Exhibition of children's drawings We Are Painting in the Hermitage
On 30 December, 2001- 17 February 2002

On 30 December, 2001, an annual exhibition of children's drawings was opened in the Hermitage Theater's foyer. The exhibition has the traditional title We Are Painting in the Hermitage. This is sort of a report about the Painting Studio's activities during the previous year. For the Studio it is the most important and demanding of all the local and international exhibitions and competitions.
Lessons at the Hermitage allow young painters to get an insight into the world of fine arts, acquire its first-hand experience, learn to think creatively and master practical skills. The principal objective of the lessons is to help children apply what they learn about fine arts at the museum in their own works, modified by their individual understanding of the subject, based on their own experience and knowledge gained from the lessons. After children are explained the methods of fine arts, their inborn creative faculty and love of play put this knowledge to use in paintings combined with the children's own feelings, fantasies and imagination.

Palace Square before the carnival
Gleb Aipov
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St. George
Nastya Petelina
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Winter in the city
Alyosha Yevstifeyev
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Ourselves touring the chariot
Yaroslav Belov
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