A Week of Dates.

Kharkiv, Parents, Materials and Plants.

1. August 23rd was the birthday of the city where I grew up - Kharkiv. I found some pictures to share to tell you a little bit about the day.

2. It’s been eighteen months since the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine. I count the days in my weekly posts. And I know why.

3. I had a lovely morning of experiments last week but could not leave backgrounds alone and ended up with three portraits of one of my plants. Its name is Spot and it is a rattlesnake Calathea. 

4. A friend’s new watercolors. My new paint sticks. All in one afternoon of playing with the materials. Some notes on what color and technique combinations worked for me. A perfect way to almost close my travel sketchbook.

Thanks for reading, and thanks for looking! 
Nina

More about Kharkiv - photos from my travel archives:

These two organizations are helping with getting humanitarian aid to people in Ukraine:  Nova Ukraine and World Central Kitchen. 

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