Virgin and Lion (2022) Drawing by Natalie Levkovska

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“Virgin and Lion” Every young girl wants to have her own domestic lion. :) This drawing shows a girl lying with her torso towards the viewer; her posture is a little mannered, which gives the drawing an element of unnaturalness, as happens in a dream: everything seems to be real, but some details do not converge, seem far-fetched, and therefore[...]
“Virgin and Lion”
Every young girl wants to have her own domestic lion. :)
This drawing shows a girl lying with her torso towards the viewer; her posture is a little mannered, which gives the drawing an element of unnaturalness, as happens in a dream: everything seems to be real, but some details do not converge, seem far-fetched, and therefore at some point we begin to doubt whether this is reality? And at this moment we wake up.
Of the clothes on the girl, only black simple panties are visible. Her tender, not yet heavy breasts are on display, her face is covered with an openwork mask. Her hair is styled in a chaste, straight-parted hairstyle, like a good girl from a decent family. With one hand, she strokes, and maybe holds back the lion standing behind her. Unlike the body of the girl, which is drawn in a fairly realistic manner, the lion is drawn in the style of an old engraving. The girl observes at the black-and-white spinning top in front of her.
All the action takes place against the background of soft pink and torques colours, which creates an atmosphere of light euphoria.
I drew a girl in class, she posed for the first time in front of an audience and it was clear that she was a little awkward. I set the easel a little far from nature, so I didn’t see the details very clearly, as can be seen from the drawing. I finished the background and the lion in the studio to create a story. In my opinion, it turned out to be playful :)

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Каждой юной деве хочется иметь своего ручного льва.
На этом рисунке изображена лежащая торсом к зрителю девушка; поза у нее немного манерная, что придает рисунку элемент неестественности как бывает во сне: все вроде реально, но какие-то детали не сходятся, кажутся надуманными и поэтому в какой-то момент мы начинаем сомневаться, а реальность ли это? И в этот момент мы просыпаемся.
Из одежды на деве только черные простые трусики, видна ее нежная еще не отяжелевшая грудь, лицо прикрыто ажурной маской. Волосы уложены в целомудренную прическу с прямым пробором, как у хорошей девушки из приличной семьи. Одной рукой она поглаживает, а может и сдерживает стоящего за ней льва. В отличие от тела девы, которая прорисована достаточно в реалистичной манере, лев нарисован в стиле старинной гравюры. Девушка, не отрываясь смотрит на крутящийся перед нею черно-белый волчок.
Все действо происходит на фоне нежно розового и голубого цветов, что создает атмосферу легкой эйфории.
Девушку я рисовала в классе, она впервые позировала перед аудиторией и было видно, что ей немного не ловко. Я несколько далековато поставила от натуры мольберт, поэтому не совсем четко видела детали, что видно по рисунку. Фон и льва я дорисовала в студии, чтобы создать историю. Получилось на мой взгляд игриво.

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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),[...]

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.

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