Strawberries is one of the most popular motifs not only in Russian folk art, but also in a lot of modern digital illustration and surface design all over the world. Strawberries are always associated with something positive, joyful, sunny and sweet.
In this class you will learn to paint strawberries in a decorative style.
- Decorative painting is an art direction, the main purpose of which is the stylization of objects. Decorative paintings do not have a special semantic load, so they are easily perceived by the viewer. Similar works could be found in the interiors of Ancient Greece and Rome.
The secret of the long-term success of this berry motif is in strict rules and canons. And I explain you these rules in my class, so you could repeat it on different surfaces again and again without loosing proportion of your composition. You also will learn basic elements of the decorative painting and how to combine them to create countless motives by yourself.
After this class you will be able to decorate a plate, a box, a tray, a notebook, a wall or decorate any surface by yourself.
Is this class for me?
Are you an artist, an illustrator or a digital illustrator, or a craftsman or you have no idea how to paint at all? Then this class is for you! Folk art is a good starting point for a beginner as well as it can enrich artistic language of an advanced artist and make your signature style unique.
How we are going to paint?
We will paint with a brush and paint, as the Khokhloma artists started to do it more than 300 years ago. I recommend you to watch a short 8-minutes video in my previous class “Russian Mandalas” about the history of this folk art style from XVII century till nowadays.
