With This Arm I Draw

This is all plain charcoal, white chalk, and a little dark kohl. I did this about a year ago and it's one of my favorites due to the expressive quality of the line and the chimera-like flower above my extended arm.

I like to think of this as a stark self-portrait, as I am not smiling or posing. I'm actually drawing myself as I draw. I also included a flower in the background whose petals were falling off as I drew them, thus making it rather difficult to catch the whole flower.

I like the stained window motif in the background. It's kind of my wry attempt at chiascuro, an art technique where white and black are placed in juxtaposition.