Hi! my name is Arseny, I'm an artist from the beatifull city St. Petersburg. At this moment I'm learning painting at St. Petersburg Academy of fine arts - one of the last places in the world where You can learn classical painting . So, all my time is spent on drawing.

My English is not perfect, sorry:( sometimes I sad another things, then I want to say, but usually it's not a problem:)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

In one of my trips , I understand one thing- just look city and country has no meaning for me without the people, who live in them. To know the people - is main reason to traveling for me.

Interests

First of all - the art. Painting, sculpture, architecture, cinema, literature - I can't see boundaries between these types of creativity.

Actually, my main interest - the human, and his life. It is the main object of my work.

But to drink wine or beer with friends, watch football and play football I also like to:)

• arts
• culture
• traveling
• painting
• soccer

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: leningrad, David Bowie, prodigy, Leonard Cohen, shocking blue, Jefferson airplane, death in Vegas, Serge Ginsburg, David Lynch, Ennio Morricone, Bjork, Mogwai, Leftover crack and many others.

Movies: fon Trier, Bertolucci, Tarantino, Ozon, Jarmush, Kubrick, Pol Tomas Anderson, Polanski, Carax

Books:Nabokov, Dostoevskiy, Remark, Dikkens, Mayakovsky,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

This paragraph Should be called " one amazing thing I've done , but never again":). Two-month journey through all Spain beginning in Barcelona and ending in Lisbon. "To travel across Europe and painting!" Sounds good, but the Chinese suitcase weighing in at 25 pounds full of paints and canvases , that broke in my hands Barcelona, made my trip impossible to repeat :)

Teach, Learn, Share

All about drawing and painting with all materials - it is my profession, and I really like it:)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can make your portrait( if you have a time)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation