Raspberries are tiny, but complex little creations. Originally, I planned to paint several more, but I decided to simplify the task at hand and ate some 😀 They were very tasty, and I feel like I'm not going to paint any more of them 🙂 While this small watercolor is just a sketch, I do … Continue reading Three Raspberries, watercolor painting
Category: Paintings
This is a collection of Oksana’s paintings in all possible mediums — acrylic, oil, watercolor, gouache. This category has several subcategories that present artwork by each type media.
This year, my paintings are dominated by various pears. In this painting, I decided to make the pear as juicy as possible. I keep painting them because it feels like more can be done or something can be improved. At the same time, I study the form in general. The question is how to make … Continue reading Juicy Pear, watercolor painting
Painting of Pyrogies with blueberries *_* It was seriously tough not to eat them >.> These pyrogies are a type of food which is common in Easter Europe and Ukraine. They can be savory or sweet and usually contain some sort of filling. These particular pyrogies are filled with blueberries. The dough is sweet as … Continue reading Pyrogies, watercolor painting
Pair of pears is probably my favorite pun %) This is why I have so many paintings of two pears! This is another experiment in watercolors. I think, I overdid it a little with the shadows here, but I enjoy seeing the way my paintings change and evolve. This still life painting is 8.5 by … Continue reading Pair of pears, watercolor painting
I keep a bunch of fake fruits on the table for the times when I'm too lazy to get an actual fruit or vegetable, or simply can't like with this whole quarantine deal. I just turn them and paint over and over, all I care about is the shadows on the shape ^_^ I might … Continue reading Green pear, watercolor painting
Every fall, my mom gets me a small net of gourds of different shapes. I really enjoy having them around the house and to paint them. Here's another gourd painting! I wanted to make my watercolor paintings more vivid, so this one turned out with fairly high contrast. Do you like when watercolor paintings are … Continue reading Star gourd, watercolor painting
One night I was set to paint some gourds, and... Doesn't this gourd looks like an adorable duckling on its back? ^_^; I think with everything that's going on, we could use a little of cuteness! I used watercolors to paint this little one. It's 8.5 by 5.5 inches and painted on 138lb paper. Available … Continue reading Duckling gourd, watercolor painting
The beauty of pumpkins and gourds is in how long one can keep them without spoiling. Whenever I'm low on fruits or veggies, I turn to these! They come in variety of shapes and colors, and they're just fun to paint in general. This time, I decided to make a painting of this yellow gourd. … Continue reading Yellow gourd, watercolor painting
Here's a first fruity still life in the series! It's a painting of three persimmons. These persimmons came from my mom's garden and were very tasty! ^.^ I haven't used watercolors in years, but now it felt like I want to experiment with them. I also always feel upset for eating all of the beautiful … Continue reading Three persimmons, watercolor painting
I started this mermaid illustration a while back, but I wanted to do the finishing lines in golden ink. I finally got my hands on some, and it looks beautiful! It's hard to capture on a still image, but the gold sparkles like magic! I also used liners in some places as I don't have … Continue reading Mermaid Illustration – Watercolor Challenge