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‘Bitter Sweetness’ Artwork Methods & Process Art Blog

June 17, 2022 by hugoartwork

Here I show you the process of creation of ‘Bitter Sweetness’. In the process of creating this work I felt like time and space became one. Enjoy 🙂

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‘Bitter Sweetness’ Materials

This work is made of coloured pencils and archival paper. I chose coloured pencils because it’s a way for me to introduce myself to colour, without going too further away from charcoal, which I’m more comfortable with.

‘Bitter Sweetness’ Process

Love Locks at Clifton
Love Locks at Clifton

I picked up a sketchbook in the middle of the night and I started drawing with colored pencils. I picked blue to represent masculinity, pink to represent femininity and gold to represent humanity. First I draw one triangle to represent the head, then I did the same for the other heads, I drew the heads in different positions, then I just drew the bodies overlapping one another. Next, I locked the bodies in shapes, textures and colors, almost like a tetris game. To do this work I had to go through the pain that it is to enter the dating market for the first time. Without it, I wouldn’t be able to flourish in work, in all aspects. In the process of creating this work I felt like time and space became one. I found inspiration in life’s struggles.

Final Thoughts

Just a closer look

The viewer is looking at a man, a woman and between them a child. It represents the complexity of human nature. The irritation and ill humour of the African man. And if you pay a closer look you’ll see that both heads are connected by a gold line. This line represents the possibly of finding your way back to wholeness. Even if the world makes you strip away far away from it. With this work  I learned to have a thick skin with an open heart. I’d like the viewer to approach the work with their own eyes and their own bias. I’m immersing the viewer in a travel through human psychosis.

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