Original artwork description:

Ink painting from Ancient Images series. Inspired by byzantine and Russian Icons. In traditional Japanese sumi-e ink wash painting technique. Chinese inks on archival paper. In expressionism style.
Ink paintings by Alex Solodov are mostly the portraits. At the moment Alex mostly paints in sumi-e and color ink wash painting techniques. He also enjoys to paint expressionistic landscapes, townscapes and ocean paintings.

Materials used:

Chinese inks

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#ink #ink drawing #ink on paper #ink painting #alex solodov #russian painting #madonna #sumi-e #virgin mary #icons #crying lady #byzantine icons #russian icon