Valentina and Nicola
Commissioned work
Mixed media on paper

Collection Tracce di Mondi

Valentina and Nicola

Mixed media on paper · 20 × 30 cm

"Al tuo fianco". A commissioned portrait of a couple. Nicola wears a formal tailored suit, Valentina an evening dress with a fringed shawl; the composition centres on their open smiles and the affectionate look that bind…

Technique
Mixed media on paper
Dimensions
20 × 30 cm
Year
2021
Edition
Unique piece
Support
Paper

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Work in progress

From the first stroke to the frame

The portrait of Valentina and Nicola begins in pencil, then the grey washes and the faces in graphite. The details and, finally, the frame.

The artist's hand drawing the portrait of Valentina and Nicola in pencil
The pencil sketch of the couple, with the faces just roughed in
The first grey watercolour washes on the couple's portrait
The chiaroscuro defines Valentina's dress and Nicola's jacket
The faces of Valentina and Nicola modelled in graphite
The tie and the details being finished
The portrait almost finished, with the shaded background
The finished and signed work, in black and white
Detail of the smiling faces of Valentina and Nicola
Detail of the chiaroscuro on the hands, the clutch and the fringes of the shawl
The finished portrait of Valentina and Nicola, framed in black with a white mat
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The work in your home

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Valentina e Nicola in a black frame on a white wall, above a lilac sofa
The film of the work

Two minutes inside the work

From the first pencil line to the faces in graphite: the real time it takes for two people to become a single portrait.

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