DAMSSILI Art · Journal · Studio · 2007–2015

Drawing before painting

Pencil and charcoal on large sheets: portraits, animals, ruins.

I have drawn since the age of three. Based in Agadir since 2007, I made a series of realistic pencil and charcoal drawings on large-format paper: portraits, objects, animals, ruined architecture.

In 2015 I began painting professionally, decorating school storefronts for charity and rural development events.

Drawing remains the foundation of everything: it gives my oil paintings their structure.