Unknown II

This work portrays a young woman wrapped in a white shirt, a simple garment that nevertheless becomes the perfect vehicle for exploring light, transparency and the intimacy of the instant. The technique combines soft pastels and coloured pencil, a mixture that allows for both precise strokes and free gesture, creating a balance between control and spontaneity.

The pastels provide a velvety, almost floating texture that adheres delicately to the paper. The skin tones build layer by layer, revealing the pinks, ochres and lilacs that lie beneath the surface. Coloured pencil is used to accentuate the subtle contours, give definition to the eye and suggest the folds of the shirt, without harshening the overall softness of the drawing.

What lies behind this portrait is not just a female figure, but a restrained atmosphere. She does not look directly, she does not pose, she simply is. The white shirt is not just clothing, it is a symbol of vulnerability, of emotional cleansing, of an intimate moment in which the person is shown without armour.

More than a figure study, this drawing seeks to capture a suspended emotion, as if time has stopped for a second before something changes.