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TRAINING COURSES FOR YOU

Watercolour sketching: Taste of Life

Teacher: Ivan Kryukov
  • 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
  • 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

The Sea Trip

Teacher: Natalia Nesterova
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 Animalistics

Teacher: Anna Parshenko
  • Draw 12 realistic pictures of wild animals.
  • Learn to convey the character and emotions of living beings.
  • Understand how to develop creative thinking.

Nature Moments with Valeria Renne

Teacher: Valeria Renne
  • 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
  • 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 In Watercolor

Teacher: Margarita Astashova
  • 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
  • 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: Alone with Nature

Teacher: Anastasia Seraya
  • 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 Scratch to the First 20 Paintings

Teacher: Ivan Kryukov and Julianna Buro

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

Watercolor Animals

Teacher: Olga Manzhosova
  • 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

The Sea in Watercolo

Teacher: Natalia Nesterova
  • 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
  • Pencil graphics in 17 workshop sketches;
  • Learning the important basics to draw in a realistic manner.

Romance of a Port City

Teacher: Julia Zilbert
  • 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!

[BIG] To the Sun and Sea

Teacher: Elena Vlasova
  • 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 Grandma's Village: Summer Still Lifes

Teacher: Nina Orlova
  • 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

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», «At Grandma's Village: Summer Still Lifes»
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»
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»
Valeria Renne
  • 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»

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Why do students choose to study at Drawing Dog?

Our online school has been open since 2019 and already sea than 30,000 students are painting with us!

COMFORTABLE PLATFORM AND UNRESTRICTED ACCESS TO LESSONS

After graduation, access to the course is closed in many schools and extension is possible only at an extra charge.

At Drawing Dog, you can review the course unlimited times, the course stays with you forever at any rate!

NO ONE IS LEFT WITHOUT SUPPORT

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Our principles

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Creativity for pleasure - learning to enjoy the process

Each lesson is explained so that you could draw from the scratch

Minimum theory at any program. We immediately start painting beautiful pictures

We are helping to cope with fears, lack of inspiration and perfectionism

Learn to see the benefits of your work and easily correct mistakes

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