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I like all kinds of art. However I have never {seen} been into architecture, decorative arts,
{and} or crafts. I love music and fine art. I can {be} walk {ing at a picture} through an art gallery for a long time seeing different paintings, and I enjoy listening to classical music. Unfortunately, there aren't many famous galleries in Ukraine. So I can only dream of visiting most well-known galleries.
Speaking {about} of my favourite painters, I prefer impressionists to other painters. I like the works of Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, and Pier-Auguste Renoir. Why? I don't know exactly. Probably {it's caused by a} due to their style and {a} painting techniques {of painting}. {At first} I immediately like the main idea of impressionism - to show the real world with its mobility and variability. These pictures are sensual and tender. All my favourite painters used small brushstrokes {side-by-side} side by side without mixing different colors. They {was beginners} were the founders of a Plain Air the plein-air movement.
Speaking {about pictures} of paintings, I like many works of Degas. I think it's {my} a sore point with me, because I used to dream of becoming a ballerina when I was a child. However, I wasn't {taken in} accepted by a ballet company, because I was a fat girl. So I agree with Degas that ballerinas are worthy {to be} of being painted. I have tried to paint ballerinas several times {by} myself.
NOTE: You write very well! Many of my changes are subtle idiomatic nuances. (And I left the British spelling of "favourite," though in America we would spell it "favorite.") If anything is unclear I'd be happy to explain further. Also - I agree with you 100% about impressionism! Although I have to say my favorite is still Van Gogh. Also, some notes on the phrase "plein-air movement": 1) it is spelled with an 'e' because it is derived from French; 2) one could capitalize Plein-Air; and 3) one could just say Plein Air without a hyphen, and you will find it done that way fairly often, but generally in English when two words are combined to form what is called a compound adjective it is best to use a hyphen. For example, in that last sentence I was just speaking of "two-word adjectives." Not "two word adjectives" because without the hyphen it can be confusing. Excellent job!!
About art and myself
I like all kinds of art. However I have never been into architecture or decorative arts and crafts. I love music and fine art. I can be walking around a picture gallery a long time seeing different paintings and I enjoy listening to classical music. Unfortunately, there aren't many famous galleries in Ukraine. So I can only dream of visiting the most well-known galleries.
Speaking about my favourite painters I prefer impressionists to other painters. I like the works of Claude Monet, Edgar Degas and Pier-Auguste Renoir. Why? I don't know exactly. Probably it's caused by the style and a technique of painting. At first I like the main idea of impressionism - to show the real world with its mobility and variability. These pictures are sensual and tender. All my favourite painters used small brushstrokes side-by-side without mixing different colors. They were beginners of a Plain Air.
Speaking about pictures I like many works of Degas. I think it's my sore point, because I used to dream of becoming a ballerina when I was a child. However, I wasn't taken to ballet, because I was a fat girl. So I agree with Degas that ballerinas are worthy of being painted. I have tried to paint ballerinas several times by myself.
Hello Masha,
Nice text about your love of art and your favourite painters.
Just a few small improvements.
All the best for 2016
Bob
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