Ksenia Tikhomirova

My name is Ksenia Tikhomirova, I live in Moscow, Russia. Since childhood, I loved to draw, from 8 to 13 years old I studied at the art school and graduated with honors but then there was a break that lasted for many years.

During this time, I graduated from the Chemistry Department of Moscow State University, defended my Ph.D. thesis in organic chemistry and became a scientist. But all these years I dreamed of returning to my passion again. And in 2018, after the birth of my second child, my dream finally came true: I began to study watercolor painting and from that moment I found inner harmony again, found a part of myself. It was watercolor that always attracted me, but it also seemed to be the most complex technique. Independent attempts to return to drawing brought only disappointment, so I started with studying on a large online watercolor course, and then continued to study on my own through many online lessons and master classes by different artists, I practiced really a lot, I painted every day.
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It gave the result: I drew better and better every day. I won more than 15 times in different online art competitions and marathons, including international.

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I tried different watercolor techniques and genres, but fin...

Art school, graduated with honors
Online courses in more than 5 art schools

1. 01/09-01/10/2020 - III International Siberian Watercolor salon and exhibition «The world of Amazonia» organized by Association of artists “Siberian Watercolor Society” and gallery “Collezione Privata”, Novosibirsk, Russia

2. 18/09-11/10/2020 - Exhibition of botanical art «Flower splashes» organized by SABA (Society of Artists of Botanical Art), Sochi Art Museum, Sochi, Russia

3. 10/09-10/12/2020 - online exhibition and art festival «Unique planet», organized by online magazine «Art for planet»

4. 02/10-18/10/2020 - Exhibition «Memories of spring» organized by World of Modern Watercolor Society, Antique Center, Moscow, Russia

5. 03/10-11/10/2020 - V International exhibition of botanical and animal illustration and painting «Tropics from Capricorn to Cancer. Flora and Fauna», organized by online magazine «Aquarelle Cafe», Moscow Timiryazev State Biological Museum, Moscow, Russia

6. 01/11-18/12/2020 - Exhibition of botanical art «Akibare - autumn transparency» organized by SABA (Society of Artists of Botanical Art), The Botanic Gardens of Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

7. 14/11-06/12/2020 - International exhibition of botanical painting and illustration «Revived flower of Panacea. Medical plants of the wo...