Russia’s Master Artist FINALLY Agrees to Reveal 18th Century Art Techniques Handed Down Since the “Golden Age of Russia”!
The “Russian Style” has never been documented before … but today, you’ll get the opportunity to learn it firsthand from one of Russia’s finest master Impressionists!
Today's Price: $197
I couldn’t believe it when he said yes…
After years of waiting, it’s finally becoming a reality...
The Western world can now witness how the Russians paint their masterpieces.
What you’re about to discover are techniques that have never been documented before...
I’m talking about 18th-century art techniques of Russian Impressionism that have been handed down since 1789!
This is the first time the techniques of this master will be recorded on video ... and now you can finally learn and apply them to your own paintings!
The Birth of Russian Impressionism...
When the Empress Catherine the Great ruled Russia, from 1762 to 1796, the country went through a major change. During her reign, she revitalized Russia; it grew larger and stronger, and was recognized as one of the great powers of Europe.
Today, that period is widely considered the Golden Age of Russia.
One of the Empress’ goals was to fill her homeland with beauty the world had never seen before. She desired to make cities like Saint Petersburg so beautiful that Paris would look bland in comparison.
So she came up with a genius idea...
She imported Paris’ best sculptors, painters, and architects to design her city and train her craftsmen. She also founded the Imperial Academy of Arts to train young Russians to achieve her vision.
The prestigious Imperial Academy was completed in 1789, and it stands today as one of the largest art schools worldwide — complete with a significant museum of paintings, sculpture, and plaster casts.
The Academy has developed a reputation as one of the finest art schools in the world, training artists who became world-renowned, like Ilya Repin, Ivan Shishkin, Vladimir Makovsky, and many others. These artists were responsible for what has become known today as the “Russian Style.”
In 1991, the school was renamed the Saint Petersburg Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, and even today it remains true to the vision of its founding in 1789!
The Institute’s goal is to train and prepare artists to reach their highest level of mastery, and only the finest artists get to become professors there.
In fact, professors are carefully hand-picked to ensure they preserve Russia’s quality of art and its legacy!
To be accepted as a student into the Institute is not easy. Out of hundreds of applicants, only 20 to 30 students are accepted each year.
These are the best of the best, and most of these students start drawing at age 7! Then they spend the rest of their lives refining their craft under the guidance of some of the Institute’s top instructors.
One of those instructors is Nikolai Blokhin, and today he is in such high demand that he no longer teaches in person … which is why I was so excited when he agreed to teach his techniques in a video!
What Can You Expect from Nikolai Blokhin’s New Art Video?
The Russians are famous for their style of Impressionism, using thick paint to create great, expressive paintings with powerful emotions.
There’s also a certain exactness to their style ... the creation of form ... the feeling of the subject … all thanks to the skills that have been passed down through generations of master instructors.
Blokhin’s paintings have been sold for half a million dollars or more, and are collected by respected patrons of the arts and top collectors worldwide.
Mary Peterson, an attendee at the Figurative Art Convention & Expo (FACE), watched Nikolai paint live on stage. After seeing this master at work, she just had to have the painting.
About Nikolai and the painting, Mary says this:
Today, You’ll Get the Chance to Learn from Blokhin Himself as His Words of Wisdom Have Been Masterfully Translated from Russian to English for the video.
Introducing Blokhin’s Art Video: Russian Master Portraits
This will be one of the most unique videos in your collection...
Because you’ll experience hours of demonstration and instruction from the Russian master himself!
This video is ready to go and you have a chance to get it for yourself right now.
If you’d like to watch it right away, select the instant video version and you’ll get to see Nikolai in action in just a few minutes.
What’s exciting about Russian Master Portraits:
Witness Blokhin’s Unique Preparation
You’ll see a very brief insight into how he gets his model to pose, and how he lays out his locally produced St Petersburg oil paints.
Blokhin’s experience enables him to decide upon a strong composition and placement on the canvas with no preliminary sketches.
Develop Expression & Detail
As you progress through the video, you’ll see how Nikolai rapidly develops the details and accents that capture the likeness and expression of the model. He needs to be fast because, just like in the days of old when tsars or kings could only sit for a limited time to be painted, he has to be quick!
Watch him apply globs of barely mixed paint as texture on the costume, spreading it here and there in gooey tendrils of color that become textile.
From the Ground Up
Translated from Russian to English, Blokhin explains the fundamental stages of the entire process. You’ll get to see a full demonstration of how he paints a piece called Old Harlequin.
He’ll use a variety of tools and mediums, like oil paints, turpentine, (dammar) varnish, and linseed oil. He’ll also show how he uses paper, sepia, chalk, or sepia pencil for drawing.
Finishing the Painting
You’ll be amazed by how the smallest scrape into the paint with the brush handle can create a feeling of soft light hitting a shoulder.
Observe the broad sweep of rich, thin purple that pushes a section of fabric into shadow, giving form to an arm underneath. Watch how smudges made with the artist’s thumb become a passage of light on the figure.
See how the model’s hand emerges with masterful additions of lighter and darker passages of paint.
Highlights of Nikolai Blokhin’s Russian Master Portraits Video:
"OLD HARLEQUIN" by Nikolai Blokhin
A Rare and Wonderful Opportunity for You
This is a rare opportunity to learn and master the art of Russian Impressionism from the great Nikolai Blokhin himself...
After you go through this video, we’re confident your painting skills will dramatically improve.
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