Our featured Painting of the Week comes from Ukrainian artist Vera Kavura, who has been drawing and painting with pastels since 2017. She says her favorite subject is flowers: “As a part of wildlife, they are natural, beautiful, and diverse. I always paint from a live bouquet used natural light, so my work begins with the composition of a bouquet, the selection of flowers based on their form and color.”
This year, she returns to the faculty of Pastel Live, an online art conference taking place September 17-19, 2025. Learn more and register now at PastelLive.com!
Vera adds that “a single photo cannot reflect the shine of a flower’s petals; by painting a bouquet with pastel, I’m able to catch changes in the light and shadows, and even the movement of the petals.
“To make smile a viewer and feel a sweet mood – this is my mission in the drawing, by means of flashing the real miracle of nature – flowers.”
In Vera’s PaintTube.TV workshop, discover the simple “switch” that will help you paint in just an hour and help you create paintings that stick in your viewer’s mind. Learn more about how to paint realistic flowers here.
