In black

The portrait depicts the artist's Muse Elena valyavina. The picture was painted in several stages. During the first visit to the model posed in a white summer blouse, short sleeve. One model got sick. At the next session she came in very weak, telling the artist about his reluctance to pose like this. But the master persuaded her to wait. At the same time, the author had the idea to change his original intention, "disguised" a young woman in a black jacket. The cold soon receded, but the impact on her portrait.