Καλό Μήνα, everyone! Thank you for checking out another Artist Newsletter update!
Greetings! ✍🏻
Good afternoon and a wonderful month of March to you!
Beware the Ides of March..? 👀 Well, as winter winds down and the threat of snow fades, it’s wonderful to look forward to more daylight, and maybe even some spring weather! 🌸
THE ROMANOV FAMILY MARTYRS
March saw the completion of the Romanov family portraits in watercolor. They were wonderful to draw and even better to paint and to be honest, are quite fascinating indeed.
The Romanov Family were poised, attractive, cultured, refined, and were Martyrs in The Orthodox Church for Jesus Christ. ☦️ Painting them was a real joy, and I looked forward to the next creative challenge with zeal!
One aspect of the family which was interesting to interpret was the nonchalant way in which they presented themselves for the camera.
Of course, they were used to being photographed even back then, when cameras were not so common, and so many great photos existed of the family that just when I thought I found the proper reference photo, I would stumble upon an even more brilliant portrait of the family! Lol! It was an embarrassment of riches, as they say, but being as they are a subject I will return to in the near future, it is a Blessing that their pictures are so numerous.
Until next time, I wish you good health, Godspeed, and The Lord’s Blessings!
Thank you for reading! 📖
Sincerely,
Elias K. Andrinopoulos
