Svetlana Belova: portrait painter

For twenty years now Svetlana Belova has been painting portraits to order from photographs. She has higher artistic education. She can order men's, women's, children's, twin portraits, as well as with her beloved four-legged friend.

Technique:

• "Dry brush" in black and white or brown tones.
• Pencil.
• Butter.

All portraits are masterfully performed, and this despite the fact that Svetlana Belova writes them extraordinarily quickly: from one to five hours. Photography will never replace a real portrait and will not leave such a long memory of a loved one. An artist in Moscow can be invited for a birthday or a wedding, and she immediately sits down for work. The holiday will continue, and the portrait will be ready. The sight of his creation will enchant many. It can be immediately rolled up, without waiting for the fixation of the paint. The most popular sizes of portraits of one person are 35х45 cm, 40х50 cm, 50х60 cm, for the double - the last two sizes. Frames for them are selected by the artist herself. "Dry brush" is made out under glass, and oil - in a baguette.

Portrait of oil or "dry brush"

Svetlana Belova writes portraits of Dutch oil paints on a primed Italian canvas in classical technique. The work is not for one decade. He will be inherited by children and grandchildren. The customer decides for himself, he wants to see this work written in large strokes or, conversely, deepened into the smallest details. Such a work can be done in a modern interior or in an old dress of past centuries or the armor of a knight.

A monotone or multi-color portrait in the technique of "dry brush" is also written in oil, but on a special textured paper. Warm colors are obtained by using brown sepia. No less wonderful and noble look coldish shades of black (tioindigo). Portraits in this technique are cheaper than oil.

If one person is to be portrayed in a portrait, then an average of three days is spent on work, and if two - that time can make a week. This is maximum.

What should be the photo

It is more than desirable to present a photograph in a medium-sized digital format. Then it can even not be printed. The artist Svetlana Belova believes that in addition you can send a few more photos. Then the character and appearance for the portraitist will be clearer. Most important, Svetlana Belova believes, a photo with a high-quality image of the face, everything else is not so important. You can always remove or add some details. As a result, when receiving a portrait, the customer will receive a lot of positive emotions. Do not discount the moment: at the time of writing the picture, its cost is relatively low, and over the years it is constantly rising.

Paired Portraits

The most wonderful time is a marriage. When the young sprinkled with coins, confetti, the bride is holding in her hands an amazing bouquet that falls down by the waterfall, and the groom has a buttonhole in its tone. Exchange of rings, loaf with salt on it, the first raised glasses of champagne ...

Then the birth of the baby and the observation of the parents, how their child will grow up. He is celebrated with birthdays, they get tired of Christmas trees on New Year's Eve, and the child sees how anxious and joyful parents treat him. This all leaves a bright imprint on his future life.

It happens that the members of the family have scattered life in different cities, and they do not meet often. But everyone remembers their family traditions, which held them together, when everyone was sitting at the same table and discussing the news of the past day. This is usually transferred to the newly created family, so the good traditions continue.

All the moments of a harmonious life remain in the photos, but how wonderful it is to have portraits on all these topics. All of them are fully owned by Svetlana Belova. Any meetings, holidays - all will stop on a canvas or paper an artist. Gradually you can create a whole family gallery. At a sight at it always on a shower of everyone who will look at family portraits, will be warmly and joyfully.

Works painted by the artist Svetlana Belova, portraits, will preserve for ever the features of their beloved affectionate grandfathers and grandmothers, charming and beautiful mothers and courageous serious dads, adorable children.

With a four-legged friend

The life of a dog or cat is very short compared to a human. But how much joy, happiness and pride his master brings to his four-legged friend, who understands him from a half-look, with a slight movement of the hand or a nod of the head. As he peeps smart eyes into the owner's eyes, silently asking: "What are we going to do now? And it is possible? »! How he can be cheerful when the owner plays with him! Such moments you want to capture for the rest of your life. Everything is possible, if Belov Svetlana takes the brush. The artist (Moscow) will stop the moment, and you will always have a beloved friend who will support you in a difficult moment, reminding you of the joys that you experienced together. There will be no bitterness of loss, but a light coming from your friendship.

Lessons of the portrait

Svetlana Belova has created a studio in which she teaches to draw from scratch even those who in life did not hold a pencil or a brush. Any student, student or pensioner can come to her and try his hand at it.

The artist reveals in the student such potentials, which he himself did not suspect. She is drawn with a pencil and brushes, forgetting about everyday life, plunging into the world of art that is fascinating forever. At the end of the lesson, you will get a portrait that you never dreamed of. It will be correctly located on a sheet of paper, and your "nature" will have a slight smile, beautiful eyes, curling eyelashes.

With each student is an individual occupation, the artist always tells you how to correct mistakes, and from her studio everyone comes out with "masterpieces" created by their own hands.

Svetlana Belova lives and works in Moscow, but you can contact her from anywhere in the country.