The collection of domestic graphics of the late 19th–20th centuries in the Sergiev Posad Museum-Reserve is small in volume, less systematic and complete than its pictorial collection of this period. But it has its own artistic significance in the general museum complex.
The specifics of the museum's graphic collection (as well as the pictorial one) is the predominance of works by local artists and a certain thematic focus associated with the iconography of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra and the city. A special part of it is made up of individual sheets (rarely - cycles of works) by famous masters of the domestic fine arts - I.I. Shishkina, B.M. Kustodieva, K.S. Petrova-Vodkina, V.A. Favorsky, T.A. Mavrina and others (about 80 works).
The first steps towards the formation of the collection were taken at the very beginning of the museum's activity - in 1920-1921: more than 30 graphic works of local artists were purchased from the "Exhibition of Architectural Motifs" of TSL.
The most valuable part of the collection is the acquisition as a gift and the purchase of graphic works from private individuals. In this way, the works of I.I. Shishkina, B.M. Kustodieva, V.A. Favorsky, L.S. Bakst. "Names" (I. Repin, V. Makovsky, I. Shishkin, K. Korovin, etc.) are "named", but represented by single works. The "personalia" of Russian graphic art in the museum collection is essentially the same - T.A. Mavrina (the collection of SPMZ allows us to show her work in development, from the 1940s to the 1970s, using the example of the best works). Nevertheless, for the "provincial" collection of art of the late XIX-XX centuries, individual works of classical artists are extremely valuable.
The earliest examples of printed graphics in the complex of works we are considering date back to the 80s of the 19th century. They are associated with one "personality" - a landmark and significant in the history of Russian engraving of this period - I.I. Shishkin (1832 1898).
Recall that the 1870s was a period of transition and "passage" for Russian printed graphics, the time of the dominance of tone engraving. But even in this not the most creative period there were genuine virtuosos of woodcuts (V.V. Mate) and etching (I.I. Shishkin). Our collection contains four etchings by the artist, created by him in the 1880s (a period that was especially fruitful in Shishkin's work). These are the sheets "Gurzuf" (1885), "Black Forest" (1885), "April" (1885), "Swamp on the Warsaw Railway" (1886), brilliant in their craftsmanship and subtlety of conveying the state of nature. The museum collection also contains drawings by famous Russian painters such as the itinerant artist Vladimir Egorovich Makovsky (1846-1920) and Valentin Alexandrovich Serov (1865-1911). Portraits of V.E. Makovsky, made in the drawing, are just as impeccable in composition and completeness as his oil paintings. Being a portrait master, V.E. Makovsky had the talent to accurately convey not only the external resemblance of the person being portrayed, but also the features of his spiritual movements, highlighting those main character traits that determine a person’s actions, his thoughts and feelings. Valentin Serov, like any real artist, worked remarkably well not only in oil painting, but masterfully mastered the technique of drawing. His numerous works in pencil and charcoal have the same liveliness and accuracy in conveying the character of the people depicted, the same perfection of execution as his oil paintings.
The museum collection contains several works by famous Russian artists of the late 19th - early 20th centuries. This is, first of all, a drawing by Mikhail Vrubel (1856–1910), the largest representative of symbolism and modernity in Russian fine art. Along with the sheets of L.S. Bakst and M.A. Vrubel, the heyday of Russian graphics at the turn of the 19th–20th centuries and the 1910s is represented by the work of K.A. Korovin (1861-1939) - a sketch of the scenery in 1917 for the opera by N.A. Rimsky Korsakov "Sadko". This sketch is the only "surviving" example of theatrical scenery graphics. Stylistically, our sheet is close to a number of theatrical works by K. Korovin of the late 1900s-1910s. K. Korovin's sketches for "Sadko" in 1906, 1914 are distinguished by a more complex compositional construction, they include not only the image of "Chorus", but also an open terrace, through the spans of which a landscape is visible - "sea blue". Our sheet has a chamber sound: it represents the interior of the chamber with a high vault, small windows, a tiled stove and benches.
The museum's graphic collection also has a small drawing by Ilya Efimovich Repin "Portrait of the Writer Leontiev-Shcheglov". I.L. Leontiev-Shcheglov (1856-1911) - a talented Russian writer and playwright
Graphic sheets B.M. Kustodiev in the collection of the Sergiev Posad Museum-Reserve are three linocuts of 1926 (signed, dated by the author), received in 1928 from a private collection. In the artist's work, graphics occupied a large place, although he was, for the most part, a painter. In the 1920s, Kustodiev did a lot of book illustrations, posters and easel engravings (woodcuts, lithographs, linocuts). In 1926 B.M. Kustodiev created several compositions with "Bathers" in the techniques of linocut, woodcut and watercolor. In the diary entries for 1926 of the first biographer Kustodiev V.V. Voinov (graphic artist, art historian, art critic) constantly hears the theme of Boris Mikhailovich's work on linocuts "Bather" and "Bather". A constant model in the last years of B.M. Kustodiev "for portraits, characters in paintings, covers, engravings, illustrations" was his daughter Irina. She posed for her father and for the engraving "Bather".
Over a series of "Bathers" B.M. Kustodiev worked, in the literal sense of the word, until the last days of his life: the last engraving of this cycle was made by him on May 4, 1927 (and on May 26 the artist died).
The work of one of the outstanding figures of Russian art of the 20th century, a classic of woodcut V.A. Favorsky (1886-1964) is represented in the museum collection by sixteen graphic sheets from different periods: these are easel works, book illustrations, and samples of his "type graphics".
The choice of sheets is largely random, not all of them are first-class or iconic works of the master. In 1919-1939 members of this family (including Vladimir Andreevich Favorsky) lived in Sergiev Zagorsk, were rooted in its spiritual and cultural life, created many of their works here, and father-in-law V.A. Favorsky was one of the organizers of our museum.
Among them is one of the most famous, significant works of this period of the master's work - the easel engraving "October 1917" 1928. This woodcut was created by the first state order of the Council of People's Commissars for the 10th anniversary of the October Revolution. Then Favorsky conceived the series "Years of Revolution", where "drawings arranged in chronological order were supposed to recreate the entire history of the Soviet state for the first 10 years year after year." The woodcut "October 1917" is a detailed plot-narrative and, at the same time, symbolic, metaphorical composition with many characters and several episodes, quite organically merged into one.
The late period of V.A. Favorsky in our collection are engravings from his best, most famous cycles of the 1950s, for which the artist was awarded the Lenin Prize in 1962 - illustrations of 1950 for "The Tale of Igor's Campaign" and for "Boris Godunov" in 1955 ., donated to the museum in 1965.
They perfectly demonstrate the "late style" of Favorsky's woodcuts, where more attention is paid to the appearance of the characters, the setting, the costume, where pictorial means naturally change: a certain "painterlyness" comes to replace the asceticism of graphic solutions with outlines and open shading. The epic solemnity, the epic nature of the "Word" sound fully in the multi-figure composition ("Before the Battle"), in which Favorsky includes images of Russian soldiers under the battle banner and Guslyar. From the variety of graphic cycles V.A. Favorsky in the 50s to the dramaturgy of A.S. Pushkin ("Boris Godunov", "Little Tragedies") in the museum's collection there is only one illustration for the tragedy "Boris Godunov" - "Pimen and Grigory" 1955.
The collection of works by the outstanding domestic graphic artist and painter Tatyana Alekseevna Mavrina in the Sergiev Posad Museum-Reserve in terms of volume, level of works, their genre diversity can only be compared with the largest museum collections in the country that have collections of graphics of the 20th century. (GMIII, State Tretyakov Gallery, State Russian Museum). These are sixty-two sheets that came to us in 1977-1978 after the author's personal exhibition at the museum. Forty-five works were given to T.A. Mavrina as a gift.
Chronologically, the collection of Mavrinian works covers a large period of the artist's work (the latest dates are 1944 and 1976; moreover, an approximately equal number of sheets refers to the periods of the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s). It represents a sufficient variety of graphic techniques in which Mavrina worked fruitfully: these are watercolors, gouaches, sheets made in mixed media (tempera, gouache or tempera, gouache, watercolor), pencil drawings, ink drawings.
"Zagorsk cycle" T.A. Mavrina, clearly expressing her worldview, priorities in art, her unique style, often and rightly called "Mavrinsky", began to take shape in the 1940s. The "plot line" of the Mavrinian works of the 50s is the "fabulously seen" ensemble of the Lavra, the Pyatnitsky Monastery, the old city and the life of its inhabitants - everyday and festive, embodied in its special, metaphorical and poetic key, associated with the figurativeness of folk art, folklore. Equally expressive and free, bold in drawing, composition, and color are the sheets of the 1960s and 1970s. Their thematic composition is still dominated by genre landscapes, in the very titles of which the active-domestic aspect is emphasized. The classic example of the "Mavrinian portrait" in our collection is "Demidova" 1973. "Demidova" is a wonderful example of an organic combination of two genres - "portrait in a landscape": a large, frontal, half-length image of a "Russian old woman" in a white scarf against the background of a summer village landscape, where, according to the ancient tradition of folk paintings and popular prints, inscriptions are given on the images themselves.
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This text is an introductory piece.Below will be presented artists who are famous all over the world due to their ability to draw with an ordinary slate pencil. Each of them has its own style, personality, as well as favorite topics for creativity. In addition, the name of each author is also a link to the artist's personal online gallery, where you can study in more detail and in detail the pencil drawings and the biography of each of them.
Looking through the images, you will notice some interesting features in each painting. Some are distinguished by soft lines, smooth light-shadow transitions and streamlined shapes. Others, on the contrary, use hard lines and clear strokes in their work that create a dramatic effect.
Earlier, on our website, we have already published images of some masters. Here is a list of articles where you can see equally attractive pencil drawings.
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JD Hillberry
Natural abilities and a strong desire to draw attention to his work appeared in JD Hillberry as a child. The desire and talent made the master one of the best pencil drawing artists in the world. While still studying in Wyoming, he began to develop his own technique, mixing charcoal and graphite to achieve a photo-realistic effect in his drawings. JD uses monochromatic light to draw the viewer's attention to the play of chiaroscuro and texture. Throughout his career, he has tried to go beyond realism and expression. After moving to Colorado in 1989, Hillberry began experimenting with fake drawings. Traditionally, this type of work is done in oils, but he successfully conveyed the realism of the plot with the help of a pencil. The viewer, looking at such images, is deceived into thinking that the object is in a frame, or in a window, although in fact all these elements are drawn. Working from his studio in Westminster, Colorado, JD Hillberry continues to expand the public's perception with his drawings.
Brian Duey
Brian is one of the most amazing pencil drawing artists who interacts beautifully with the pencil to create inspiring artwork. Here is what he says about his work and about himself:
"My name is Brian Duey. I was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I attended a public school in a small village called Granville, where I was first introduced to art. I never thought about the seriousness of my hobby, but discovered a strong attraction to drawing pencil at the age of 20. I was sitting alone in my house, and out of boredom I decided to pick up a pencil and start drawing. I immediately fell in love with drawing and wanted to do it all the time. With each drawing, I got better and better. I developed my own technique and original tricks as I work.I strive to create realistic drawings and add my own conceptual ideas.I am often asked what inspires me and where I learned to draw.I can openly state that I am self-taught.
My illustrations have been published in books and greeting cards, on CD covers and in various magazines. I have been doing commercial work since 2005 and during this time I have acquired clients all over the world. Most of my orders come from the United States, UK and Canada, but I also work with clients in Ireland. My paintings have been shown in galleries in the United States. In 2007, I was asked to paint a portrait of Britney Spears which was included in an art gallery in Hollywood, California. This event was covered by MTV and I became world famous. I'm not going to stop there and continue to work. I have new ideas and plans. One of my goals for the future is to publish an educational drawing book.
T. S. Abe
Although we did not find many works by Abe, her illustrations show that this is a high-class master. The artist has excellent pencil skills and skillfully depicts complex ideas using her own methods. Abe's paintings are harmonious and balanced, complex and at the same time easy to understand. She is one of the most talented pencil drawing artists of our time.
Caesar Del Valle
The artist in his works uses a special unique technique of drawing with a pencil. Caesar's illustrations not only show his talent, but also reflect the author's subtle perception of the environment.
Henrik
Henrik's work is featured in the Deviant Art Gallery. His drawings are an interesting example of pencil art. The master miraculously uses black and white tones to convey original images and unusual ideas.
If you think that all great artists are in the past, then you have no idea how wrong you are. In this article, you will learn about the most famous and talented artists of our time. And, believe me, their works will sit in your memory no less deeply than the works of the maestro from past eras.
Wojciech Babski
Wojciech Babski is a contemporary Polish artist. He graduated from the Silesian Polytechnic Institute, but connected himself with. Lately he has been painting mostly women. Focuses on the manifestation of emotions, seeks to obtain the greatest possible effect by simple means.
Loves color, but often uses shades of black and gray to achieve the best impression. Not afraid to experiment with new techniques. Recently, he has been gaining more and more popularity abroad, mainly in the UK, where he successfully sells his works, which can already be found in many private collections. In addition to art, he is interested in cosmology and philosophy. Listens to jazz. Currently lives and works in Katowice.
Warren Chang
Warren Chang is a contemporary American artist. Born in 1957 and raised in Monterey, California, he graduated magna cum laude from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena in 1981 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Fine Arts. For the next two decades, he worked as an illustrator for various companies in California and New York before starting his career as a professional artist in 2009.
His realistic paintings can be divided into two main categories: biographical interior paintings and paintings depicting working people. His interest in this style of painting is rooted in the work of the 16th-century painter Jan Vermeer, and extends to objects, self-portraits, portraits of family members, friends, students, studio, classroom and home interiors. His goal is to create mood and emotion in his realistic paintings through the manipulation of light and the use of muted colors.
Chang became famous after the transition to traditional visual arts. Over the past 12 years, he has earned numerous awards and honors, the most prestigious being the Master Signature from the Oil Painters of America, the largest oil painting community in the United States. Only one person out of 50 is honored with the opportunity to receive this award. Currently, Warren lives in Monterey and works in his studio, he also teaches (known as a talented teacher) at the San Francisco Academy of the Arts.
Aurelio Bruni
Aurelio Bruni is an Italian artist. Born in Blair, October 15, 1955. Graduated with a degree in scenography from the Art Institute in Spoleto. As an artist, he is self-taught, as he independently “built the house of knowledge” on the foundation laid back in school. He began painting in oils at the age of 19. Currently lives and works in Umbria.
Bruni's early painting is rooted in surrealism, but over time he begins to focus on the closeness of lyrical romanticism and symbolism, reinforcing this combination with the exquisite sophistication and purity of his characters. Animate and inanimate objects acquire equal dignity and look almost hyper-realistic, but at the same time, they do not hide behind a curtain, but allow you to see the essence of your soul. Versatility and sophistication, sensuality and loneliness, thoughtfulness and fruitfulness are the spirit of Aurelio Bruni, nourished by the splendor of art and the harmony of music.
Aleksander Balos
Alkasandr Balos is a contemporary Polish artist specializing in oil painting. Born in 1970 in Gliwice, Poland, but since 1989 he has been living and working in the USA, in the city of Shasta, California.
As a child, he studied art under the guidance of his father Jan, a self-taught artist and sculptor, so from an early age, artistic activity received full support from both parents. In 1989, at the age of eighteen, Balos left Poland for the United States, where his schoolteacher and part-time artist Cathy Gaggliardi encouraged Alcasander to enroll in art school. Balos then received a full scholarship to the University of Milwaukee Wisconsin, where he studied painting with philosophy professor Harry Rosin.
After completing his studies in 1995 with a bachelor's degree, Balos moved to Chicago to study at the School of Fine Arts, whose methods are based on the work of Jacques-Louis David. Figurative realism and portraiture made up the bulk of Balos' work in the 90s and early 2000s. Today, Balos uses the human figure to highlight the features and shortcomings of human existence, without offering any solutions.
The plot compositions of his paintings are intended to be independently interpreted by the viewer, only then the canvases will acquire their true temporal and subjective meaning. In 2005, the artist moved to Northern California, since then the scope of his work has expanded significantly and now includes freer methods of painting, including abstraction and various multimedia styles that help express the ideas and ideals of being through painting.
Alyssa Monks
Alyssa Monks is a contemporary American artist. She was born in 1977 in Ridgewood, New Jersey. She became interested in painting when she was still a child. She attended The New School in New York and Montclair State University, and graduated from Boston College in 1999 with a bachelor's degree. At the same time, she studied painting at the Lorenzo Medici Academy in Florence.
Then she continued her studies under the program for a master's degree at the New York Academy of Art, in the Department of Figurative Art, graduating in 2001. She graduated from Fullerton College in 2006. She briefly lectured at universities and educational institutions across the country, and taught painting at the New York Academy of Art, as well as Montclair State University and Lyme Academy College of Art.
“Using filters such as glass, vinyl, water and steam, I distort the human body. These filters allow you to create large areas of abstract design, with islands of color peeking through them - parts of the human body.
My paintings change the modern look at the already established, traditional poses and gestures of bathing women. They could tell an attentive viewer a lot about such seemingly self-evident things as the benefits of swimming, dancing, and so on. My characters are pressed against the glass of the shower cabin window, distorting their own body, realizing that they thereby influence the notorious male look at a naked woman. Thick layers of paint are mixed together to mimic glass, steam, water and flesh from afar. Up close, however, the amazing physical properties of oil paint become apparent. By experimenting with layers of paint and color, I find the moment when abstract strokes become something else.
When I first started painting the human body, I was immediately fascinated and even obsessed with it and felt that I had to make my paintings as realistic as possible. I "professed" realism until it began to unravel and deconstruct itself. Now I am exploring the possibilities and potential of a style of painting where representational painting and abstraction meet – if both styles can coexist at the same moment in time, I will do it.”
Antonio Finelli
Italian artist - time watcher” – Antonio Finelli was born on February 23, 1985. Currently lives and works in Italy between Rome and Campobasso. His works have been exhibited in several galleries in Italy and abroad: Rome, Florence, Novara, Genoa, Palermo, Istanbul, Ankara, New York, and they can also be found in private and public collections.
Pencil drawings " Watcher of time” Antonio Finelli send us on an eternal journey through the inner world of human temporality and the rigorous analysis of this world associated with it, the main element of which is the passage through time and the traces it inflicts on the skin.
Finelli paints portraits of people of any age, gender and nationality, whose facial expressions indicate the passage through time, and the artist also hopes to find evidence of the ruthlessness of time on the bodies of his characters. Antonio defines his works with one general title: “Self-portrait”, because in his pencil drawings he not only depicts a person, but allows the viewer to contemplate the real results of the passage of time inside a person.
Flaminia Carloni
Flaminia Carloni is a 37-year-old Italian artist, the daughter of a diplomat. She has three children. Twelve years she lived in Rome, three years in England and France. Received a degree in art history from the BD School of Art. Then she received a diploma in the specialty restorer of works of art. Before finding her calling and devoting herself entirely to painting, she worked as a journalist, colorist, designer, and actress.
Flaminia's passion for painting arose as a child. Her main medium is oil because she loves “coiffer la pate” and also plays with the material. She learned a similar technique in the works of the artist Pascal Torua. Flaminia is inspired by the great masters of painting such as Balthus, Hopper, and François Legrand, as well as various art movements: street art, Chinese realism, surrealism and renaissance realism. Her favorite artist is Caravaggio. Her dream is to discover the therapeutic power of art.
Denis Chernov
Denis Chernov is a talented Ukrainian artist, born in 1978 in Sambir, Lviv region, Ukraine. After graduating from the Kharkov Art College in 1998, he stayed in Kharkov, where he currently lives and works. He also studied at the Kharkov State Academy of Design and Arts, Department of Graphics, graduated in 2004.
He regularly participates in art exhibitions, at the moment there have been more than sixty of them, both in Ukraine and abroad. Most of Denis Chernov's works are kept in private collections in Ukraine, Russia, Italy, England, Spain, Greece, France, USA, Canada and Japan. Some of the works were sold at Christie's.
Denis works in a wide range of graphic and painting techniques. Pencil drawings are one of his favorite painting methods, the list of topics of his pencil drawings is also very diverse, he paints landscapes, portraits, nudes, genre compositions, book illustrations, literary and historical reconstructions and fantasies.
"Painting graphics"
Graphics is a type of fine art that uses lines, strokes, spots and dots as the main visual means.
Graphics pictures. Color can also be used in graphics, but, unlike painting, here it plays a supporting role.
Graphics pictures. When drawing graphics, they usually use no more than one color (except for the main black), in rare cases - two). In addition to the contour line in graphic art, a stroke and a spot are widely used, also contrasting with the white (and in other cases also colored, black, or less often textured) paper surface - the main basis for graphic works. A combination of the same means can create tonal nuances. The most common distinguishing feature of graphics is the special relation of the depicted object to space, the role of which is largely played by the background of the paper (in the words of the Soviet master of graphics V. A. Favorsky, “the air of a white sheet”).
Graphics pictures. The most ancient and traditional type of graphic art is drawing, the origins of which can be seen in primitive rock carvings and in ancient vase painting, where the image is based on line and silhouette. The tasks of drawing have a lot in common with painting, and the boundaries between them are mobile and largely arbitrary: watercolor, gouache, pastel and tempera can be used both to create graphic works themselves and paintings in style and nature.
Graphics pictures. Graphic art includes both drawing itself and printed works of art (engraving, lithography, etc.), based on the art of drawing, but having their own visual means and expressive possibilities.
Graphics pictures. In graphics, along with completed compositions, sketches from nature, sketches for works of painting, sculpture, architecture (drawings by Michelangelo, L. Bernini in Italy, O. Rodin in France, Rembrandt in Holland, V. I. Bazhenov in Russia) have independent artistic value. . Lacking such a volume of fullness of possibilities as painting, in creating a spatial illusion of the real world, graphics with great freedom and flexibility vary the degree of spatiality and flatness; for graphic works, thoroughness of volume-spatial construction, thoroughness in developing the finest elements of texture and revealing the structure of an object can be characteristic.
The heritage of graphic art is diverse. It is marked by the works of such world famous masters as Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), Francisco Goya (1746-1828), Gustave Dore (1832-1883), Japanese artists Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), Hiroshige Ando (1797-1858) and the engraver and draftsman Hokusai Katsushika (1760-1849), whose work had a significant impact on European art in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Of the modern masters of graphics, the most famous is the Dutch artist Maurice Escher, who was one of the first to depict fractals and became famous after the publication of the book “Grafiek en Tekeningen”, in which he himself commented on 76 of his best works.
So, we looked at the historical roots of graphic art and modern graphics.
Pictures of graphics can be an independent section of the fine arts.
Pictures of graphics, gave the basis and development to such beautiful types of fine arts as well as.
Graphics pictures. Graphic drawing. This is complete art. Graphics has a long and rich history. Graphic art is an ancient art form. Graphics pictures are our modernity. Graphics paintings are respected and loved.
A lot of people are into graphics. Collect graphics. The graphics graphics are interesting and captivating.
Modern decorative art also cannot be imagined without graphics and graphic images. Sketches, sketches, drawings allow the artist to think in an interesting and original way. Pictures of graphics and drawing are the basis of creativity of any professional master.
Graphics, drawing, graphic image, graphic drawing can be made on the basis of various materials. Graphics on paper. Wood graphics. Metal graphics. Graphics on fabric. Graphics on glass. Sand graphics.
A skillful graphic image captures and captivates the viewer no worse than multi-colored paintings painted in oil or watercolor.
Graphics pictures. The graphics are great on their own. The graphics are interesting. The graphics are exciting. Graphic drawings by such masters as Michelangelo are considered priceless works of the art of drawing, the art of graphics.
Graphics pictures. Modern graphics.
Modern graphics has its masters. Many specialize in the direction of graphic drawing and have been doing graphics all their lives.
Modern graphics has both its fans and its connoisseurs. Graphic drawings are readily acquired by many amateurs and collectors. Graphic works can also be very expensive. Graphics paintings are not cheap and outcast in art. Graphics paintings are their own beautiful world in the visual arts.
Graphics pictures. Modern graphics. Our gallery presents a huge variety of graphic works. There are graphic works for every taste. Take a closer look at our graphic works. Graphics are a kind magic fairy of modern art, but graphics are beautiful in and of themselves. A good graphic drawing or graphic composition can decorate any interior with its wonderful aura. The graphics are great!
Graphics conquered not only artists. Pictures of graphics became a muse for the masters of modern poetry.
The graphics of a verse is a special way of recording a poetic text, in contrast to a prose one.
“She began to kiss him all smeared with marmalade and in the tail and mane
and in the window of the Eliseevsky grocery store and in the Macintosh computer
And he deliberately substituted one or the other (lanita) floppy disk for her
without forgetting to kiss her on every Kohinoor pencil."
In modern poetry, there are many terms from the root word - "Graphic Pictures". For example: special verse graphics, special verse graphics, specific verse graphics.
Graphic arts. Graphics permeate and permeate our entire lives. They love graphics. Admire the graphics. They are fond of graphics. Some people suffer from graphics.
The most popular and well-known type of graphics is drawing. Any artist starts with graphics and graphic works.
Graphic arts. Paper. Pencil. What else is needed. Of course creativity. Certainly inspiration.
"I take a pencil, graphite with the letter" T ",
I begin to draw feelings.
And with a trembling hand on a white sheet
Breaking the laws of art."
Graphics pictures. Graphics permeate and permeate our entire lives. They love graphics. Admire the graphics. They are fond of graphics. Many people suffer from graphics.
“I tear the paper with a point to holes
And the strokes do not fall like rain.
Elixir drunk from the soul by death
He comes back grinding under his teeth.
"Hard graphics! To shreds - paper!
My fingers are already starting to go numb.
The mongrel, who did not believe in his abandonment,
From melancholy suddenly capable of dying.
Graphics pictures. Pictures graphics decorates our life. They love graphics. Admire the graphics. They are fond of graphics. Many people suffer from graphics.
"Pain, guilt, regret, resentment, hopelessness,
Hope, anger, sin, longing...
And love, which did not accept the givenness of freedom,
Unforgiveness circling at the temple ... "
Graphic arts. Pictures graphics decorates our life. They love graphics. Admire the graphics. They are fond of graphics. Many in the schedule see their happiness.
“What happened? Haven't finished the work yet.
From the eclecticism of feelings turned out to be a daub.
I would burn these lines of interweaving,
Having revived the Phoenix from the fire ... "
Graphic arts. Modern graphics.
Modern graphics has its masters. Many artists specialize in the direction of graphic drawing and have been doing graphics all their lives.
Modern graphics has its fans and its connoisseurs. Graphic drawings are readily acquired by many amateurs and collectors. Graphic works can also be very expensive. Graphics paintings are not cheap and outcast in art. Graphic art is its own beautiful world in the fine arts!
Graphics pictures! Modern graphics! Our gallery presents a huge variety of graphic works of artists. There are graphic works for every taste. Take a closer look at our graphic works. Pictures of graphics are a kind magic fairy of modern art, but graphics are beautiful in and of themselves. A good graphic drawing or graphic composition can decorate any interior with its wonderful aura!
Graphics pictures! The graphics are great!
