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Watercolor Sketching: Taste of Life

Teacher: Ivan Kryukov
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • 19 lessons;
  • 16 bright watercolour sketches that will definitely make you smile and get you in a creative mood;
  • you will learn to rethink references, remove embarrassment, be creative and come up with bold creative solutions.
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Realistic Botany in Watercolor PRO

Teacher: Margarita Astashova
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • 25 lessons;
  • painting from flowers: botanical sketches, curvy buds, velvet and smooth petals, dewdrops and multicolored insects;
  • detailed set of lessons for those who want to master the secrets of watercolor realism in the genre of botanical illustration.
  • The access to the course is permanent
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Sea Trip

Teacher: Natalia Nesterova
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • 11 impressive subjects
  • Learn the author's techniques for watercolor painting
  • Learn how to draw styles, storms, bays, islands
  • The access to the course is permanent
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Sunny Holidays

Teacher: Elena Vlasova
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • 11 bright, impressive stories.
  • We will learn to depict sunlight in different environments: near water, in parks, in nature, in different states of the sky and clouds, sun and fog.
  • Learn to work on raw paper to create paintings with subjects in various natural states.
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Dry Pastel PRO

Teacher: Anastasia Seraya
Materials: dry pastel
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • 12 paintings that I chose in a way that any beginner could repeat them if desired;
  • cheerful and fully comprehensible theoretical basis, which we immediately start practicing;
  • work in different directions: animation, landscape, fashion, still life.
  • The access to the course is permanent
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Flowers and Bouquets

Teacher: Elena Vavilina
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • Paint 12 magical flower compositions in watercolor that look very modern and interior.
  • Master different techniques: botanical - elaborating each petal, "from the stain" - working from the general to the specific
  • Learn how to draw stylized flowers with beautiful gradient washes
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Vintage Watercolor

Teacher: Nina Orlova
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • Draw 12 nostalgic stories
  • Learn to see and convey the charm of simple things: old pots, a rusty lantern or apples in the sun
  • Create effects of rust, glass, tin, and other vintage textures.
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Watercolor Stories

Teacher: Irina Petrovskaya
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • 13 atmospheric paintings
  • Learn the author's technique of drawing with a syringe
  • Learn how to draw stories from a simple life
  • Access to the course indefinitely
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Watercolor Animalistics

Teacher: Anna Parshenko
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • Draw 12 realistic pictures of wild animals.
  • Learn to convey the character and emotions of living beings.
  • Understand how to develop creative thinking.
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Natural Moments

Teacher: Valeria Renne
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • You will draw 12 aerial summer sketches
  • Learn to work in mixed technique with watercolor, liner, and pencil
  • Learn to let the control go and draw more boldly
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Watercolor Sketching: Nostalgia

Teacher: Ivan Kryukov
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • 16 paintings
  • 20 new watercolor effects
  • Motivation and secret techniques from Ivan Kryukov
  • Let's learn to enjoy the process of painting and create happiness inside with the help of special subjects and watercolor magic!
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Exotic Watercolor

Teacher: Margarita Astashova
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • 15 colorful paintings
  • Master the skill of combining raw and dry techniques
  • Learn how to make translucent fills without "dry" uniform coloring
  • Understand how to achieve tangible forms and contrasts.
  • Access to the course indefinitely
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Realistic Botany in Watercolor

Teacher: Margarita Astashova
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • 11 graphic breakdowns of color structure
  • Create 5 realistic paintings of varying levels of difficulty
  • Go through a set of 20 developmental exercises
  • "Put your hand" and develop the skill of confident brushwork.
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Dry Pastel PRO: "In Harmony with Nature"

Teacher: Anastasia Seraya
Materials: dry pastel
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • Paint 12 realistic paintings
  • Learn to draw with dry pastels and pastel pencils
  • Learn how to render textures in a believable way
  • Understand how to achieve realism in a painting
  • Access to the course indefinitely
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Watercolor Sketching from Zero to First 20 Paintings

Teacher: Ivan Kryukov and Yulianna Buro
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

Learn to draw easy and beautiful watercolor sketches, even if you think drawing is not for you.

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Watercolor Animals

Teacher: Olga Manzhosova
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • 21 lessons;
  • Draw 13 bright representatives of the animal world. From cute creatures to dangerous predators, from conquerors of the sky to masters of the ocean depths
  • Train in silhouettes and close-ups, backgrounds and lighting, fabrics and textures
  • The access to the course is permanent
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Seascapes in Watercolor

Teacher: Natalia Nesterova
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 3 hours or more

Details:

  • BIG is a format with long and detailed paintings. We are drawing each picture for 3-5 hours;
  • 6 large seascapes using a total of 6 paints;
  • Advanced techniques and secrets from Natalia Nesterova.
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Pencil Mood

Teacher: Maria Orlova
Materials: pencil, liner
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • Pencil graphics in 17 workshop sketches;
  • Learning the important basics to draw in a realistic manner.
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Romance of a Port City

Teacher: Julia Zilbert
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • Paint 11 vibrant pictures from the life of a port city;
  • Master and reinforce key watercolor techniques: "alla prima", wet-on-wet, granulation, and others;
  • Meet the artist from the sunny island of Crete!
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To the Sun and Sea

Teacher: Elena Vlasova
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 3 hours or more

Details:

  • BIG is a course format with large and detailed paintings. Each painting takes 3-5 hours to complete.
  • Full immersion into all the intricacies of watercolor painting, many hours of practice, and as a result – improvement of artistic skills.
  • 6 large sunny and sea-themed paintings of a southern city with many nuances and details.
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At Grandmother's Village

Teacher: Nina Orlova
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • You'll paint 10 atmospheric pieces from country life
  • You'll master the technique of smooth washes in watercolor
  • You'll capture a variety of textures and objects: antique metal, fragrant flowers, fresh vegetables, vintage dishes, wood, and glistening glass
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Watercolor Architecture

Teacher: Olga Kabaeva
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • You'll paint 10 cityscapes in watercolor.
  • Learn how to work with lighting in urban landscapes: capturing sunsets, daytime sun, artificial lighting, and much more.
  • Learn to simplify complex architecture while keeping its beauty and details.
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Light and Space

Teacher: Ilya Ibryaev
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • Paint 10 landscapes using the "alla prima" technique - with full pigment strength in one go.
  • Masterb the unique techniques of creating the play of light in space.
  • Learn to be bold in your work and use associative solutions.
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Industrial Landscapes in Watercolor

Teacher: Roman Bayanov
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • Create 12 landscapes with urban and architectural elements.
  • While working quickly, boldly, vividly, and with pleasure.
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[BIG] Watercolor Botany in Detail

Teacher: Margarita Astashova
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • [BIG] is a course format with long and detailed paintings. We spend 3-5 hours on each painting
  • Paint 5 detailed botanical illustrations
  • You'll master the key principles and step-by-step process of layered painting
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[BIG] Large Floral Compositions

Teacher: Elena Vavilina
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 3 hours or more

Details:

  • BIG is a course format with long and detailed paintings. We spend 3-5 hours on each painting
  • 5 large floral compositions
  • Learn how to come up with striking compositions and find exquisite combinations of objects
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Japanese sumi-e painting

Teacher: Alexandra Vasilieva
Materials: mascara, mineral paints
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • You'll paint 8 elegant flowers using authentic Eastern materials
  • A full dive into the world of Japanese painting: techniques, symbolism, Eastern aesthetics, and philosophy
  • Learn how to work with ink and mineral paints: creating a gradient from three shades, brush stroke speed, using a dry brush, and much more
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Countryside Landscapes in Watercolor

Teacher: Igor Khaikov
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • You'll paint 11 countryside landscapes
  • Learn to combine working on dry and wet paper
  • Depict nature in different seasons
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Fairy Tale Illustration

Teacher: Ivan Kryukov
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • 11 illustrations with fairy tale characters
  • A fresh take on familiar characters: Bogatyr, Koschei, Izbushka, Little Red Riding Hood, Teremok, Gorynych, and Lukomorye
  • New illustration techniques: anime, 3D, isometry, unconventional colors
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Minimalist Landscapes in Watercolor

Teacher: Alexandra Podushkina
Materials: watercolor
Time per painting: 1-2 hours

Details:

  • 12 meditative paintings in monochrome style
  • Mysterious Siberian forests, taiga swamps, the reflection of a misty sky in silvery water, and so much more mysterious and beautiful in this course!
  • Become an expert in monochrome and tonalities, capturing the essence of the subject.
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OUR EXPERTS

Ivan Kryukov
Margarita Astashova
Natalia Nesterova
  • Marine painter in watercolors
  • Honorary Member of the International Academy of Contemporary Arts
  • Honorary Artist of Russia
  • I am a participant and prize-winner of sea than 70 art exhibitions in Russia and abroad, including 9 solo exhibitions
  • Member of the Eurasian Art Union, the Union of Watercolor Painter of Russia and others
  • I've been teaching watercolor painting since 2020
  • Author of the course "The Sea Trip", "The Sea in Watercolor"
Elena Vlasova
  • Professional watercolor artist.
  • Graduated from Moscow State Pedagogical University. Lenin and S. Andriyaki's School of Watercolor.
  • I have been teaching watercolor since 2013.
  • Participant and prize-winner of many Russian and international exhibitions and competitions.
  • In the fall of 2023, with the publishing house MIF, I am releasing a series of books dedicated to different seasons.
  • Author of the course "Sunny Holidays", "[BIG] To the Sun and Sea"
Anastasia Seraya
  • I've been drawing with pastels since 2005.
  • I created more than 300 paintings.
  • I am a member of the National Union of Pastel Artists of Russia.
  • Member of the Union of Animal Artists of Russia.
  • I create paintings for the soul and to order, hold master classes and plein airs.
  • I have been teaching Realist style online and offline since 2012.
  • Author of the course «Dry Pastel PRO», «Dry Pastel PRO: Alone with Nature»
Elena Vavilina
  • Illustrator
  • I graduated from TSU, Department of Fine and Decorative Arts
  • I've been drawing since I was a child.
  • Since 2015, I have been teaching painting and holding master classes
  • I am fond of watercolor and my favorite subject is flowers.
  • I create my own compositions – bouquets come to me like poems come to the poets.
  • Author of the course «Flowers and bouquets»
Nina Orlova
  • She created about 400 paintings
  • She taught more than 2000 students
  • I have been teaching art classes since 2015
  • She graduated from the Department of Applied Arts of the Kosygin Textile University
  • She cooperated with Faber Castell as an artist and teacher.
  • She took part in many exhibitions
  • Author of the course «Vintage Watercolor»
Irina Petrovskaya
  • She is an adept of modern watercolor and modern subjects for painting.
  • Irina started drawing in 2002.
  • Since 2018 she has been teaching watercolor.
  • Participant and prize-winner of many Russian and international exhibitions.
  • Author of the course «Watercolor Stories»
Anna Parshenko
  • I am a watercolor artist with a higher pedagogical education.
  • Winner of international watercolor competitions.
  • Member of the Professional Union of Artists of Russia.
  • Member of the organizing committee of the Association for the Promotion of Culture and Art "Creative Union"
  • My animal paintings are held in private collections in Russia, Belarus, the USA, Portugal, Germany, Poland.
  • I have been teaching since 2019
  • Author of the course «Watercolor Animalistics»
Valeria Renne
  • I painted about 350 pictures.
  • I have been giving art lessons since 2017.
  • I have taught more than 250 students.
  • I was an invited friend of the festival and a finalist of the NewArtFest 2019 awards.
  • I am a finalist in the Wildlife Artist of the Year (UK, 2022) awards
  • I held a solo exhibition, which was visited by more than 1200 people
  • I published an art book that contains reproductions of paintings, sketches, drawing tips and analysis of the works.
  • My paintings are kept in private collections in Russia, Israel, France, Switzerland, Australia, Portugal, USA, Canada.
  • I sold the paintings for a total value of over 1,000,000 rubles.
  • Author of the course «Nature Moments with Valeria Renne»
Julianna Buro
  • I have a diploma of artist (graduated from the Moscow State Art Academy named after S.G. Stroganov).
  • I have a diploma of a teacher of psychology.
  • I work on any surface with all materials: paintings with paints, ink, oil, pastels. Painting interiors. Tattooing and airbrush.
  • More than 4 years I teach painting, graphics and composition to children and adults.
  • Taught the basics of drawing for pensioners in the program "Moscow Longevity".
  • I run my own painting studio.
  • Author of the course «Watercolor Sketching from Scratch to the First 20 Paintings»
Olga Manzhosova
  • Member of the Professional Union of Artists of Russia.
  • Member of the Union of Watercolor Painters of Russia.
  • Participant of exhibitions
  • I illustrated a children's book for a private order from the USA.
  • My illustrations regularly participated in exhibitions with designers of embroidery patterns. And also my illustrations were published in the magazine "Handicraft Formula"
  • Participant of the International Competition-Festival "Russian Art Week" and winner in the category "Fauna and Wildlife"
  • Author of the course «Watercolor Animals»
Elena Vavilina
  • Illustrator
  • I graduated from TSU, Department of Fine and Decorative Arts
  • I've been drawing since I was a child
  • Since 2015, I have been teaching painting and holding master classes
  • I am fond of watercolor and my favorite subject is flowers
  • I create my own compositions – bouquets come to me like poems come to the poets
  • Author of the course "Flowers and bouquets", "[BIG] Large Floral Compositions"
Alexandra Vasilieva
  • I have been working in the technique of Japanese sumi-e painting since 2009
  • Representative of the Russian branch of the International Association of Sumi-e Artists (Tokyo, Japan)
  • Author of a book series published by EKSMO about the art of sumi-e
  • Member of the International Chinese Calligraphic Art and Ink Painting Artist Society (Tokyo, Japan)
  • Since 2011, I have been actively teaching in an offline format
  • Author of the course "Japanese sumi-e painting"
Igor Khaikov
  • Watercolor artist
  • I've been teaching since 2018
  • Experience in painting - 35 years
  • Participant in more than 20 national and international exhibitions
  • Paintings in private and corporate collections in Russia, Europe, Asia, America, New Zealand, and Australia
  • Author of the course "Countryside Landscapes"
Maria Orlova
  • I graduated from the college at Stroganov Academy and Sergey Andriyaka Watercolor Art School.
  • Since 2017, I have been teaching painting and drawing courses for children and conducting open workshops.
  • I'm an author of online courses with a wide range of topics: from working with simple and colored pencils to sketching with markers and watercolor.
  • Author of the course "Pencil mood"
Julia Zilbert
  • I have been painting with watercolor since 2017.
  • Ambassador of “Nevskaya Palitra”.
  • Winner of first places in international competitions.
  • Paintings in private collections in Europe, Russia, Greece, and other countries.
  • I serve as a jury member in various art projects.
  • Author of the course "Romance of a Port City"
Olga Kabaeva
  • Watercolor artist;
  • I've been teaching watercolor since 2016;
  • Graduated from Stieglitz St. Petersburg State Academy of Art and Design and Repin Academy of Arts with a focus on architecture;
  • Participated in numerous exhibitions;
  • I work in my studio and hold workshops;
  • Member of the Artists' Union.
  • Author of the course "Watercolor Architecture"
Ilya Ibryaev
  • Graduated from the Art College - Painting Department, MVHPU (formerly Stroganov Institute) - Ceramics Department
  • I am a member of the Union of Artists of Russia and the International Watercolor Federation
  • I represent IWS (International Watercolor Society) in Russia
  • Awarded the Diploma of the First International Arts Salon "PATH OF UNITY"
  • Participant and diploma holder in Russian and international exhibitions
  • Many of my works are in Russian museums or private collections at home and abroad
  • Author of the course "Light and Space"
Roman Bayanov
  • Watercolor artist;
  • I've been teaching watercolor since 2016;
  • Graduated from Stieglitz St. Petersburg State Academy of Art and Design and Repin Academy of Arts with a focus on architecture;
  • Participated in numerous exhibitions;
  • I work in my studio and hold workshops;
  • Member of the Artists' Union.
  • Author of the course "Industrial Landscapes in Watercolor"
Alexandra Podushkina
  • I'm a member of 6 art unions
  • Creative activity experience since 2010
  • Creator of plein air art tours in the protected areas of Russia
  • I teach at various online schools and conduct workshops in different cities
  • Illustrated a children's book on a charitable basis for kids for the "Bereginya" foundation
  • I create postcards, participate in contests and exhibitions, and have even won some prizes. My works are in private collections
  • Author of the course "Minimalist Landscapes in Watercolor"

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