Art of Kimono

Collection #1

Stylization of Japanese woodblock prints inspired by ancient Japanese mythology. The medium is watercolor with light touch of guash . It is very special technique originally created by artist through years of practice and experimentation, by fusion of different traditions of watercolor painting into new innovative manner.
(more about Irina V. Ivanova’s watercolor technique)

Irina studied methods of watercolor since her childhood. Starting in the art school at the age of 9, she was trained in traditional techniques of watercolor painting. Russian artistic and scholastic tradition in art has a very profound and deeply unique history of watercolor, but through years of practice and studies, by the time of Irina getting Masters Degree in graduate school, she started to bring in a lot of innovations in her, before very traditional, style. The nature of those innovations came from studies of oriental techniques: painting by ink, Chinese �guohua painting �, Japanese Sumi-e. Gradually, her method of watercolor painting was shaped as a very unique style, integrating European watercolor traditions with methods and logic of Oriental painting.
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These artwork were demonstrated on the art show
East meets west


#0004 Dancing width the Fan Watercolor 15"x22"	#0005 The Rite of Sunrise Watercolor 15"x22"	#0006 The Shadows of the Dance Watercolor 15"x22"

Collection #2

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Stylized reinterpretation of kimono’s silhouette with emphasis on crisp and unambiguous outline of dress and pattern of fabric, inspired by classical Japanese woodblock prints . Medium is a mix of original , freehand ink on paper drawing and digital rendering
(more about ink on paper technique ) Ink on paper (more about Irina V. Ivanova’s watercolor technique)

Ink on paper All ink on paper artwork in the collection are created only with wooden stick, without any other tools, such as brushes. This is an ancient oriental technique that was learned by Irina from early stages of her art education, and she practiced in this medium through decades, attaining absolute mastery.
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#0007 Japanese beauty #1 Digital print 36"x48"	#0008 Japanese beauty #2 Digital print 36"x48"	#0009 Japanese beauty #3 Digital print 36"x48"

#0262
Japanese kimono
digital print on canvas ( Geclee)
30"x40"

Collection #3


#0010 Lilac kimono #1 Watercolor, pencil 8. 5"x12"	#0011 Lilac kimono #2 Watercolor, pencil 8. 5"x12"	#0012 Lilac kimono #3Watercolor, pencil 8. 5"x12"

Japaneese kimono

Art of Kimono/Japaneese visage/digital print on canvas ( Geclee)/20"x30"

#0261
Japaneese visage
digital print on canvas ( Geclee)
20"x30"