I had only an hour for my decision to go to the village of Kriushkino. It takes 3 hours from Moscow, near by Pereslavl-Zalessky. Bato and Irina had just returned from Sevastopol plein airs. They were planning to go there for the weekend and can pick me up. They didn't even unpack your suitcases. Bato lives like he paints - fast and unpredictably. Perpetum mobile with brushes. Of course, I always wanted to know what's he really like? And also I would like to see the fairy-tale house, the favorite Bato’s cat and the lake landscapes. Irina told about it with a special light in her eyes.... So, two days with Irina and Bato.

Today the personal exhibition "Painting" of Veronika Lobareva is taking place in Irkutsk. This is a rare event at the present time. Most exhibitions around the world have moved online. Of course, it's great that we have the opportunity to see paintings by artists. It doesn't matter where we are - at home or at the North Pole. We need the Internet and a telephone only. Undoubtedly, a painting and the painting photo are incomparable neither to sensation, nor perception, nor the energy of this painting. But if there are no other options, we try to reproduce the atmosphere of a "live event" using photographs, videos and music. And Veronica answers our and your questions.

Ilya Zorkin is a representative of a new generation of artists who continue the tradition of the Russian classical school of painting. It's interesting he wasn't going to be an artist. He supposed to go to the military academy after school for continue the family tradition. But something went wrong. He studied mathematics, changed universities and faculties. Finally he entered the Repin Academy of Arts. He was already 25 years old! He successfully graduated the Academy at thirty. He was offered to stay at the University. Today he has a course for first-year students.

At this strange time, life gradually goes online. To be honest, there is not enough live human communication. Not everyone was able to fly to the Moscow ARTLIFE FEST 2020, where the works of Anna Berezovskaya were presented. But then we have the opportunity to conduct a virtual tour together with the author of the paintings.

His friends say how that being children they used to chase a ball on the street. But Herman stayed at home, sat at the table and painted. Today he has made friends with a lot of famous people - actors, pop stars, matadors, football players, journalists ... Even Placito Domingo has his pictures at home.

Everyone knows who is Vicente Romero is. He is a Spanish painter and a poet of female beauty, well known for his romantic female portraits. He studied at the most prestigious art school in Spain - San Fernando, like Salvador Dali. Now he draws romantic female portraits to order and for his pleasure he paints portraits of men in the Rembrandt's style. But most importantly he has a talent for life! He is the person who enjoys every day, every minute. Everybody says that his pictures are filled with colors and life. Do you want to paint like he does it? Let's start to learn the art of live.

Miguel Linares is a famous serious artist. He is a participant of numerous exhibitions and a laureate of many awards. He uses different materials (watercolor, pastel, oil, acrylic). And he works in different techniques and styles - realistic landscapes and portraits, illustrations and comics, watercolor paintings ... It is hard to believe that for a long time he couldn't make up his mind about becoming an artist. He had many occupations before that - a carpenter, a handyman, a locksmith, even a butcher. Recently, he prefers watercolors. His landscapes seem to be quite realistic at first. But if you look at them closely you discover a unique dreamlike and cozy world of its own.

Blanca Álvarez is very young but already well-known artist. We met in Malaga. Her watercolours are bright and airy. And she is bright as well, smiling, graceful, with wide-eyes. You can write your questions to Blanca here.