— Learn how to work with a pencil. This is a unique and simplest tool that can display up to 50 shades of gray. As well as any drawing, we start with an outline, a sketch, which we also write with a pencil. Any sketch on the way, on the road, can also be done using a pencil. Very convenient.

— In what atmosphere and setting do you usually paint?

— I like to work in the morning on a sunny day with good background music of foreign pop. I usually work 4-5 hours a day. There are exceptions when it takes 7-8 hours.

— Какие 3 книги вы бы посоветовали прочитать каждому человеку?

— F.M.Dostoevsky's "Demons", L.N.Tolstoy's "War and Peace", Agni Yoga – The Teaching of living Ethics. I consider these works to be very important for understanding the real historical reality of our country. — Tell us about your greatest fear. — I have no fears. All these are fantasies of our brain, which can be successfully regulated and directed in the right direction. With the help of painting, for example, or meditation.

— Tell us about your plans for the near future.

— I am working on creating a series of botanical paintings. Flowers should decorate our every space. It is very interesting to study the diversity of nature in shades, colors, forms of flora, as well as techniques of transfer to the canvas. I want to prepare a personal exhibition in our city. And then in Moscow. In our provincial city, a traditional original culture is developing more, including in painting. I also want to introduce the audience to new trends in modern painting.

— Is it safe to say that you are a happy person?

— Yes, absolutely. Despite the fact that I had to go through serious life trials, I found my old new direction in life. The wide variety of the creative process has no limit. You can improve endlessly here. Life does not stand still, flows like a full-flowing river and is filled with new ideas, methods of work, I want to have time to learn more and more, because I have little time left. This is happiness. There is a lot to strive for

— Do you consider yourself lucky?

— Luck accompanies me. In just three years, I have managed to declare myself at exhibitions, fairs, and have diplomas of the laureate of international exhibitions. I receive many invitations to participate in international competitions in other countries. She became a member of the Union of Russian Artists.

— How do you react to criticism of yourself?

— I gratefully accept criticism from experts, as I am still learning a lot. After all, I do not have a professional art education. I am a psychologist and I study with artists in online courses. In other cases, I recall I.A. Krylov's fable "The Elephant Painter". There are many advisers, but my inner state, vision and experience are at the forefront.

— Would you like to change the past if you could?

— Yes, I regret that I did not become an artist sooner.

— Can loneliness be useful?

— For me personally, loneliness is very exciting and useful. This is the time I've been dreaming about for a long time. It is important for me to have time to communicate with myself, with my inner self, with my soul, if you want. The depth of the unconscious is endless. There are such bins, such bowels, such mega galaxies that require a separate deep awareness, rethinking without fuss and extraneous introduction. There are all the answers to all the questions. You just need to be alone. Getting to know loneliness can be very useful. People are afraid of this in vain. And this is not some kind of verdict. You can always get out of this state at will. Life is cyclical.

— Do you believe that punishment will inevitably overtake everyone who deserves it?

— Eastern philosophy confirms the universal law of Cause and Effect, the so-called law of Karma. Any act of a person has a cause and effect, and vice versa. Everything happens according to the principle of "What you sow, you reap." You will not get a wheat harvest by sowing cabbage. You will not receive praise by humiliating a person. And who deserves to be punished? We humans have no right to judge our neighbor. Everything will happen according to the law of Karma sooner or later. And the options may be different.

— What childhood dreams have you been able to make a reality?

— You can say that I even surpassed my childhood dreams. I remember how my brother gave me a box of oil paints for my birthday. It was the limit of dreams. And a very expensive gift for those times. And what was my disappointment – no one taught me how to use them. And so the secret remained in a box on the shelf for many years. Now I paint not only in oil, but also with many other compositions of paints and pigments.

— Is success luck or self—improvement?

— Success comes when you do what you love. Most often, a person begins to look for negativity in himself and turns to various beliefs. It is difficult and dangerous to work on yourself, if you do not have special knowledge, you can go crazy. Thus, they go more and more into self-flagellation and self-criticism. This is fraught with bad consequences, especially for people who are impressionable and suspicious. As Z. said.Freud: "I will never treat an artist, because he treats himself!". By working productively, success will come.