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FinalistZarina Situmorang Moscow, Russia, Hope, oil, 20 x 20 cm (8 x 8")
My Inspiration
My family believed that you need to have
a special, natural-born talent to become an
artist. Well, I didn’t have it. Hope is what
motivated me to go against other people’s
opinion in my desire to become an artist.
And the light of hope was the only thing
that guided me through the dark days of
despair. I wanted to create this painting as
a symbol of hope so it will be a reminder to
keep up the light in the heart.My Design Strategy
My strategy was led by the shape of the
canvas. I wanted to emphasize it. A circle
in a circle? Why not! I rejected the idea
of the portrait immediately because thegrain of the canvas was too large. At that
moment I already painted 19 hands for
another artwork and, apparently, couldn’t
stop. When I need to come up with an idea,
I usually walk, think and go through the
options until I find an idea that will make
me jump from my chair, run to my husband
and start describing: “Imagine a canvas,
a dark background, two hands together
and they glow from the inside! And this
picture is called Hope!” If it happens, then
everything will be fine.My Working Process
I always start with a color sketch. Life taught
me—if I don’t make a small sketch right
away, then later I’ll feel the pain. I’m notthe fastest learner so I had to throw away a
couple of paintings before the importance of
color sketches hit me. Its goal is to establish
the relationship between values and colors.
No details, as if you are looking at the
painting from far away. The next step is to
move to canvas. Firstly, I take a big brush
and do a rough layer showing the future
painting in general. The second layer; I do
everything that I can wet on wet, adding
details and overpainting the bottom layer.
The last stage is to add some corrections
where needed.Contact Details
» Email: [email protected]
» Instagram: @zarinasart