Svetlana Zaytseva

I was born in a small village. From my early childhood, I had good drawing and painting skills. Without any special education I understood how to draw volume, I saw proportions, and tone colors as well. Unfortunately there was no art school in the village and becoming an adult, I stopped drawing. After school I moved to the city and graduated University on Philologist specialisation and started working in big international companies. But I never felt myself as a business person and my career moved very slowly. I felt that, even as an adult person, I wanted to draw. So I took a simple grey pencil and started drawing. I realised that my skills had not disappeared and I started to draw and draw, many hours each day. I read art books, took lessons from other artists, and watched a lot of teaching videos. Most of all I liked pastel. I improve my technique every day. I also started to participate in exhibitions and won. Now people want to see my artworks in their homes and I’m happy.