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Wednesday, June 24, 2026

My favourite brushes are available worldwide now!

 Hi! It's been awhile since I posted here last time. Lots of water passed away. We survived pandemic, started an online school, moved to another country... only one sentence but a big part of life!

I wonder if someone still will see my post on my blog. So I have started with an announcement. A Spanish online shop is in collaboration with Roubloff Art brushes manufactor and it is possible to purchase the brushes I always have been using. There is also a discount with my promocode STERKHOV20

You can purchase the  SET OF 5 ART BRUSHES or SINGLE BRUSHES separately. Don't forget the Promocode for your discount.


Those brushes is the result of a long selection. I've been working with Roubloff since 2010 and it was an intense collaboration. I tested dosens of brushes and those you can see here are capable almost of anything... Maybe I sound too enthusiastic though. However I have painted all my watercolour works with the help of those tools.
Konstantin Sterkhov. Spring. 56x56cm. 2024

I wish you all to have a priviledge to use the best materials you can find. They are not making the painting work but making the process smoother and more enjoyable. Happy painting!

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Figures sketching watercolor course

 Our marathon on sketching figures in watercolor just started! You still can join it this week. Watch a free demo on my Instagram Sterkhovart IGTV

Konstantin Sterkhov. Sketching of Igor and Ekaterina Sava in Bangkok

Konstantin Sterkhov. Sketching without pencil drawing

Here you can register for Sketching Marathon Those are the subjects of my lessons:

Konstantin Sterkhov. Conversation

Konstantin Sterkhov. Sketching themes

Konstantin Sterkhov. Sketching without a pencil drawing

We can paint those subjects together here:

Figure Sketching

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

New Art Brushes by Roubloff

After a long testing finally we have a revolutionary art brushes by Roubloff. There are 4 types of hair in a new AQUA series. My favourite are black (synthetic squirell) and white (super synthetic absorbing a lot of water). Here are some of these new brushes with my sketch book.

 Roubloff brushes from AQUA series

  Roubloff brushes from AQUA series

  Roubloff brushes from AQUA series

 Roubloff brushes from AQUA series

Konstantin Sterkhov Erarta museum

ZONE 18 - GO WITH THE FLOW - a global watercolour conversation

ZONE 10 - GO WITH THE FLOW - a global watercolour conversation

ZONE 02 - GO WITH THE FLOW - a global watercolour conversation

Konstantin Sterkhov for Fabriano in Acquarello 2020

Yutaka Murakami

Absolutely stunning watercolor cats! Artist from Japan Yutaka Murakami! By the way I am writing a book on how to paint cats and some of his paintings are going to be included together with some other artists masterpieces depicting cats!














Thursday, May 21, 2020

A message from Mary Whyte

A Personal Message from Mary Whyte during pandemia

Mary Whyte

In these days of quarantine my datebook has been erased clean, which for many artists can be a welcomed oasis. Meanwhile, the lengthening daylight hours offer more time in the studio, where I have started a self portrait and am drawing up from memory small watercolors like “Calling.” With so much less on the agenda, I have made many new discoveries such as the pleasures of unhurried cooking, film noir, and timeless literature such as Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov.

Mary Whyte

In all of this, I hope that you, too, will find small moments of discovery and wonder.
Mary Whyte

Mary Whyte