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HOW TO PREPARE FOR A SITTING

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Girl from Afar: Susanna


     here is another possibility. Let's say that you'd like your portrait to reflect an epoch that is closer to your spirit. Let's say, the Silver Age or Art Deco at the beginning of the 20th Century. You should definitely tell this to the artist. And you should prepare yourself with the appropriate image. Read poets of this epoch, memoirs of writers of that time. Imagine yourself as one of them. If you're more comfortable with a more rigid perception of reality particular to, for example, Russian writers Ivan Bunin or Mikhail Bulgakov (and all the diversity of their distinct visions of the world), then they will be your partners in creating your contemporary portrait. All of this is unavoidably reflected in your face. I guarantee it.

      n the day before your portrait session, never pose in front of a mirror, trying to strike and fix some pose or another, or a certain facial expression. All of this can then create a mask that can be difficult to destroy. Affectation, posing and the desire to play a role that is foreign to you makes the artist's work much more difficult. Be yourself!

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