Animals

This piece illustrates different peoples reactions to change. Some can fear it, some can be angry with it, and others are intrigued. The bird and the color it produces of course, represents the change. By the way, that bird is actually a species of magpie.

Another animal I really admire, the eagle (although I actually really admire all bird of prey). While painting animals like this, I always like to imagine it lifting it's great wings and flying off the painting.

Swans are such majestic creatures, and I they represented a type of hope when I was bullied at school in Russia. Just like the Ugly Duckling story, even if I was "ugly", I couldn't speak Russian up to the standard, I wasn't liked much among the students, and didn't really fit in, I could still be a beautiful and graceful swan on the inside and in the future.

This is a piece that I drew in my 8th grade sketchbook. I was inspired by Jack London's book White Fang, this book is about a half wolf and his journey through his life. It's a really good book, and I was enchanted by Jack London's words, and I loved the way they described him when he growled. Here I attempted to recreate the dog's growls through my art.

We've seen this type of swan pose before right? Two swans, supposedly a couple, where their long necks conveniently make the shape of a heart. Well, I wanted to create my own version, and that's what I've attempted to do here!

I don't know if you can tell this about me yet, but I'm fascinated with angry animals. Growing wolves, hissing wild cats, and snakes in their "S" shaped striking poses, I don't know why but they are super interesting to me, but they are and I really like to draw them. Here I practice drawing these type of animals by illustrating a fierce wolf attacking a muscle filled wild cat.

Peacocks are such beautiful creatures. They are decorated with some of my favorite colors and seem to act as a symbol of elegance. Did you know that only the males are actually peacocks, the females are called peahens.

Once any creature on the earth becomes mature enough and finds their partner, they naturally start having children. Where animals are concerned, I always wonder how a female wolf knows how to raise her children for the first time. She has no guide book, no internet, no way to talk to her own mom and ask her, It's just her and her mate, and some animals don't even have their mates there while raising their children! It's incredible to think about.

Our family actually have a whole book talking about snakes, and I used to read it a lot. I was inspired by the information that the book gave me. They are such beautiful, mysterious creatures! I am pretty convinced I'll get one of my own as a pet when I'm older (most likely a non-venomous one though).

In my talented art class, I was given the assignment to draw what I thought was my spirit animal. I don't know if I would still consider the wolf to be my spirit animal, but I'm still very much inspired by these creatures.

This was a painting of my dog on his first birthday. In the morning we gave him a toy avocado, and while watching him play with it for the first time I took a picture of him with it and painted this picture that very day.

Another thing that I find fascinating is what makes a wolf pack. If you didn't know, wolves are monogamous, which basically means that they have one mate their entire life. A wolf pack contains the alpha male and female, the original parents of the pack, and their children of various ages, and sometimes their children's children. So basically, a pack of wolves is like living and traveling with your family. They hunt together, and take care of each other and all look after the pups (wolf puppies).

While I love math and science, I also love fantasy, magic, and especially the enchanted creatures. Mixing the ideas of horse themed enchanted creatures (like unicorns and pegasuses) and the pheonix, I've created a horse with a flaming mane and tail.

Puppies are the cutest thing, don't you think? As well as German Shepherds, Leonbergers, and Huskeys, the Goldendoodle breed is one of my favorite breed of dog. I also added almost a whole rainbow array of fresh plants (like fruits, vegetables, and flowers) in this painting.