Interviewing pieces of art /KaterinaArt

The story behind the artwork.


We will try to show the story behind the artwork.
Many times all of us we are wondering how a piece of art was created.

Here is a good chance to learn some informations about techniques, the artist's feelings who is being interviewed and many more.

We will be picking one artwork,and the selected artist will have the chance to choose 3 of his own works to be featured.

If you want to be interviewed,send a note to /Litavis or /JurgenDoe . We will be happy to give you an interview about your work.


It is our honor to present the fifth artist of our article.

KaterinaArt

The chosen piece

1.What is special about this piece?

Newborn babies for me are a symbol of new begnings,hope and promises,I wanted my first artwork of the new year (2012) to be meangingful and special Infants are the symbol of the New Year and a new cycle can be traced to ancient Greece and the festival of Dionysus.

2.Did you choose, or were you chosen to create this artwork?

I chose to create it ,wanted something to do something like this for a while.

3.Tell us about your techniques.

My preferred mediums are graphite pencil,Charcoal, color pencils,watercolor, pastels ,acrylics.My techniques depend on what i do artwise either drawing or painting.For drawings/portraits i use pencil,charcoal I use bristol board or drawing paper,I start shading my subjects very light using an h2 pencil and gradually move to darker pencils.For paintings i start off with light washes of watercolor or acrylic paint using meduim size paint brushes, and use my pastel or color pencils for details and extra shading ,worked on Arches Hotpress watercolor paper.

4.Where did you found your inspiration about this artwork?

One of my favorite things to draw are children/babies , they have the most cutest and purest expressions i came across a stock reference of a cutest newborn i have ever seen and right away fell in love with it and wanted to draw it.It is also based on a sketch i did last year for a 1 hour sketch fest jam event i participate with other artists once a month .

5.How do you feel about the feedback and the response you received?Do you care?or do you like to figure it out all by yourself?

I love the feedback on shadowness.com I appreciate fellow artists and admirers of my work taking time to leave a comment, I do care and want to know how my artworks affect other people.

6.What is the strangest or funniest comment or question you've ever gotten about this artwork?

So far I haven't recieved any strange or funny comments about this particular artwork but I have on other artworks,it's always inetersting and entertaining to read strange/funny comments.

7.What are your biggest doubts (assuming you have any),about your artwork?

Like most artists I strive to do better and become a better artist with every new artwork I create,it's not always easy especially the bsuiness side of art but in the end of the day my love for art and creating dimisnhes doubts.

8.Share with us 3 pieces of your gallery to admire.

Jan 28th