Illustration to 'Armenian folk tales' 1937

Martiros Sarian made this illustration to Armenian folk tales, and you can see it’s made with strong colors and decisive lines. I'm totally imagining the artist at his easel, mixing colors and layering them on, letting the forms emerge through trial and error. Those deep blues and reds remind me of illuminated manuscripts. He lays down these swirling patterns as though creating a world, like some kinda magic portal. The gestures aren’t fussy, they embrace the imperfections. I’m thinking about the choices he made, the colours he mixed, and how each decision led him further into the painting. As an artist, you're in this ongoing conversation, trying to connect with these artists from the past. It's an exchange across time, where we all find new ways of seeing and thinking.