Featured Artist: Irina Troitskaya

I started my first Moleskine only one month ago. May be one and a half, I can't say exactly. I only remember that I didn't dare draw in it for a couple of days. Moleskine seemed too perfect! But at the same time when I looked at it, I wanted to draw. Those days I was thinking about to try some new stuff. For example to draw with soft-tip pens, but... All my sketchbooks didn't want it. Their paper wasn't heavy enough. Always got wet! Looking at Moleskine I thought: "What if..." And I was right.

I have many other sketchbooks, but love only one of them. I noticed that Moleskine disciplines me. I'm quite lazy to execute my ideas. Formerly I could just quit in the middle of drawing if I didn't like the result. But with Moleskine I can't permit myself to give up. I fight for every sketch till the end. And it works well!

I like to draw with pen and ink on craft paper. After then I scan my pics and colour them in Photoshop. No doubt digital art's wonderful. But from time to time I catch myself thinking about return to "real" colours. In the university I liked to paint in watercolors. Called them samurai-colors. Because you'd be very accurate and careful working with them. Like a samurai with his katana. Exciting! Now I'm dreaming about a new watercolor Moleskine. Hope someday I'll be able to get it. Think it finally turns me to watercolors and make my dream come true one more time.

Irina Troitskaya
Moscow, Russia

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Originally posted 7.7.06