Profile
Natalia is an artist and illustrator born and based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. She graduated from Nicholay Roerich art college with a degree in painting, then studied graphic arts in Saint Petersburg State Academic lnstitute of Art, Sculpture and Architecture named after I.Е. Repin (Russian Academy of Arts). She has worked as a freelance artist in different art genres and an illustrator for book Publishing House Mescheryakova, ‘Clever-media’ publishing house and ‘Rockcult’ magazine. She also completed a graphic design program at International Design School in Saint Petersburg in 2016-2017. She works mainly with watercolors and acrylic paints, ink pen and markers and sometimes with digital and vector illustrations. She draws inspiration from mythology, folklore, old fairy tales, nature, rock, metal (and other kinds of "darker" and underground) music. Besides illustrations, she does landscape and cityscape paintings and drawings. She was invited as a resident artist to art residencies in Norway, Lithuania and Russia.
Style/Techniques
Black & White, Engraving, Fine Art, Graphic, Pen & Ink, Realism, Stipple, Watercolor, Whimsical, Concept Art, Vector
Subject/Specialties
Humor, Adventure, Animals, Book Covers, Botanical, Celebrities, Children's Books, Comic Book, Editorial, Fantasy, Fashion/Cosmetics, Historical, Landscape, Music, Mystery, Nature, People, Portrait, Posters, Sci-Fi, Travel, Wildlife, Vintage / Retro, Spiritual, Ethnic, Grunge