Dean of University of Zadar

[Tom Edgerton]

Valentino--

Very nicely composed and rendered. I like the subtlety in the lighting also.

[Mischa Milosevic]

Grate job Valentino!

I can appreciate the way you have managed the pose which combined with the sitter makes your painting quite stunning.

[Linda Brandon]

Very nicely painted, Valentino. In addition to all the other comments here, I really admire how you have managed the folds of his dark robe.

[Valentino Radman]

Thank you. For the blue parts of the robe I used the mixture of W&N Thalo (red shade) + Schmincke Prussian blue.
Since those two paints would make (too) high chroma tints, I neutralized the mixture a bit with W&N Payne's gray and grey made with Schmincke Mars Black + Flake.
I added Mars black in the Thalo/Prussian blue mixture for the darkest parts of the robe, as well.

[Christy Talbott]

It's a very impressive strong portrait Valentino. Conratulations for it! I've seen your work before and think I'd recognize it anywhere. I like the unique way you seem to simplify the images.