Watercolors by the artist Bazanova Elena. Still lifes. Secrets of watercolors by Elena Bazanova In the magical world of Elena Bazanova: an approach to work in watercolor painting
Watercolors by the artist Elena Bazanova. Part 5. How flowers bloom ...
A bouquet of flowering branches
White roses
How the flowers bloom ... How do flowers bloom? .. Gracefully, timidly, imperceptibly, Caressing with the dawn of dawn, Shaking off the sleepiness of darkness! How do flowers bloom? .. How do flowers bloom? .. How do flowers bloom? .. | And they stretch with all the stalk,  Of all the strengths to the sky, Justifying Nature's Purpose In your destiny! How do flowers bloom? .. How do flowers bloom? .. Everything in this world for a reason © Copyright: Nina Kechatova, 2011 |
Still life with a basket of daisies
Still life with camomiles
Cornflowers and daisies
Cornflowers and daisies
Cornflowers and daisies
Dandelion bouquet
Bells
Summer bouquet
Forget-me-nots
Forget-me-nots
Forget-me-nots
Peonies
Peonies
Peonies
Peonies
Peonies
Snowdrops
Dream herb
Tulips
Study with orchid branches
Lilies of the valley
Roses
Roses
Roses
Bouquet of roses
Bouquet of tea roses
Study with tea roses
Yellow roses
Lilac
Bird cherry
Roses
Lilies
“Despite the availability and prevalence, the watercolor technique remains mysterious and incomprehensible for many, both amateurs and professional artists... Despite the seeming lightness, this material, by birth associated with water, by its rebelliousness and spontaneity, creates many problems for those who neglect the need to patiently study it. Starting the story about the technique of watercolor, you need to recall what, in fact, means in the dictionary sense "watercolor", since the key to understanding lies in the word itself.
In the article by O.V. Mamontova in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia we read: "Watercolors (French aquarelle, from Italian acquerello, from Latin aqua - water), paints (usually on vegetable glue), diluted with water, as well as painting with these paints."
"Water" is the first key word to pay attention to. In more 
in a broad sense, the word "water" means one of the four elements that exist in nature. From the spontaneity and unpredictability of water, combined with paints, and from the master's ability to control the humidity of the painting space, all possible options for understanding watercolors and ways of owning it arise. This circumstance also reveals the mood, temperament and character of the master in his work. "
“... I have been painting with watercolors since childhood, starting at the age of six, when I started going to the art studio. Painting with watercolors was not something special for me, because I always did it. "
“As it seems to me, I feel this material, it allows me to reveal its features in very complex pictorial tasks. It is this tension in work that seems attractive to me, to control the elements of water and paint is the most exciting and intriguing in watercolor painting ... " 
“In my watercolor still lifes,” says Elena Bazanova, “I depict seemingly ordinary and familiar objects to everyone, and there is a particular difficulty in this. Every time I strive to see in them new image and create a new space in which they are located. My task is to create a living space of a still life, in which the viewer will see and feel harmony and rediscover the beauty of the surrounding world, through the sophistication of sharpened drawing lines, complex compositional constructions and watercolor techniques. "
Elena Bazanova- a world-renowned artist working in the watercolor technique.
She was born in 1968 in the town of Slantsy, Leningrad Region.
Graduated from the St. Petersburg Academic Art Lyceum. B.V. Ioganson and the Repin State Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (workshop book graphics).
Since 1989 he has been actively working with publishing houses in St. Petersburg, since 1996 he has been illustrating publications for children.
Since 1995 - a member of the Union of Artists of Russia.
Since 2006 - a member of the Society of Watercolors of St. Petersburg.
The artist's works are in galleries and private collections in Russia, Germany, USA, France, England, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, the Netherlands, Kazakhstan. And also in the collection of the Kleinsassen Art Center (Kunststation Kleinsassen, Germany), in the collection of the district administration of the city of Fulda (Germany), in the collection of exlibrises of the Central City Public Library named after V.V. Mayakovsky (St. Petersburg), in the Samara Regional Art Museum.
White irises
Among the winners International Competition in 2014, there were two representatives of Russia, whose works we will see today.
Elena Bazanova is a world-renowned artist working in the watercolor technique.
She was born in 1968 in the town of Slantsy, Leningrad Region.
Graduated from the St. Petersburg Academic Art Lyceum. B.V. Ioganson and the Repin State Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (book graphics workshop).
Since 1989 he has been actively working with publishing houses in St. Petersburg, since 1996 he has been illustrating publications for children.
Since 1995 - a member of the Union of Artists of Russia.
Since 2006 - a member of the Society of Watercolors of St. Petersburg.
Works are in galleries and private collections in Russia, Germany, USA, France, England, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, the Netherlands, Kazakhstan.
Works were presented for the competition.
Winter. Apples.
Now Elena is a member of the Society of Watercolors of St. Petersburg, regularly participating in seasonal exhibitions of the Union of Artists, actively exhibiting both in Russia and abroad (in Great Britain, Germany, USA, Ireland). On account of her seven personal and participation in more than fifty collective exhibitions in Russia.
Since 2006 - a member of the Society of Watercolors of St. Petersburg.
Three apples
Elena Bazanova talks about her work this way.
— Why did you choose watercolor?
It seems to me that I feel this material, it allows me to reveal its features in very complex pictorial tasks. It is this tension in the work that seems attractive to me, to control the elements of water and paint is the most exciting and intriguing in watercolor painting.
Strawberry bouquet
Still life with corn
What techniques do you still use?
Thanks to my education, I am proficient in a wide variety of techniques. Of course, I do not use all of them all the time; unfortunately, I cannot grasp the immensity. I love making drawings with soft materials, when illustrating books I often use ink, pen and colored pencils.
Daylilies
Three apples
Sunflowers
Climates
— What is your favorite genre of still life? But what about landscapes and portraits?
Yes, recent times I work a lot in the genre of still life. I also paint portraits of animals. I'd like to do new series landscapes and work with portraits of people. So my plans are to expand the boundaries of the genre.
Sketch with strawberries
Still life
You have illustrated " Alice in Wonderland with". These works are not at all like your still lifes.
I do not consider myself one of the artists who constantly impose their style on the subject depicted, illustrated in the book. I move along the path of creating an image, based on the essence of what is the subject of the image or illustration. From this, various plastic solutions appear. The illustration should not create a barrier to the perception of the text, especially in a children's book.
Elena Bazanova - talented painter from Russia, whose paintings have found world fame... Elena works in one of the most complex painting techniques - watercolor. Her paintings are striking in their naturalness and realism. Bazanova's still lifes are saturated with color and filled with life. Spectators freeze at her canvases.
Biography of Elena Bazanova
The artist was born on November 16, 1968 in the Leningrad Region. The girl grew up creative personality... Since childhood, she was fond of drawing. Parents developed their daughter's abilities and, at the age of six, took her to an art school in hometown Slates. Drawing with watercolors captivated young Lena so much that at an early age she decided to connect her life with art. The art studio teachers immediately saw the potential in the girl and recommended that her parents enter the St. Petersburg Art School.
In 1986 the young and talented artist Elena Bazanova became one of the best graduates of the Secondary Art School at the Academy of Arts (today the B. Ioganson Academic Art Lyceum).
In the same year, she was enrolled in the book graphics workshop of the Academy of Arts (Repin Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture), which she graduated in 1992.
As a student at the Academy, the artist Elena Bazanova began to illustrate children's books (since 1996).
Since 1989, St. Petersburg publishing houses have been increasingly inviting a talented artist to work.
In 1995 Elena was admitted to the Union of Artists of Russia.
And in 2006 she joined the St. Petersburg Society of Watercolorists.
Today the Artist Elena Bazanova and her watercolors are known all over the world. The canvases of the Petersburg craftswoman adorn private collections not only in Russia, but also in Germany, France, England, Iceland and a number of other foreign countries.
The still lifes of the watercolorist are exhibited in galleries in Kazakhstan, the USA, the Netherlands, etc.
Elena's paintings are multiple winners of various competitions and festivals. They amaze the audience with their freshness, liveliness and realism.
The piggy bank of the artist Elena Bazanova's achievements is full. She received her first award at the I International Biennale in 1999, becoming a laureate of the 1st degree.
2008 Elena's illustration won the Grand Prix at the IV International Biennale of Graphics "BIN-2008".
In 2014, Bazanova with her watercolors entered the final of the 1st World Watercolor Exhibition, held in France.
Love of painting
According to the artist, she loved watercolors from birth. "I feel her," says Elena in an interview. The still life master claims to have grown and matured with watercolors. Studying new techniques and mastering the techniques of working with this difficult material, she felt her own strength and fell more and more in love with painting.
Artistic techniques
The professional development of the artist Elena Bazanova, according to her confession, was influenced by the works of such masters of painting as Karl Bryullov, Fyodor Tolstoy, Andrew Wyeth.
Studying the work of the masters of art, she, nevertheless, did not create idols for herself.
Elena works in her own technique. One gets the impression that she paints pictures not with a brush, but with her heart and soul. The artist has such sincere and lively canvases.
Elena performs most of her works in wet technique. Very often in the process of drawing, techniques are mixed. “I use the canvas as I need it - wet, wet or dry,” says the master.
In addition to watercolors, Elena owns many other painting techniques, which she studied during her studies at the Academy.
When doing illustrations, for example, she often uses ink, pen and colored pencils.
Illustrating
While still a student, Elena began to make illustrations for children's books commissioned by St. Petersburg publications. To date, her experience in this area is large enough.
The master approaches each work individually. Her illustrations are not alike. The drawing technique and materials are selected by Bazanova in accordance with the text and style of writing the book.
Her graduation project entitled "If you don't like it, don't listen" was an illustration of Stepan Pisakhov's fairy tale "Frozen Wolves".
2008 Elena Bazanova and her large-scale project - an illustration of L. Carroll's book "Alice in Wonderland" - won the Grand Prix of the International Biennale. This work is filled with experiments and a stream of creative inspiration. Performing illustrations for the fairy tale, the artist Elena Bazanova skillfully combined ink, pen, watercolors and colored pencils in a harmonious ensemble, thanks to which the craftswoman managed to achieve visually additional volume and realism of the paintings.
Elena admits that she dreams of illustrating the book "The Chronicles of Narnia", but so far she does not have enough free time for this large-scale work.
Teaching activities
Once Elena was offered to participate in a seminar, dedicated to technology watercolors, which took place in Germany. Seeing the audience's keen interest in her work, the still life master decided to share her experience with colleagues and art lovers at her master classes. Artist Elena Bazanova also writes a book on the technique of watercolor painting and published a scientific article "The Elements of Water and Paint" in the collection "Technologies fine arts", Which is recommended by the Ministry as tutorial for art academies.
Elena Bazanova's course on watercolor technique online! Learn about the secrets of the author and comprehend the basics of mastery! Fifth stream of the course!
In this course, the author teaches not only complex techniques of watercolor painting(on dry and wet at the same time on wet paper, glaze, etc.), but also gives important "setup" information on drawing and composition, and in special exercises of the course sets the task put your hand right and develop artistic vision from students. By starting your studies according to the academic principle "from simple to difficult", you will gradually receive basic theoretical knowledge and Practical skills for full self-development.
4 months practice, plus personal video responses from the author!
The course is suitable for both beginners and professionals, both students and teachers. Everyone will find important information for themselves.
To those who passed full-time master class"Secrets of watercolors by Elena Bazanova" will also be very interesting. Online course more practice, information and advice from the author... All materials remain in constant access.
In the learning process, you:
- listen to a unique lecture on stories watercolor technique and you will understand what stereotypes get in the way of working with watercolors;
- learn about properties of modern professional materials and even do several chemical experiments with paints;
- review more than 5 hours of valuable information and execute 25 practical tasks;
- learn to mix paints without dirt;
- make clean non-congested glazing;
- fill and stretch marks different ways;
- learn about many other watercolor effects who will make your work technically richer and more interesting;
As a result, you will learn control the painting process in complex water technology and create a shape in color.
The acquired knowledge and skills you implement in the final work and write still life with lemon on a dark background.
COURSE PROGRAM
LECTURE 1. The history of watercolors from ancient times to the present day. Stereotypes in watercolor. Chemical experiments with paints and the study of their properties. Watercolor paper and the use of its capabilities in works.
LECTURE 2. Stretching the sheet for work on dry paper. Brushes. Fills.
LECTURE 3. Brush calligraphy. Paint displacement effect. Experiment with multi-layer glaze.
LECTURE 4. Features of mixing paints. Stretching from cold to warm colors. Basic and additional paints by color spectrum.
LECTURE 5. Abstract composition.
LECTURE 6. Design for a still life with your own hands. Ball and cube formula.
- Practical tasks:
- 1. Select and purchase materials necessary for work. Examine the palette, make colorings.
- 2. Learning your brushes
- 3. Fills and streamers
- 4. Warm and light paint wiping effect
- 5. Experiment with glazes
- 6. Mixing paints in the color spectrum from cold to warm colors
- 7. Mixing the main colors of the color spectrum
- 8. Mixing complementary colors of the color spectrum
- 9. Abstract composition in watercolor using the knowledge gained
- 10. Uniform hatching in a closed shape
- 11. Hatching in a closed stretch shape
- 12. Hatching in complex irregular shapes
LECTURE 7. Sketches of an apple on a white background - pencil drawing, grisaille and watercolor.
LECTURE 8. Still life of an apple on a white background using wet, dry and glaze techniques.
- Practical tasks:
- 13. Sketches of a round object on a light background - pencil drawing, grisaille and watercolor
- 14. Image of a round object in large format.
LECTURE 9. Sketches of lemon on a dark background - pencil drawing, grisaille and watercolor.
- Practical tasks:
- 15. Stretches and fills for dark backgrounds
- 16. Sketches of a light object on a dark background - pencil drawing, grisaille and watercolor
LECTURE 10. Still life. Lemon on a dark background.
- Practical tasks:
- 17. Image of a light object against a dark background.
- 19. Image of a light object against a dark background. Work on bugs.
- 20. Self-staging of a still life according to one of the proposed schemes.
- 21. Self-staging of a still life according to one of the proposed schemes. Work on bugs.
- 22. Drawing and grisaille.
- 23. Drawing and grisaille. Work on bugs.
- 24. Still life in color.
- 25. Still life in color. Work on bugs.
A small cut of video responses that students received from Elena Bazanova:
How is the training going?
- Course start: 26 April
- You watch lectures and then follow them tasks... You independently distribute the load on the course and calculate the load of practical assignments.
- Every task will be personally checked by Elena Bazanova... After completing tasks, you will receive from her written reviews and video answers.
- The author checks the works Once a week.
- You will be able to communicate with other students of the course in the general chat!
- After completing the course, you will always have permanent dosstupid to video materials. At any time you can come back and review the points of interest.
- Limited number of seats: 10 people
- Course duration: approx. 4 months.
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