Kichka
Sometimes I am amazed at my persistence when I draw. ":3
I love ethnic and historical costumes and jewelry, this drawing was my training in hand detailing as 90% of the details are hand drawn and the rest are brushes that I made myself.
Headdress. Kichka is an ancient Old Russian female headdress worn by both married women and brides. Kichka were different shapes and sizes, such kichka as on the art is called horned kiska, which is the rarest. The kichka was mostly worn in the south of Russia, in the Tambov and Ryazan regions. Horns are one of the pagan symbols of fertility like the goddess Mokosh and the god Veles. They were believed to bring a woman good luck. Because of this, the Orthodox Church disliked this headdress, but women to the last wore this headdress, but unfortunately this tradition of wearing a kichka died.
Dress. Actually on the art should have been a traditional outfit of the Ryazan bride, but at the last moment I changed my mind and decided to add something from myself. By origin, I'm half Belorussian, but unfortunately only recently I've become interested in my second homeland and learn a lot of interesting things. This outfit is a traditional belarusian dress with traditional belarusian ornaments that I found in books. It was a pleasure for me to draw these patterns, to look closely into them and recognize their meaning.
The image of this girl originally implied a mixture of two cultures and nationalities, as in me there are two of these cultures.
ART (c) MINE
