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TRAINING COURSES FOR YOU

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.

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

I Want to Go to the Sea

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Watercolor Animals

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.

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

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!

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

[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

[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

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

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"
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"

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