Petrikivsky or "Petrikovka" - Ukrainian decorative and ornamental folk art, which was formed in Dnipropetrovsk in the village Petrikovka , hence the name of this art form. Household goods of patterns in style Petrikivsky preserved from XVII century.

  Engineering Drawing "by itself" is one of the defining features Petrikivsky that distinguishes it from other techniques of decorative painting. Doing Petrikivsky, three fingers holding the brush perpendicular to the surface, signs. It provides free smear on my own, from fine lines to thickening, ie, starting from the tip of the brush and ending onslaught on it.

Surface appearance of the image and integrity of each brushwork. Wooden casket. 1980s. Black background is not a traditional

A characteristic feature of Petrikivsky is that the whole picture if deployed on a plane wall, sheet of paper, decorative plates, a cursory look. In this line of stems and branches do not overlap each other, and many elements of painting (flowers, leaves, berries, etc.) have a silhouette image. The figures of birds, animals, humans are mostly contour image. The animals draw in profile and flowers - full face.

Professionals' Petrykivka "do not use pencil. They are extremely accurate and okomir amazing skill trades - master of all paint without pre-drawn path and do not use any measuring instrument. Future work in the minds of all cherished to the last dash to the last spots, and only then put pap smear. 

The feature of the painting is the fact that the elements of the picture should be displayed one stroke: the delicate flower petals and flexible stems of plants, light touch pass and firmness of fruit, berries and soft.

For image clusters of viburnum berries, grapes, rowan masters often use this "tool" like a finger. Shall give a sop to finger paint, touch it to the paper and leave a tidy spot, a little lighter in the center and convex and circled like a darker outline around them. Master Igor Forest believes that the real Petrykivsky Kalynets necessarily be visible fingerprints human that she drew. "If you see no kalinka prints, consider that it is false!" According to him, the whole picture can be done only with your finger and then just to make "koshachkoyu" - brush with a cat's fur, and will complete a good song.