This drawing was done as part of an Internet competition under the subject “the four elements”. Honestly, I think I was just looking for an excuse to paint colorful horses.

This horse was part of a four painting series that was the final exercise in “2d techniques and materials” in “Minshar”. It was obvious that I’d choose a horse to be one of the four characters. I decided to make a dapple because that’s a color I never painted before; it was a nice experiment. During the making of this piece, I made the final decision to buy my own horse – so in some ways it will always remind me of that moment.

A work I did during my second year in “Minshar” Art college. We received B&W pictures and were ordered to recreate them in a one color scale, with black and white, and “a touch” of an additional color. The yellow touch is barely seen, mostly because I felt it wasn’t needed, and added it only due to the exercise’s instructions. For an artist, I do tend to be sqare and accurate when following instructions.

This piece is one of three, “blacksmith-builder-tailor”. They are all acrylic on wood, and were done as an exercise in “Minshar”. The point was to portray some “guild professionals” from a list. I had a total creative block, but the urge to make a god out of the blacksmith helped me break through. I’m very happy with this piece, especially since it includes manly men, that are so rare in my repertoire. Truth be told, I liked it so much, that these three are hanging in my house, in a very prominent location.

This piece is one of three, “blacksmith-builder-tailor”. They are all acrylic on wood, and were done as an exercise in “Minshar”. The point was to portray some “guild professionals” from a list. I had a total creative block, but the urge to make a god out of the blacksmith helped me break through. I’m very happy with this piece, especially since it includes manly men, that are so rare in my repertoire. Truth be told, I liked it so much, that these three are hanging in my house, in a very prominent location.

This piece is one of three, “blacksmith-builder-tailor”. They are all acrylic on wood, and were done as an exercise in “Minshar”. The point was to portray some “guild professionals” from a list. I had a total creative block, but the urge to make a god out of the blacksmith helped me break through. I’m very happy with this piece, especially since it includes manly men, that are so rare in my repertoire. Truth be told, I liked it so much, that these three are hanging in my house, in a very prominent location.

This is a pretty old piece, and sometimes I wonder why did I even put it on the site. It’s not that remarkable. The thing is, one day, I was googling “rouge”, or “rouge x-men” or whatever, and this painting was in the first result page of the images. I think I now keep it on the site for the honor of it only.