Mariia Raskin

Joined Artfinder: June 2022

Artworks for sale: 14

Turkey

Updates from Mariia Raskin's studio

  • 2022\ Working on «Tropical Butterflies» series 🦋

    2022\ Working on «Tropical Butterflies» series 🦋

    I love doing graphic work. There is a very interesting technique here. I make the background with oil paints, then finish it with watercolors. The butterfly itself I paint with acrylics. The lines and shapes of the butterfly's wings are hinted to me by the abstract background.

    30 October 2022
    2022/ Working process at the «American Indian» artwork

    2022/ Working process at the «American Indian» artwork

    🎨Let me tell you a little about my creative process. Working on a series of «Hidden Portraits» paintings was an interesting experience for me. I paint abstract spots on the canvas first, and then I peer into it and decide who can be depicted on the picture. I twist the canvas in different directions, deciding which artwork's side will be upper side. Then I suddenly realized that the image of an American Indian fits these abstract spots perfectly! Red Indians paint their faces in such a way that it ideally matches the borders of the yellow and blue spots on my painting. I made a pencil sketch of the Indian's head on tracing paper and transferred it to canvas. I wanted my Indian to be strong in spirit and strong-willed.

    30 September 2022
    2022/ Photo collage behind the scenes

    2022/ Photo collage behind the scenes

    «Demeter» painting from «hidden portraits» series in progress. Some studio view when I just finished the artwork. I always try to keep my working space clean but in the end, it is messy.

    05 September 2022
    2022/ Studio view

    2022/ Studio view

    🎨 View of my small studio when I just finished an artwork. This «Nefertiti» painting inspired by ancient Egypt history and bright Nefertiti personality. I made a color-scheme for myself (on a sheet of paper on top 🟡🟠🔴) in order to determine in which primary colors I want to complete the picture.

    22 August 2022
    2022/ Abstract artwork in progress

    2022/ Abstract artwork in progress

    👩‍🦰 My next painting fresh from the easel. «Muse of Botticelli» abstract portrait inspired by Sandro Botticelli's «Portrait of a Woman». Looks like an ordinary abstract, but something is hidden inside like a ghost. 👻 Kind ghost, of course! 🤩

    04 August 2022
    2022\«AFRICAN QUEEN» ARTWORK IN PROGRESS

    2022\«AFRICAN QUEEN» ARTWORK IN PROGRESS

    Hi! 🥰 Now I am working on my new artwork series «HIDDEN PORTRAITS». Pictures looked like normal abstracts, but if you look closer, you might notice some portrait inside... The main thing is not to forget to make a photo of the process.😄

    29 July 2022
    2022\«SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE» artwork in progress

    2022\«SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE» artwork in progress

    💜 Do you love purple shades as I do?🥰 I was very happy when I found out that purple is the color of 2022 and it is called «VERY PERI». The artwork was already done, but I decided to redo it a bit. I took the opportunity and made a photo of the working process.

    17 July 2022
    2022\Working on «Water Reflections» artwork

    2022\Working on «Water Reflections» artwork

    ☕I really love the process of creating, when you dont even know how the final artwork will look like. Here I have been used an unusial paint - natural coffee. It gives the vibrant and rich brown-beque shades. As I mixed coffee with acrylic medium, it has become very resistant on canvas. 💛

    29 June 2022