Artist Ixygon

[Seriy]

Portrait of a mother , 45h35 , oil on canvas.
In August and September, I am writing portraits. Mother wanted to write a little bit wrong, but the speed with which I write, do not leave me any room for maneuver and thoughts . Mother after 15 minutes he was tired , so I write so quickly , so keep an hour and a half.
 Customers when they are also not going to sit longer hours and do not understand , what could be the problem? we will come with his wife , an hour write our portrait and we 'll take it . Maybe when the thread and I can write a double portrait in an hour , and now I told them , let's three sessions . After that, the customer has disappeared and has not called yet.

[Seriy]

I went to an exhibition of works from the 1000 Ukrainian museums dedicated to the anniversary of the Baptism of Rus - Great Velychne - I do not know what the official translation of convoluted names in Russian, I came up with - majestic grandeur. The exhibition is held in the Art Arsenal Kiev, the first time I was inside. The building - a dream, a huge, ancient, with high ceilings 6.7 meters, four of a kind, te come from back where you started. It is brick, brick and cleared the way left. An ideal place for exhibitions. however, sometimes when pictures intimate, small, they are suppressed by the size of rooms and high ceilings, it may need to make a special oiled enclosure.
The exhibition is interesting, but the idea I did not fully understand. It is said, to show the place ukrkultury in Europe, common and individual. It was thought to be exposed to the best-but no choice, there is a mysterious oil Alexandra Exter in Kiev, hung a small graphic work. If you think that took only Ukrainians, then Exter not, but there Repin on the excellent work of Kharkov, but not at all Wrubel, which in Ukraine is even noted. Burliuk not. Well, come with a choice.
But there Malevich and Kandinsky from Parhomivki, from a local museum. And there Malevich oil painting from a private collection. Strong Ukrainian collectors!
What we liked?
 Pinzel. Shakes as a hammer blow to the head. Of course, I heard something and saw the pictures a couple of works, but live for the first time. Wooden sculpture of Lviv Museum. Something incredible strength and skill. Anatomy is not met, but like all powerful, three-dimensional sculptures around through the air, draws the axis of the circle, granite faces, and how to make the legs and feet! Recently community in western Ukraine refused the request for grant of Pinzel exhibition at the Louvre, did not want to risk it. And, perhaps, things were right, and unique masterpiece. And because I've seen a lot of baroque wooden sculptures in the Czech Republic, and Germany.
The second discovery, several female rubs (one person) Ivan Myasoedova of Poltava museum, under the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites, but by the skill of the outstanding things.
A lot of Ukrainian avant-garde, four-something something like that myself ...
From contemporaries like graphic sheets, huge, such as 150 by 150, Alexander Sukholit (if not mistaken) imitation of Picasso's neoclassical period. Roitburd presented a series of three still lifes, already known, I looked more gray, red and yellow some simple hurt. I understand, too, like Morandi simple ... It is written in the catalog Kryvolap triptych hung one work 2 to 5 meter.
You can shoot without a flash. Exhibition until September 29. Log in 50 hryvnia, the artists on the ticket for free.
I recommend.
From the ridiculously pro-Exter-written and Guillaume Appolinaire maiden led to the studio of the great Spaniard Picasso. A Picasso Exter one-year difference in age, te when talking about 1910, the Picasso 29 years old, her 28. Then it led to yunnaku Picasso, he was great at that time could not be considered.

[ANATOLY]

Сообщение от Seriy

to meet in an hour and a half.

However!
K.Somov wrote A.Ostroumovu 73 sessions, sometimes for 4 hours, and Ilya Repin-wife S.Mamontovu 5 years.

[Seriy]

ANATOLY, the customer not only wants an hour and a half, and he still wants a discount. Today received an offer to write a seven - portraits in my style , but with a big discount from my modest $ 100 :-) type wholesale writing portraits. Refused and said , look for another artist .
 Well , write the same street artists in 15 minutes, half an hour ... I pencil with a model sometimes for 5-10 min draw similar, but oil ... some people write, but on the prepared toned canvas and write individual strokes and lines scattered across the canvas . For me , that was just more or less worked out , you need to be 3 sessions , one - design and familiarity with the model, a single - core volume , the third - attention to detail , correct .
I do not know how they tried to persuade the model to sit 73 session. Even after 5 sessions can be done much work. I've wanted to sit a lot of sessions, but hire a good model - it's expensive , one session of 1000 rubles , so while something like this ...

[ANATOLY]

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Even after 5 sessions can be a lot of work to do .

I propose to see the work of the artist V.Filatova Penza , on - site artpenza . I ordered him a job 130h120 from life, he wrote sketches with 2 to 6 hours a week and more than a year working on the painting . He wrote me a whole dynasty portraits. I think his work is not nearly as good Kharlamov. Of course the famous artist can afford to paint before breakfast, as Tsereteli. Just a question , what are we paying for the artistic value , or a name?

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Сообщение от Seriy

Well, write the same street artists in 15 minutes

But for those 15 minutes, we pay them and a street price.

[Seriy]

ANATOLY, I saw a good artist . Well done, that may require the customer to pose for two weeks at 6:00 . Alas, many customers do not realize that even a stroke of the brush requires thorough preparation , such as a portrait Serov Yusupov brush - like with one stroke of the brush painted toes , and how much is in Serov took time ? and this is genius ...

[манна]

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have people write , but in a prepared toned canvas and write individual brush strokes and lines scattered across the canvas .

Konysheva writes 30-40 minutes. PURCHASE on primed canvas canvas. And then , it is sometimes helpful to reduce the time , and then with her ​​wild imagination then people themselves do not know ... <! - ~ 7 ~ ->

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Roitburd presented a series of three still lifes, already known , I looked more gray, red and yellow some simple hurt .

Me too. The monitor was thinking red buy it, but when I saw live - definitely gray . And bought it .

[Seriy]

manna, Konysheva is a special case , it is drawing with a brush , illuminated here and there a couple of colored spots , it does not need to do a lot of mixes for all color transitions , she draws a single color gray. Well, master , of course , outstanding . I drew it in pencil , very precisely, about 10 minutes.
 And we do the same evaluation paintings , te that appeals to you , then I would have liked , but I always remember that this is my opinion of my limited knowledge and experience , te not absolute .

[Seriy]

Three expressionist self-portrait of August.
40x30, oil on paper.


P.S.
Replaced one image, so that the portrait, which is described by Pablo, now number 2.

[Pablo]

Seriy, the third is the most interesting, is viewed in another