Month: October 2024
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one year of arm stuff – part 4 – peripheral nerves?
So neurology covers the brain and nervous system, right? And the brain and spine are the central nervous system, so the limbs etc are the peripheral nervous system. A peripheral nerve surgeon is not a brain surgeon – in my experience they are more likely to be a plastic surgeon, a term that encompasses an…
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one year of arm stuff – part 3 – what the heck is a radial nerve?
The radial nerve runs from your shoulder down to your fingers along the outside of your upper arm and the top of your lower arm, about where you might get a sunburn or where you would draw body hair on a cartoon character. It powers a lot of muscles related to extension – straightining (and…
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one year of arm stuff – part 2 – for those who want to know how i got here
back in 2016/2017 I noticed some weakness in my right index finger – it wouldn’t extend (straighten) as far as my other fingers. At the time I was about eight years recovered from some serious RSI in both wrists that had affected my range of motion, and I assumed this was the same or similar…
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one year of arm stuff – part 1 – a quick summary for those who aren’t in the know, if you’re interested:
They found an almond-sized growth on my radial nerve above my elbow in my right (dominant) arm, and in october 2023 they removed it and grafted in a sensory nerve they took from my right calf. I have been slowly regrowing my radial nerve since then. The growth has turned out to be a benign…
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one year of arm stuff – table of contents
It’s been a year now since my nerve graft, and I thought I would like to write up some thoughts on recovery so far, but as soon as I started, I pumped out 5000 words, and I realized this would not be a single post by any means. SO I’m writing them as a series,…
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Waterfall Watercolour
I’ve been trying to follow my more inscrutable whims, and found this ref on unsplash that seemed both epic and goofy at the same time, and had to paint it. I painted this on stonehenge cotton rag printmaking paper; this isn’t the best paper for watercolour and I needed to add white gouache to get…
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Playmaps
One of my ongoing interests is making storytelling toys for the kids in my life – and for me, playmaps on rugs or blankets are one of the first storytelling toys that I remember from my own childhood. I’ve had the good luck to make maps with excellent friends like Evlyn Moreau and to get…
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Thermal print camera and ttrpg play!
Shoutout to curious quail for this wonderful example of where thermal printing is fun and cute and useful!
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Working on a painting on printmaking paper
This paper is not sized like watercolour paper and it’s sucking up all my paint! but I’m getting such soft and complex colours because of that… but I’ve lost a lot of my contrast and smaller highlights from the way the paper lets the paint spread into it like a sponge. So it’s definitely time…
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impossible door watercolour
after one hell of a workweek, i took a few hours Friday night and listened to my favorite Opeth albums and painted a watercolour landscape in my favourite spooky palette. painted on 12 x 18″ coldpress Arches watercolour paper, something i have not always enjoyed working with due to the intense sizing. for this piece…