Marija Tiurina's highly detailed watercolour paintings of charming characters

But when it comes to side projects, she likes to take on a different approach altogether: "My personal work largely focuses on building complex and detailed watercolor compositions, however I don't feel like being tied to a single field just yet, and continue to explore other directions that involve modelling and sculpting, photography, collage, embroidery, murals and other things that don't really have a clear definition I'd know of."

We certainly enjoyed finding out more about her meaty backgammon set, where she used clay to sculpt meat-themed checkers, which were then painted with acrylics, dried and varnished. Here, we share some of her latest works, mainly watercolour paintings of fantasy-type characters. Discover more at marijatiurina.com.