Yesterday Lviv Rocked by Powerful Explosions 2022

This drawing, *Yesterday Lviv Rocked by Powerful Explosions*, by Kinder Album, is made using watercolour. What hits me first is the way the colours run and bleed, creating these soft but stark vertical lines of the curtain. It feels like the artist is letting the medium do its thing. And when you look closer, you notice the figures peering out, their faces a mix of fear and shock, rendered in these almost alien, sickly hues. The texture of the paper shines through, unburdened by heavy layering, which gives the image this raw, immediate feel. It reminds me of some of the expressionistic printmakers like Kathe Kollwitz, who used simple means to convey intense emotional states. The whole piece is an exercise in emotional exposure, turning the hidden, interior experience into something visible and shared. It’s a reminder that art doesn’t need to be polished to be powerful; sometimes, it's the rough edges that cut the deepest.