I showed already some steps of this painting. It is a fantastic portrait of the italian writer Ermanno Cavazzoni. I met Cavazzoni at his last book-signing a week ago. But I'm not going to talk about him. I'll talk about this painting and the technique I used.
I did this painting using mostly tempera on a raw cotton canvas. I used also colored pastels and charcoal - which I fixed later with a spray.
Here are the steps of the work in a short video:
And this is the final result:
The composition is very simple: the figure of the portrayed man, with a slight transparence and some clouds around the body; little floating figures around him; a bare countryside landscape.
Here are some details:
The texture of the canvas is coarse and visible, as you can see:
Probably I will donate this portrait to the portrayed subject, Cavazzoni. Maybe.
(Here is a picture of Ermanno Cavazzoni, from wikipedia:
Source.)
