Nikolai Blokhin: Russian Master Portraits

, painting , shading , paint , portrait , oilpainting In this video, Nikolai Blokhin will demonstrate the fundamental stages of the portrait painting process. The angles and closeup details of the camera are extraordinary as you watch this painting unfold. his multitude of brushes, using a scraper tool and his fingers is amazing Born in 1968 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, this young master has emerged as one of the most important artists of his time. Trained first at the district art school before entering the Repin Institute, Blokhin attained a solid academic foundation in art which can be traced, admired and interpreted today in some of Russias famous masters from the turn of the 20th century. While cultivating ideals realised by many of his predecessors in Russian art theory, Blokhins search towards a traditional expressive language consumed him in his early academic years. It was not until he entered the Academy of Arts that he began to search the canons of those who broke with traditi