Olga Larionova has already become famous not only in Russia, but also abroad, thanks to her unusually talented realistic drawings and portraits written in pencil. Often her portraits cannot be distinguished from photographs.
Olga graduated from an architectural university, but works as an interior designer. She started drawing portraits at 12-14, then tried herself in different genres, but soon realized that her passion in art was “hyperrealism”. Olga calls herself self-taught, because she never studied professional academic drawing. However, looking at her portraits, it is difficult to believe that with the help of an ordinary automatic pencil and eraser, one can achieve such photographic accuracy and realism.
Olga works out every detail of the drawing, because increased attention to the details, in her opinion, main secret photorealistic works. To see flaws, she photographs or scans the portrait, then refines it: adds highlights with white ink or a gel pen, and uses other artistic techniques. On average, an A4 portrait takes Olga from 3 to 5 days, and for larger works - up to several months.
Olga Larionova painted many portraits of celebrities, in her collection: Rihanna, Jared Leto, Christina Aguilera, Robert Downey Jr. and many other movie and music stars who were her muses. However, now the artist prefers to work with emotional subject photographs. Olga says that she draws for herself, and that the process of drawing itself brings her great pleasure. Many of her works published in blogs and in social networks, delight and inspire other artists to be creative and to find their own style.
