If you look at the
video (see
previous post for background) that this print is based on you’ll see that it's taken from a distance and at a pretty low resolution. This makes it difficult to see the features on the boy and the preacher. I particularly want the preacher’s face to be very clear, because I’m essentially indicting him and he’s a very specific person. He’s Pastor Jeff Sangl of Apostolic Truth Tabernacle Church in Greensburg, Indiana. So I went to the web site of that church and got some better reference photos to work from.
I then started a new block and did the faces using the
reduction method -- carving a shape, printing it, carving some more, printing again with a new color, etc. Here are photos of the three stages.
You can see that I also did some work on the pillar in the background. More to come, of course.
3 comments:
The video left me feeling ill. Your print is so powerful after viewing it. You are so courageous for exploring this subject matter.
Betsy, I'm sorry about the video. It is indeed upsetting. In my previous post I had put a warning -- probably should have done that here as well...
No apologies necessary. I know this sort of thinking exists; it just breaks my heart to see that sort of indoctrination. And I suspect Jesus would not approve.
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