Self Portrait Soft Cubism: Vilen Barsky and Alla Horska Watercolor

Written by Teresita Blanco (The Artsy Sister)

I made two new watercolor self-portraits. They imitate the style of Vilen Barsky and Alla Horska. Both reference paintings are in black and white.

My version has color. I do not like the monochrome look. It looks a bit unfinished. It is for this reason that I added color to my self-portraits.

The first painting shows Vilen Barsky’s wife. I cropped the reference material. I needed to make it a long vertical painting.

Vertical paintings look better on Tiktok. Like all my artworks, I first drew the pencil, then I added ink over it. I erased the pencil lines before adding the watercolors.

Barskyi or Barsky was a Ukrainian painter. He eventually moved to Germany. There he continued to paint, until he kicked the bucket.

His artwork doesn’t necessarily fall under one particular style or another. He was fond of experimentation. So, his paintings evolved a lot overtime.

The next self-portrait mimics the style of Alla Horska. Horska is another Ukrainian painter. Her painting style is similar to Cubism.

In 1962, she founded the Club of Creative Youth.  Of all her artworks, Bride is the one I like best. I used it as a template to make my self-portrait. I took a selfie of myself with a red veil.

I used plenty of glitter paints for this artwork. Overall, it was an interesting effort. I think I ranted enough about my artwork. My name is Teresita Blanco, the Artsy Sister. Bye, bye and God bless.