Fourth

The name of the project speaks of the most intimate, of what they do not show and try to hide in every way - the complexes.
Complexes are negative perceptions of external and internal qualities that we have. Absolutely everyone has them. They may not manifest themselves, but they are always in a person's head and exist throughout his life.

I have them myself. And I notice them in my acquaintances. But I really encountered this problem when I began to draw the human body from life.

Even though it takes a certain amount of courage to pose - I saw the embarrassment in the sitters when they saw the sketches made by the painters. And it wasn't because of the professionalism of the sketchers. I heard : "What a belly I have, I need to lose weight," "I have creases, a nightmare!", "What full legs I have!" This all affected the behavior and the postures they took afterward. They became more withdrawn and timid. I found this interesting, because in life, complexes control people in the same way. They don't let us do what we want to do, behave the way we want to behave. They are also often the main character of a bad mood, and this has a negative impact on our well-being. Complexes are quite an important problem. There is nothing I can do to change it. But admitting the problem and making it public is already a good start, in my opinion.

We are all different and we all have different tastes. I like to see that more and more people today accept themselves for who they are and less and less want to box themselves in. If being "overweight" or "thin" doesn't negatively affect your health, there's nothing wrong with it.
That is why this series appeared. I wanted to convey the beauty of the human body through its, as it is considered to be, "imperfections. In fact, what people are used to considering as imperfections is not terrible, but on the contrary - beautiful. I love the volume that the outlines of the body create on paper. Depicting a person is always a fascinating and challenging process. Each painting in the WHAT series is based on a sketch made from a real person and in real time, that is, from nature.

Color is born intuitively for each composition. I try to find color combinations and shades that appeal to the eye and to the senses.

My choice of graphic materials is always prompted by the general idea for the series I am about to create. Pastels can depict a romantic image because of their properties and large palette of delicate shades. Watercolor gives smooth paint transitions, color stretches. Sauce and charcoal on the contrary, the tonal range is wider and you can achieve a deep dark color, it is possible to play with contrasts and make an emotional sharp image using contours.
I used semolina to make the work with the human body more expressive. It created such a velvety, warm surface base and added texture where it was needed.

Thick and hiding colors prevent the shapes from spreading, creating clear color patches that the semolina absorbed evenly without distorting the hues. That's how the "Something" series came to be.