Sunny Day - Ballpoint Pen Art Drawing

Sunny Day was created in 2016 with a basic ballpoint pen on whatman paper. This particular piece took over 250 hours hours to complete. Ballpoint Pen Art is unique and exclusive medium, time consuming and it must absolutely be precise as each and every stroke of a pen can ruin the entire artwork. Unlike many other mediums there is no room for error, there is no erasing and no going back. Once the ink has been applied to the paper it is there indefinitely. In my drawing Sunny Day, I’m introducing a beautiful architectural work, the Church of Cosmas and Damian. Constructed in 1794, it is different in style from the typical architectural structures of that time, like St. Petersburg classic construction of that era, which leads to the conclusion that the church is designed by one of the pupils of the famous architect V.V. Rastrelli. Although I briefly touched on the subject in the past, in Sunny Day the emphasis falls on all the beauty of the Orthodox architecture highlighting its historical values. In this atypical creation I attempt to focus the viewer’s attention first on the experience perceived from the drawing, additional details will slowly come to light later. If the theater of light and shadows created in blue monochrome conveys the feeling of a sunny day, then several figures dressed in light jackets allow the viewer to feel the temperature of the air. Carelessly traced surrounding trees redirect the viewer’s attention to the church, allowing to fully enjoy the beauty and grandeur of this architectural monument. Artwork was featured in a number of magazines and countless online articles all over the globe.