My project for course: Expressive Mixed-Media Illustration: Find Your Creative Flow

Petrykivka painting is a traditional Ukrainian decorative painting style, few centuries old. I've seen so many paintings and painted objects as a kid as I am coming from the same region of Ukraine where it originated. It does require distinctive brush techniques and skill with paint - none of which I have - so I child-imitated it with cheap marker pens. It feels weird as I've never especially liked Petrykivka until I realized it could be gone, together with great paintings, art books or beautiful museums as cities are destroyed all around me.