Kseniia Yeromenko's Watercolor Art Focuses on Food Imagery

Kseniia Yeromenko, an artist from Ukraine, creates watercolor paintings that depict various food items, such as pizza, sushi, pretzels, eggs, burgers, and fries. Her work is noted for its detailed and colorful representations, often evoking hunger in viewers. Yeromenko was born in Melitopol and currently resides in Kiev. She began painting at a young age, enrolling in art school at seven, but had to leave due to vision issues. She resumed painting at 15, studied fine art in college, and later attended Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Fine Arts for graphic design. However, she found graphic design software unappealing and preferred hands-on art creation. During her academy studies, an assignment to depict an object in nine techniques led her to paint cupcakes, which received positive feedback and an A grade. This inspired her to expand her food-themed paintings, including doughnuts, cookies, and other items, which she sells on Etsy. Although skilled with oil, acrylic, gouache, and other mediums, Yeromenko favors watercolors for their challenging and interesting nature, using squirrel and kolinsky brushes, occasionally supplemented with synthetic ones. Her artwork is available for viewing on her Behance page.