Warm and Cool Palette

Trying to catch day colors using warm (up) and cool (down) palettes. After so many times sketching the same view from the window, I painted these frames from memory.

Last Page in Next Sketchbook

Another sketchbook is finished. This ink sketch of the corner of my apartment was drawn on the last page in 2016-2017 sketchbook chronicles.

Early Morning in Ikea Cafe

Deserted Ikea, right after the opening, gave me kind of surrealistic feeling. Empty rooms, which are always so alive and crowded, were calm and lonely. Cafe, silent and loaded with food. Little version of planet Earth after the end of times.

Ordinary disastrous every day events in my country and overall rise of temperature in the world completely washed away my wish to express myself in blogging. But suddenly the spammers helped. The amount of spam became unbearable, which usually shows that blog is forgotten by its owner and needs revival. So here I am, drawing, painting, blogging. I hope you are all right out there, my friends.

Out the Window 17. No Funny Sky

Do not beat me for the same picture again and again. I can not stop to record the state of nature outside my window. Sky is the amazing master of magic.

Out the Window 16

I guess my readers are nervous about the view from  the window. Did it change in September? Are leaves already yellow? Is the sky blue or is it usual grey for nearest eight months?
Here is the answer. Green still exists in the picture. But sky is no funny at all.
To be continued.

Novodevichy Pond

After collecting all my courage and after rather long break,  I am back to sketching outdoors. This time while sketching Novodevichy pond, I made friends with Larissa from Athens, visiting Moscow.  Half an hour later we were chatting like old and dear friends.  Art unites!

Tonal Values Study

My Lamy Safari pen and burnt sienna ink in the tonal value study. The task is to use 3 values: dark, midtone and light.

Out the Window 14. Fireworks on Victory Day

18x25cm, Gouache

Fireworks on Victory Day

Out the Window 13

I keep showing how spring season changes the view from the window. Now it is lot sof fresh yellow-green and dark shadows in the morning.

Out the Window 12

Quick sketch to show that at last I can use the green color for window view. The spring is here!

About "Visit Norway" competition. I have won a T-shirt, he-he-he.
The winner created a website with map of attractions and ideas for the journey. This is the link to the site - modern, easy and energetic presentation. http://potronys2.wix.com/gotonorway  True winner.