Photorealism Christina Penesku

Christina Penesku drawings look so realistic that they are easily mistaken for photographs. Even more surprising is that Christina taught, she has no artistic education.

Christina was born in Romania, in Bucharest, in 1988. A year later, her family moved to California. Since childhood, the girl showed a love of art and wildlife, drawing dogs, cats, wolves. These drawings are made technique "vytsarapyvaniya." Take the hardboard panel with a smooth layer of white clay, and the top is painted with ink. Then, using a sharp knife Christina scratch out every detail of the figure, each hair. Complete image contains tens of thousands of small scratches, layers, one above the other. In the process of drawing
canvas several times covered layers of mascara, which applied new scratches. Thus, an additional tone which otherwise can not be obtained.