Studying at the world’s best Art Academy - how it's like?//Repin Academy VLOG 4K

Hello world it’s me ksy elf and I’m here to take you to the Imperial Academy of Arts! Take my hand and I'll show you how wonderful studying can be! You will come with us on some of our lectures and art classes, I’ll show you how we make canvases with our own hands in a special workshop in the basement of the academy and then use them for our paintings! This place is insane and i have so much to show you !!!!
my Boosty blog (same as patreon): boosty.to/ksy_...
I have here blog with a bunch of useful information about admission to the Academy and some painting and drawing technology texts! NEW post about HUMAN FIGURE DRAWING with detailed explanation and photo examples is already available here!
Here you can also support my channel if you want and donate a dollar for brushes/paints/paper etc (payment is only available in ₽ so please check the dollar rate before donating)
I had a lot of questions from you guys on how to apply to the academy if you foreigner, and in case you interested I write about it sometimes on my boosty page, so if you wanna find answers and other useful information about admission like what you need to admit, how your portfolio shoud look like, a lot of examples of artworks for exams - just come and check anytime)
hopefully one day i’ll meet you guys here as fellow students)))
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[@Etherealisme]

When I studied at an art school in France, I kept asking about academic training in painting because our focus was so much on conceptual, my only teacher trained traditionally told me that I would need to go the “east” to learn them. I thought it was a shame, because we couldn’t produce works we could see at the Louvre that was so close by. Kudos to your school for keeping tradition alive. I wish I knew about your school earlier.

[@antoniocarlosrodriguescamp1497]

Exactly. The same hapenned in Brazil some decades ago. There is no place to learn to draw over here. But I think in Firenze Fine Arts School is still possible. Unfortunately, at my age, the only possibility is a free studio _ in France , Italy...

[@Etherealisme]

@@antoniocarlosrodriguescamp1497 actually there is currently a revival of traditional training in painting (and drawing). I am in the US now and see it happening here too. Look up ARC (Art Renewal Center) they list all the atelier like schools in the world, it’s not only in Florence, there too it’s almost gone, there is the Angel academy or Florence academy but still it’s not all. I am currently starting from scratch after graduating more than 15 years ago, it’s never too late!

[@die_schlechtere_Milch]

It ssems to be the same in all of western and central europe. A couple of years ago, there were still some art schools which stood out among this homogenous mass, but even those seem to have vanished - your art teacher surely knew what he was talking about! I think that it is fairly understandable, though, of course, lamentable. Here, to me, politics seem to matter a lot, because in some sense they decide about the nature of education for the next generations of artists. If the people in charge are unable to see the value of tradition and are unwilling to *conserve* its values (and this is in my eyes often a political problem more than an aesthetic one), then individual artists and individual ongoing artists can value tradition and reality all the like, they won't be able to find proper education which values what their leaders do not value. "Multiculturalism" is always one sided. Let's face it: conceptual art is the art form of the ruling class, it is the art form of leftists and liberals. No one who values tradition will value a can of excrements in a museum or a signed urinal. Beauty matters, and the desire for it is a basic human desire. The forced popularization of conceptual art is just another political programm, which is just as utopian as many others, and just as much in conflict with basic facts about human nature as other such programs.

[@chrystelelacroix4681]

Hi, I'm French and since I was a child I wanted to learn traditional fine arts but the only thing teachers were teaching at school in France was modern art. Since the advent of impressionism and modern art, traditional fine arts have been stopped from being taught in France. It's such a shame. I was feeling so frustrated and, later on, so sad about this because it was everything I loved, and in despair to learn. Not so long ago, I learned that we had the Bargue-Gérôme Drawing Course, which is a method created by two French artists. Fortunately, you can find a complete reprint of this famous, late nineteenth-century drawing course. The Drawing Course consists of three sections. The first consists of plates drawn after casts, usually of antique examples. Different parts of the body are studied in order of difficulty until full figures are presented. The second section pays homage to the Western school of painting with lithographs after exemplary drawings by Renaissance and modern masters. The third part contains almost sixty académies or drawings after nude male models, all original inventions by Bargue, the lithographer. With great care, the student is introduced to continually more difficult problems in the close observing and recording of nature.

[@Etherealisme]

@@chrystelelacroix4681 tellement ravie de vous lire, j’ai eu une expérience tellement similaire. J’ai également découvert Bargue et Gérôme (aux États-Unis! Pas en France, et pourtant c’est Français). Quelle joie de voir qu’on est pas seules. Avez-vous des travaux à voir en ligne?

[@tomhighsmith]

Artists are the same everywhere, working on the beautiful even if it takes a lot of effort. I just can't understand why they say we are at war and that we are enemies.

[@morriszachrisson8359]

Who we? Where are you from?

[@ekaterinaobraztsova4631]

​@morriszachrisson8359 I'm pretty sure they're either from Russia or Ukraine, or from supporting countries

[@morriszachrisson8359]

@@ekaterinaobraztsova4631 I'm pretty sure whoever wrote this meant a war between Russia and the US and Europe, because Russia is not fighting against Ukraine. Ukraine is just a place where the future of the world is being decided: whether the world will forever be American or multipolar, as Russia wants it to be. That's why I asked him/her: is he/she Russian, American or European.

[@die_schlechtere_Milch]

The Russians always knew how to educate artists. This is not only true for paintes and sculptors, but also vor Violinists, Pianist and theatre actors.

[@uknownothing5128]

Russian cinema and literature is among one of the most beautiful and poetic too!

[@die_schlechtere_Milch]

@@uknownothing5128 Indeed!

[@frenchgrama]

I wouldn’t be surprised if the Repin Academy is the BEST art academy in the world. You are sooooo incredibly lucky to have this institute in your country. Most of the artists I admire are Russian - you can just see in their work that they are soooo well trained and of course their work is just beautiful…

[@callie.envoyage]

these programs looks SO HEAVENLY

[@НитусяНитусян]

I love your videos. They give off such an educational and creative vibe. keep going, I'm your loyal fan 💕🫶

[@ksyelf5820]

Awwww❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ltwig476]

I think all the basics of preparing canvas, drawing, color mixing , grades of paint... should be taught throughout elementary and HS. Then college years can be focused on greater in depth painting. Throughout most of the U.S., art teaching in early education is extremely lame. It leaves the students already way behind while starting college art lessons. So not much gets done throughout college and they end up either taking private lessons or struggle for many years learning on their own. With exceptions of coarse. It is really sad that a country so wealthy and so many more assets than most, fails in supporting the arts. It's the old thinking of creating students o supply the work force so the wealthy can become wealthier and have an angry society. with low purpose in life.

[@deboramissoorten6765]

Thanks for sharing . I love this Academic classical approach so much 👌

[@MaryamQasemi-sd9cz]

I live in afghanistan it's the firs time I am watching your videos ans it motivates me so much I hope you best wishes my frnd❤

[@antoniocarlosrodriguescamp1497]

The russians have the most complete academic drawing training nowadays. From there they can do anything they like

[@ii-sf7tx]

❤спасибо 🙏💕

[@antoniocarlosrodriguescamp1497]

I was in St Petersbourg visiting St Sophia Cathedral, on the ' rooftop', and a young girl called a friend and pointed out: " That's where a study Art"

[@carlcann9119]

Flea markets are a good source for still life objects. As Cezanne noted "still life does not move", and as I will tell you (who paints out of doors) winter is long, and you need something to hone your observational skills. Attending to the archival quality of your work is very professional. However, work place health and safety is an important science. Manganese Blue can be absorbed through the skin and poison you. A lifetime of small poisonings can lead to hardships in old age. This is something you might implore your university to look into. My College completely neglected the issue.

[@АндрейСканюхин]

I watch your videos with great pleasure. I dream of someday being in St. Petersburg.❤

[@eddgusk5031]

Great Video! It's like a dream studying there!

[@donimoo]

Привет! Спасибо за контент. Может ты могла бы снять и показать как вы натягиваете холсты поэтапно? Спасибо!

[@MFDOOOOM]

Jealousy as a word doesn't even come close to what im feeling right now xD you could draw for 10000 hours but only 100 hours with an amazing teacher giving you feedback and techniques would elevate you much above that.

[@paintingholidayitaly]

Life is the best academy for the artist...even if daddy pays your way or not.😂

[@Ananda.fineartist]

My goodness! I’m so happy to see this amazing academy! I visited it couple of times and it’s always one of my favorite art places in the world! Please keep making videos like that, thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️

[@ksyelf5820]

❤❤❤

[@0lycm_]

this is making me sad and i hate how art is considered USELESS in my own country! sending you good luck tho!!!

[@Mattia.Pagliarini_artist]

Fantastic🤩🤩 I always follow your videos, they are a study tool to understand your academic method. nostalgic atmosphere of the past and of true craft and art.🎨❤️🎨painting from life, anatomy and knowing how to create a canvas is very important, few students today are capable of it.. continue🤗 ps the girls there are very beautiful⚘️😅 Good art

[@Mattia.Pagliarini_artist]

Sorry Ksenia It's this video min.10:27 I asked myself afterwards what gelatine was used to prepare the canvas...sorry😅 I always follow you with great interest and respect🙏🌷🎨

[@bernardolopes1291]

Would it be too much to ask for if you could share some of what you learn there?? Awesome video by the way!! Had a lot of fun whatching it!!! :)

[@sazero01]

о вы из англии

[@qyoqqqyo]

а я на заочке ,на концепт художника учусь,но мне нравиться посещать лекции в живую, кстати я тоже из Питера

[@valleys328]

Great videos everytime! 🎨

[@TheSnuffy1994]

Thank you for sharing all of this ❤❤ I love your videos

[@ksyelf5820]

❤️

[@xtanpx]

I am jealous, so jealous! This is nothing short of a dream ❤. Beautiful!

[@rebeccaclark2614]

Same here!!

[@maryamol._.]

Так грустно, что у нас в колледже не проводят лекции про техники и материалы. Этого правда очень не хватает(

[@jojojo3521]

Beware of art academies - I have first-hand knowledge of the dangers of studying under a rigid 'traditional' programme. The Old Masters were contemporary artists of their own times, and they were often innovators despite the scarcity of possible subjects and techniques. They had no other option than training in a workshop but most of them would not attend an art academy today.

[@dmitryivanoff2799]

Tell us more about your "academic" misfortunes.

[@Bringidon]

very interesting.. thanks for the video :)

[@ahamprema1]

А все студенты по очереди становятся моделями, чтобы прочувствовать на себе, каково это?😅Или это добровольно-принудительно?😁 Набережная прекрасна в любое время года!!❤

[@inimgirl]

если по какой-то причине нет модели в этот день, то добровольно-принудительно позируют студенты) с таких студентов потом на просмотрах на одну работу меньше требуют, так что в этом даже плюс есть)

[@ksyelf5820]

Когда-нибудь это настигает каждого)) но преимущественно на добровольной основе)) а так у нас есть натурный отдел и модели оттуда получают за это зарплату

[@ahamprema1]

@@inimgirl Здорово!!)) Я надеялась, что какие-то плюшки за эти мытарства всё-таки есть)))

[@elen2662]

That's a bull shit, the best art academy is where the best art teachers and professors works, and it's not Russia.

[@parthaprotimdeysarkar5507]

Hi. i am from India recently i studying in BFA on sculpture. And i have a interest on other languages also. that's why i want to study on academi to explore the new way. i want to taka admission..But i don't know how to .... can you show me the way. as a foreigner how i take admission and study.

[@KpxUrz5745]

Art is a very tough field. While I fully support traditional methods, materials, and goals, --- I feel that mediocrity exists just as fully at the academies as it does at more typical modern art schools. The real problem is that genius is in short supply everywhere, as are really talented professors.

[@59jaguar]

Nice job on the video . Great opportunity to learn at this art school. Really impressed by the quality of training and facilities.

[@gabrielepichler]

voice is not clear. background music too loud for that bad recording.

[@katypickering7158]

I would love to read an article on oil painting basics. I'm just starting to take art seriously and I want to begin painting. I'm interested in learning where you would recommend starting, any tips on how the medium works and how to use it, and even some basic color-mixing tips and advice! I've really been enjoying your journey of studying art, I started watching your videos right before you decided to transfer to the university you are currently at. Your growth as an artist has been amazing to watch!

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you so much for kind words❤ I appreciate it

[@ChantelleArts]

It's really interesting seeing how the canvas is made 😍

[@wahwah459]

From myanmar❤

Amazing

[@connienashasa2745]

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[@ArtZero.0]

Ohh...My dreams and my KZbin channel will be better when I leave the army. And I will study as an artist...

[@CindyRasco-u7v]

Young Jose Walker Cynthia Brown Daniel

[@Rosiestoned]

great video but I find it sad that the world's best art academy would be in Russia... good luck to russian artists...fight on!

[@lucija8770]

Thank you for these very nice and calming vlogs. Greetings from Croatia!

[@JohnTronto]

Could anyone please name some masters & upcoming artists graduated from/been in Repin? And does Repin offer short courses on specific subjects for ones who dont want full 5+ years? Thanks.

[@ksyelf5820]

Ivan Loginov Ilya Zorkin Kseniya Istomina Rakhmanov Samir and many others) Yes there is summer school where you will have short figure and portrait course

[@ksyelf5820]

and if we talk about old masters who graduated from the academy - these are Repin, Surikov, Serov, Kramskoy, etc.

[@eltonemurphy7039]

Robinson Edward Thomas Anna Taylor Patricia

[@recreepy]

Well done! You've left me genuinely impressed.

[@ksyelf5820]

@@recreepy thank you))

[@doim8455]

Girl i have the biggest art crush on u. I wish i can visit st petersburg one day and see all the wonderful art. Much love from usa

[@redliv]

How lovely! That’s one thing I love about Russia it’s rich arts and music

[@johnmorgan5495]

brilliant X

[@kainakagawa]

wonderful ❤

[@ahamprema1]

Ксения, по какой-то мистической причине не получается ответить на Ваш комментарий под моим первым)))) Поэтому напишу еще один. Просто хотела поблагодарить за видео и за нежный весенний вайб!!🙌 Пересмотрела несколько раз, и у меня полное ощущение растянутости во времени, потому что сейчас уже 2024 год, а у Вас второй курс. Представляю, как много всего нового и увлекательного происходит прямо сейчас😉Отличного Вам второго семестра, и еще больше крутых и завораживающих проектов!!🌸🌿🌷

[@ksyelf5820]

Спасибо большое❤️❤️❤️

[@petyashalamanova3634]

What’s your Patreon, I keep looking and cannot find it, thanks

[@nguyentai464]

Im so jealous i wish i had money for art school

[@JoinRitt]

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[@aleistershiranui199]

Hey, wonderful video and amazing arts. Where do you live? It is always my dream to study at a such masterful, amazing Academy of Fine Arts. Are there any chances for international students? Smile and keep up the good work.

[@qyoqqqyo]

Это в Санкт Петербурге

[@inimgirl]

It's Repin's Academy in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Yes, the academy accepts international students.

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you❤️❤️❤️ I live in St.Petersburg, Russia) And yes, there are a lot of international students)

[@miladhashemi976]

Thank you for the unique and interesting videos you share ❤🌹

[@LabRat-jv3qt]

Beautiful vlogs. Much love from India 🤍

[@malikhelps-noel4421]

We’re would be the link for the figure drawings

[@tashinakther2133]

Please...make a video on how to draw human body structure...or anatomy whatever you say. I have an university admission exam coming up soon...and I really need to know how to draw human body structure smoothly... Yeah...I have seen a lot of you tube videos on that....but it really made me a little bit confused 😅...as an artist...hope you understand the matter...So please try to make a video on that if you can.... However...love yaa...💌

[@ksyelf5820]

Hello! I made a tutorial on drawing a human figure, there is a link to it in the video description))

[@tashinakther2133]

@@ksyelf5820 Okay...I am gonna check it right now...And thank you very much for your concern and fastest reply!...It means a lot... Thanks a lot again...love ya...💟💓😻

[@SomebodyUnknownPerhaps]

Пипец вы молодец!! Привет с худфака)

[@НателлаНаумовна-ф4р]

Thank you very much for video❤

[@lilanebula1677]

Repin has always been my dream. Thank you for giving us a little piece of it. Good luck for your study !

[@НадеждаВоронцова-э6б]

🎉ура очередное видео. Восторг👍

[@ksyelf5820]

Спасибоо❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@nadiaguzman7299]

This must be the heaven for artists wow

[@EstaToscano]

Robinson Lisa Robinson Larry Jackson John

[@Saskia728]

thank you very much for sharing this! I never got to St. Petersburg some of my ancestors descended from, so I watch this and feel this also part of my inner world, St. Petersburg, the art academy, the flee market and the lovely second hand dress; by the way that looks really nice! :-) looking forward to watch your other stories from there! Greetings from Germany

[@bethswann8289]

So lovely, i miss spring! When did you film this video?

[@ksyelf5820]

Thanks❤️I filmed in the spring of 2023))

[@mizukiaesthetic3502]

Ooh man i really want to learn art from here but the cost is too much for an international student 😕😞 (middle class family) also thank you for the article

[@kejejart]

Huh? Its not the best one...

[@dmitryivanoff2799]

Tell us what's the best

[@kejejart]

@@dmitryivanoff2799 Royal college of Art in London

[@ot7saranghae124]

It looks like heaven❤

[@kangkharvlogbhutanese4876]

Wow very nice paint 🎨 👌

[@exxgosj5142]

WOWWW❤❤❤❤

[@susannepinheirobartolo]

Is the glue a sort of glue made from bones???? Thank you for taking the time to make this video! :)

[@ksyelf5820]

Yep it is… Thank you for kind words❤️!!!

[@moharb7970]

اكو عراقيي ؟😂😂❤

[@siegfreidx1633]

Do you know Sergey Kolesov ? such an amazing russian illustrator

[@wawa-wawa-wa]

Блин, у вас на Ваське уже весна! Вот повезло! У нас в центре еще зима, начало февралая :(

[@ksyelf5820]

Ахахх))))

[@PaintingWithJS]

Woooow 🤯😍🫶🏼

[@okkoopavn]

🎉🎉🎉

[@margiyel]

а вуз то российский Хе хе

[@ГалинаШапо]

Черт возьми ты же не на лингвистике учишься, откуда у тебя такой офигенный английский? 😂

[@ksyelf5820]

Ахаххх это жалкие остатки знаний из школы

[@koce_koce4976]

Can you give link for the academy tutorials you mentioned at 5:38

[@-homecook6861]

Unique place, great video, thanks for making it, I hope you make many more videos like this for naparved, I will check out your channel and watch every video like this, thanks again.

[@AngelinaKrunic]

I cant bealive how your academy is so beautifull🌸🫶Girl you are so lucky to study there!!

[@JRP_ART]

good 👍👍

[@sandymandy8599]

❤

[@barrera_0727]

Hello, good day. I have watched your videos and I think I can boost your audience in Spanish-speaking countries. We can translate and do voice-overs in your content so that it can reach more people. I hope you are interested in our proposal. Greetings.

[@chriseshelby7705]

Amusing you think this is the best

[@dmitryivanoff2799]

Tell us what you consider ,"best"

[@nickrodis6862]

Salamat po

[@maximosmanolis1219]

Thank you for your video! Make video about gesso over linen !

[@dannil9878]

World’s best? According to who?

[@gigiatlas2364]

Very hard to understand what you're saying

[@ahmedtiger5629]

هاي منو مسميج 😂

[@LiyahsGetaway]

Do they have online school or just onsite? I’d love to know ❤

[@ksyelf5820]

@@LiyahsGetaway no, but there is summer school for foreigners

[@LiyahsGetaway]

@@ksyelf5820 ok thanks

[@phiftF]

"world’s best Art Academy", LOL so funny and ignorant.... 💩🤡

[@RuthvenMurgatroyd]

Lol, angry that she's proud of where she's going? Name a better academy if you care so much.

[@phiftF]

@@RuthvenMurgatroyd just funny how Russians think everything in Russia is the "best" when in reality it's so backwards. It's like north Korean minds. I just feel sorry for Russians who can't seem to be able to evolve. Basically anywhere is a better academy.

[@sylhayes8152]

That’s lovely

[@toppace]

Thanks

[@AbuRaviM-qs4rf]

Are you studying in English?

[@ksyelf5820]

No, unfortunately for foreign students, the entire program is only in Russian

[@1977ajax]

10:00 RSG is gelling up - too cold! Should not be necessary to scrape off excess after applying.

[@420MILEHIGHCLUB-bw5lb]

Cool!!