“Everything you see I owe to Spaghetti”
- A Portrait of Sophia Loren
“Things don’t change too much, the body changes. The mind does not.” - Sophia Loren
Born: September 20, 1934
Naples, Italy
Here is a portrait I drew of Italian actress and icon Sophia Loren. I remember drawing this many years ago, when I was a college senior at Pratt in Brooklyn NY. It was drawn after the year I lived abroad in Florence. After studying the Masters on location in Italy, I worked with the chiaroscuro effect in this piece by using black and white conté on brown prepared paper.
Atmospheric perspective, multiple perspective and Italian text can be seen in the background and in the architecture while Sophia gazes toward the viewer.
Portrait of Sophia Loren
Deborah Lanino
Charcoal and conte on paper
1986
21" x 28"
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Two Angels
Deborah Lanino
Acrylic on paper
2021
9 x 12
Two angels after a drawing by Bernardino Lanino
This soft style that I work in is reminiscent of Bernardino. I used techniques such as sfumato (allowing tones and colors to shade gradually into one another, producing softened outlines or hazy forms.
Two Blue Angels
Deborah Lanino
Acrylic on paper
2021
9 x 12
Deborah Lanino
2021
Madonna II
9” x 12”
Acrylic on paper
Madonna II after a drawing by Bernardino Lanino
Here I worked in the purple color and imagery of the Jacaranda tree that blooms from May- June in Los Angeles, California as well as other places in the world.
Deborah Lanino
2021
Madonna with a Yellow Rose
18" x 23"
Acrylic on Canvas
Deborah Lanino
2020
Testa Femminile II
20" x 20"
Acrylic on canvas