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I’m an urban sketch artist and instructor working from beautiful Tel Aviv, specializing in watercolor and mixed media. My art is rooted in cities — in their ever-shifting rhythms, in the contrasts between heritage and growth, calm and chaos. I'm especially drawn to what I call “sketching eyesores”: the imperfect, overlooked details — worn walls, half-built corners, utility poles, cluttered streets — that give each place its true texture and spirit.
Originally from Odessa, I trained at the Grekov Art School; after immigrating to Israel I continued to build my practice through classical drawing and watercolor master classes. Over the last ten years I’ve taught workshops and retreats — both in Israel and internationally — helping artists at all levels grow confident in sketching from life. I emphasize expressive watercolors, mixed-media experimentation, and storytelling through place: encouraging students to go beyond pretty scenes and draw the mood, memory, and atmosphere of the city.
My work has appeared in well-known publications and venues: for example, in The World of Urban Sketching (Stephanie Bower, 2022), in Pratique des Arts magazine, and on the Urban Sketchers Blog; in 2023 I was honoured with the Urban Sketchers Reportage Grant for my “Jaffa Flea Market Stories” project. I recently presented a live demonstration at the Urban Sketchers Symposium in Buenos Aires (2024).
If you organize international art retreats, sketching workshops or travel-based creative programmes — and want to offer participants not just lessons but a deeper urban-sketch experience of place and memory — I’m keen to collaborate. I bring not only a flexible, immersive workshop format, but a sensibility rooted in history, identity and the poetry of everyday life in cities.
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