Portrait commission

Yes, a photo taken with a phone is enough. Only one thing matters: the face must be uncovered.

From the photo I take the likeness; the composition I build myself.

Send me more than one. Several photographs give me a better understanding of the face and of the person.

I take the likeness from the photograph. I build the composition myself and show it to you in the sketch.

One person, a couple, a family. I paint animals too.

If you have no photo of everyone together, send me one photo of each person: I build the composition myself and you see it in the sketch.

I also paint those who are no longer here, from an old photograph. If the photo is faded or damaged, the likeness is harder to reach, because I can only paint what the photo shows.

I choose the materials for the occasion and the subject of the portrait. Some portraits work better on paper, in pencil or charcoal. Graphite and charcoal sit on the surface and can rub off even under a fixative, so for these I recommend glass and a passe-partout. You choose and order the frame: the portrait comes without one.

Other times it needs colour. Then I use the soft tones of acrylic to give the warmth of the moment, and the canvas gives a sense of volume you can touch.

That is why the conversation always comes first. Then I propose the technique and size that suit your portrait.

From two days to two weeks, depending on the size and the technique. A small pencil portrait can be ready in two or three days.

The paint layer asks for patience: each layer is a layer of memories and emotions.

I count the time from the day the deposit arrives and write you the exact date in the confirmation letter.

If it is a gift, add about a week for shipping. In December couriers slow down, so I ship by 15 December.

A pencil or charcoal portrait starts at 100 €, an acrylic one at 150 €. Each added person raises the price: there are more faces to paint. I write you the exact price after the conversation, together with the technique and size I propose.

The price includes the sketch and two rounds of changes. I start painting when the composition convinces you.

Giulia Gonzaga's, whom they called the most beautiful woman in the world. The portrait commissioned in the sixteenth century by Cardinal Ippolito de' Medici survives only in copies.

I reinterpreted it. Mine, «Il Ritratto di E...», I presented in Fondi on 22 August 2026, at Vivila 2026.

I do. I am Igor Makhorin (known as IGORSKI), painter and iconographer, based in Fondi (LT), Italy. If you write to info@igorski.it, you write to me. I usually reply within two days.

My background and the exhibitions are on the artist's page.