Pastel, 40x60 cm

Sennelier and Unison soft pastels on paperboard primed with an acrylic gesso and pumice. My own reference photo.

Zuza is the youngest sister of my friend. As a painter, I’m fascinated by her. I painted her portraits a few times already. She is young, but she has distance to the world and herself. She has a very beautiful and interesting face, yet she is a quite modest person.

This time, she put on a long shawl and a hat. Suddenly she looked like a young woman from an old painting, and I painted it so.