Drawing titled "Cactus blooming fest" by Natalie Levkovska, Original Artwork, Gouache

Cactus blooming fest (2021) Drawing by Natalie Levkovska

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Original Artwork (One Of A Kind) Drawing, Gouache / Pencil on Paper

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One of a kind (OOAK / Original Artwork)

One-of-a-kind works of art are also known as “OOAK” artworks. This means that every work of art is unique and there will never be another identical one.
Dimensions Height 28.4in, Width 20.5in
Framing This artwork is not framed
Categories Drawings under $1,000 Illustration Animal

“Cactus blooming fest”, paper, gouache, colour pencils, 52x72 cm (20.3x27.5’) 2021, series “Life’s little things”
Middle of a sweltering summer. Neighbours, passing by, look curiously at the balcony of the 2nd floor, where a huge cactus bloomed with lush pink flowers. On both sides of the flower, Pukis and Spyglė are sitting in silent contemplation. Pukis - a ginger cat, like from a cartoon about Shrek, sometimes hangs his paws through the railing of the balcony and carefully examines the passers-by. Spigle, a Beagle dog with her clever eyes also watches from above what is happening below, sometimes leaving to patrol the apartment.
The happy owner of this household Diana, says that at night the cactus flowers bloom even more and exude a strong, incomparable sweet aroma, to which midges flock. At night, to the sounds of crickets, all the household (Diana, Pūkis + Spyglė) go to admire this short-term miracle. “Almost like in Japan, when cherry blossoms are in bloom,” laughs Diana.
Thanks to Diana for letting me admire this splendour and take the photos that served as the basis for this drawing.
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Середина душного лета. Соседи, проходя мимо с любопытством заглядываются на балкон 2-го этажа, где огромной величины кактус расцвел пышными розовыми цветами. По обе стороны цветка в немом созерцании сидят Пукис/Pūkis и Спигле/Spyglė. Пукис – рыжий кот, как из мультфильма про Шрека, порой свешивает лапы сквозь решетку перил балкона и внимательно рассматривает прохожих. Спигле, умными глазами на поседевшей морде тоже следит сверху за происходящим внизу, временами отлучаясь, чтобы про патрулировать квартиру.
Счастливая обладательница этого хозяйства Диана говорит, что ночью цветы кактуса распускаются еще сильнее и источают сильный ни с чем не сравнимый сладкий аромат, на который слетается мошкара. Ночью, под звуки сверчков все домашние (Диана, Пукис + Спигле) идут любоваться на это кратковременное чудо. “Практически, как в Японии, при цветении сакур” – смеется Диана.
Спасибо Диане за то, что позволила полюбоваться этим великолепием и сделать фото, которые послужили основой для этого рисунка.

About this artwork: Classification, Techniques & Styles

Gouache

The substances are diluted with water and rendered pasty and opaque by the addition of gum and honey. The colors become opaque and can, therefore, be superimposed, which makes one paint with gouache as with oil. The gouache is recommended by its bright, fresh and delicate tones.

Technic Drawing

Drawing is a technique of visual representation on a flat support. The term "drawing" designates both the action of drawing, the resulting graphic work, and the shape of any object. It is also a representation on a surface of the shape (and possibly the light and shadow values) of an object or figure, rather than their color. There are a large number of drawing techniques: “Linear drawing” represents objects by their outlines, edges and some characteristic lines; beyond this limit, the drawing develops by representing the volume by shadows, often by means of hatching, incorporates colors, and joins, without clear transition, the painting.

Natalie Levkovska

Lithuania

Natalie Levkovska is an experienced Lithuanian painter and illustrator. In 1995, she obtained a degree in stone, bone and wood processing from a master artist (Abramtsevo College of Applied Arts), and in 1999 she completed a degree in costume design (Vilnius Academy of Arts). She then became a costume designer for the cinema industry, and later a fur designer. In 2006, she decided to change her life: she moved to London to work in a design studio, and started to experiment oil painting.

She creates simple and poetic artworks, mixing surrealism and naive art. Her artistic universe is a kind of magic realism: she likes to show real life objects and try to bring out the magical pulsation of space. The plots of her creations are taken from her life: a birch glade near her house at different times of the year, the portrait of a loved one, her village in the snow...

Natalie Levkovska have organized 19 personal exhibitions, participated in a lot of paintings and drawings events, and her drawings can be found in many private collections.