Anastasia Golyakova is in 8th grade and attends Enterprise Middle School in Washington. She moved from St. Petersburg, Russia to the United States when she was ten years old. Her art, “Apples”, was selected as a Top Ten Winner in our Summer 2012 national art contest. This contest is held for any student in grades K-12 living in the United States or Canada. Out of hundreds of art pieces received, Anastasia’s art was chosen as one of the ten best in her age division.
The idea to draw such an ordinary yet beautiful fruit as the apple seems to be very natural for a Washington resident where the apple is the official state fruit. It is also Anastasia’s most favorite fruit to eat. Anastasia enjoys painting using any medium, but her most favorite technique by far is watercolor, which is what she used to create her “Apples” artwork.
In the future, Anastasia wants to pursue a career involving architecture or engineering to create not only two- but also three-dimensional art pieces.
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8th grade? Fabulous. I am intimidated!