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The Little Fire and The Little Girl

Published by Wordexis

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Panoramic artwork from The Little Fire and The Little Girl: the English title on the left, the Persian title آتیشک و دخترک on the right, and the little girl seated in a tree at each side of the central flames
Mojdeh Mirzaei

Practice

Drawing done to keep looking, not to arrive somewhere.

Self-Portraits

15 studies
Self-portrait study in pen, a face with a second smaller face below it and handwritten notes
Self-portrait study in pencil, a face with hatched shadow and radiating hair
Self-portrait study in pencil, a face framed by loose hair with hatching across the eyes
Self-portrait study drawn in continuous pen line, the head turned to one side
Self-portrait study in heavy pen line, a frontal face with an open mouth
Self-portrait study in oil pastel, a face with flame-like eyes against yellow, hair streaming outward
Self-portrait study in oil pastel, a face dissolving into blue, red and yellow
Self-portrait study in oil pastel, two red-crested forms flanking a pale centre on yellow
Self-portrait study in oil pastel, a face emerging from green, orange and yellow scumbling
Self-portrait study in oil pastel, upraised hands rising through yellow and orange flame
Self-portrait study in oil pastel, a face built from looping green, purple and orange line
Self-portrait study in red and blue oil pastel, the face split between the two colours
Self-portrait study in pink, orange and yellow oil pastel over black line
Study of a deep basin of blue water ringed by a dark rim, with ladders leaning into it
Two figures nested inside a yellow crescent form, surrounded by drawn flowers on a pink ground