Original artwork description:

This is an oil pastel and charcoal study of the male form.

The image explores mixing two materials and the interaction between them, as I scrutinise my own form and how I perceive it.

Through all the mental interactions that shift in the way we view ourselves - each thought we have can change the way we see ourselves, our form and the shape of our body.

Through the process of creating these portraits, they allow me to not only delve into how I feel about looking at my own body and its changes, through light, colour, form, but also how my thoughts determine the reality of what I see and how the perceptions are shaped through the mark I make on the surface.

Materials used:

Charcoal, Oil Pastels, Rags, Conqueror Paper

Tags:

#figurative #sketch #self-portrait #portrait #drawing #black and #charcoal #portraiture #oil pastels #observation #seeing #adam grose