Irina Donskova is a Belarusian watercolor artist from Minsk city.
She graduated from the architectural faculty of the Belarusian Technical University and from the faculty of graphic art of the Vitebsk Pedagogical University. She also has a diploma of a landscape designer.
“As long as I can remember myself, I have been drawing with great pleasure, so the choice of profession was largely predetermined. I worked as an architect, teacher of drawing & art history, landscape architect. I painted on silk with hot and cold wax, worked with ceramics, did wall frescoes in private and public buildings”. Later Irina got seriously interested in the watercolor technique working in the genre of landscape, city landscape, portrait, still life.
Over the past few years, artist has exhibited in group's and solo exhibitions, which have had very success and have been cordially welcomed by the public. Irina's works has also been selected for participation in International Watercolor Festivals and competitions.
Her works are in private collections in Austria, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Chile, USA, Argentina.
“Watercolor is a live interaction of water, pigment, paper, atmosphere and your energy. That's its charm, its secret and magic. It is important to allow watercolor to surprise you! I take great pleasure in painting outdoors."
The artist does a lot to promote and develop the watercolor technique during artists’ meet-ups, plain-airs and in her own art studio.<span class="Apple-conver