Kalina ivanov biography for kids

SKETCH GALLERY: Kalina Ivanov

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When I was eight years old and growing up in communist Sofia, my teacher told my mother that I had no artistic talent, but she was going to give me an ‘A’ because I tried so hard in painting class.

Kalina ivanov biography for kids

Out of sheer stubbornness I kept drawing every day and fell in love with the sound of a 2B pencil on a school textbook page.  Soon that pencil became an extension of my dreams, and in college those dreams transformed into set designs.

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Every movie has its own particular challenges and artistic needs, so my role as a production designer is to communicate to the audience the director’s vision.

Maybe because English is my second language, I find words slippery and I rely on my drawings to best express my ideas. To do that I start drawing on a piece of vellum, and I play with light, space and proportions. I draw fast to avoid over-thinking, and as the pencil moves rhythmically, the design ideas crystallize.

I lose myself in the proc