I really didn’t like the previous version, so I went back to the drawing board. It wasn’t easy because I had lost my sense of continuity and the story behind this image wasn’t emerging. Finally though, I recalled an episode … Continue reading Women and CTE #4.1
I began this when I’d almost decided to abandon the previous one, so even though that one seems likely to be starring in its own video, I’m committed now to this one. A2 primed cartridge, soft pastels, Frisk fixative. I’m … Continue reading Women and CTE #5
This is also an exercise in figuring out soft pastels and I can see my approach has been changing as I’ve gone along. My photo reference this time had nothing to do with domestic violence, it was the angle of … Continue reading Women and CTE #4
There’s an image of Elizabeth Moss in The Handmaid’s Tale where she looks more deadly than any number of men with weapons. I used that as the basis of this piece. As I was moving from the photograph of Moss … Continue reading Women and CTE #3
Some seriously dodgy fingers in this image but I think it’s fixable. And I’ve just figured out where her thumb is! Not knowing where anything is results from having half an image in a photo that I was using for … Continue reading Women and CTE #2
From small and resistant beginnings, sports such as football and rugby, prompted by the much longer acknowledgment by American football (NFL), CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) resulting from repeated concussions and sub-concussions is being investigated. There are exceptions; boxing is resolutely … Continue reading Women and CTE
Continuing the series and expanding both my ability to draw heads in perspective and to discover the potential of soft pastels, this is my fourth boxer. As before, I’m using a combination of photographic references for what happens to a … Continue reading Boxer #4
Continuing the theme that wasn’t going to be a theme, this is the third in the series that wasn’t going to be a series. I’m rather driven by my recently acquired model – a male head on an adjustable mount. … Continue reading Boxer #3
I’m riffing on the same model head, using it as a basic shape reference then using photos to shift the eyes, nose, and mouth to reflect the injuries fighters sustain. Of course, these are external but for every hit to … Continue reading Boxing and CTE 2
12th October 2022. This is what used to be called punch drunk, and probably still is, given the apparent denial of the impact of successive and frequent injuries to the brain caused by boxing. [see previous post] This is not … Continue reading CTE – chronic traumatic encephalopathy
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