Ksenia Selianko

This year, my brush has danced with watercolors, blooming into a vibrant garden of flowers. Thank you, 2024, for the inspiration and the opportunity to paint. 

Thank you to everyone whose paths crossed mine this year for your attention to my work, your kind words, and for adding my pieces to your collections, decorating your spaces, or gifting them to others.  It all means so much to me! ♥ 

May our life's journey continue in 2025 :)

Summer inspires me to paint in nature. On this photo you can see the atmosphere of my plein air and some summer sketches.

Good news, friends! The book for which I painted watercolor illustrations was published, "The Best Time", by Marina Romanovich. The book is a literary diary of the author's life path, and its concept says that the best time is now. Always just now. Everything else is the treasures of our memory, but this is already the past. The book contains 22 of my watercolor paintings - 11 large per page and 11 small ones that complement the text. Works from this series are available for purchase, you can find them in the shop section "Book Best Time"

In the spring of 2019, I was invited to give a master class as part of an exhibition of botanical art in the Kiev Botanical Garden. Of course, I am not working in the style of classical botanical art. The theme of my demo was how to transform a flower image based on photoreference to convey emotion and your vision, not just the authentic look of the plant.

During 2017-2018 I taught watercolor sketching at the international school "Fantasy room". I had small groups of 5-12 students and with each group we went through 8 different stories and topics. Newcomers often came to my lessons and my task was to make them fall in love with watercolor, as well as teach a variety of basic techniques so that in the future a person could reveal himself in creativity, and not only imitate my watercolor style. The photo on the left shows the work of my students, on the photo on the right - the atmosphere of the studio :)

I was a friend of the Royal Talens brand and represented them as an artist at the World of Stationery exhibition in Kyiv. At this exhibition I presented new colors in the watercolor palette "Van Gogh" by Royal Talens. It was an amazing experience! I showed the features of my painting technique, and talked about new colors and how they can be used in artwork. In the foreground of the photo, you can see a sketchbook of my watercolors. Flowers and architecture are my two favorite themes!