000 hours of tutored open air work
Landscape and Cityscape Studies are the "obrigatory extras" which fine art academics are suposed to do in ther free time and obrigatory life painting. As the studio work was very intense during the scholar years, I was mostly making sunset, sunrise or night landscapes, profiting of the late hours. Each painting I used to do in 3-6 hours, aiming to capture armospheric and light caracteristics of the exact day
2005, oil on canvas 60x40
2005, oil on canvas 60x80
2004, oil on canvas 60x50
2006, oil on canvas 50x40
oil on canvas 60x80, 2006
oil on canvas 110x110, 2006
oil on canvas 110x110, 2006
oil on canvas 110x110, 2006
DIPLOMA PROJECT IN THE KAZAN ART COLLEGE
"Nothern Legend" Exellent with honors defence 2006
The final diploma project had to be an independent artwork with a defined style. I opted for an epic subject because at that time was under the impression of my artistic residence in Karelia (far Noth of Russia), whre I studied a relation between landscapes and local folk traditions. It took about 5 month to draw a composition and to make preparatory sketches and about 2 month for painting of a final work. The resulting series of 3 oil paintings are in the permanemt collection of the Kazan Art College.