August Ro
If you love forest, magic, and tea, then not a word more: I am with you along the way! My name is Nata Roshchenko, also known as August! I’ve loved drawing ever since I was a kid! I like to think that I learnt how to speak very early on, just so that I could ask my mom for more paper and crayons.
Back then, drawing was as essential and natural as breathing, but I couldn’t even imagine that one day it would become my career. In my teenage years, I realised my dream and went to an arts college to learn and master my artistic skills. Imagine how happy I was – the only thing I had to do was drawing! A few years later I saw my goal clearly – I wanted to illustrate books. Books were yet another passion of mine, and the mere thought of combining these two “loves” into one activity made my head explode with fireworks of happiness! I believe that illustrations are mini-stories by themselves, and illustrating a book lets me truly dive into the universe created by the writer, leaving a tiny part of myself in the drawings.
In my life, drawing plays a role of some universal language, allowing me to communicate my feelings and share my stories with the world. Isn’t it great that I can just paint a picture and people can understand it even if they don’t speak my language? I think that is true magic…
