I'm not sure if this is really appropriate for this thread, but the talk above regarding drawing hands got me thinking of a picture that I have that I think would be great art fodder. As a child I always found my late grandfathers' hands to be the most fascinating things. They were so huge that at the dinner table his knife and fork would look like tiny toys in his hands. He spent his entire working life as a merchant seaman, shipping coal from Newcastle except for his time during the war when he was based up at Scapa Flow. I guess a life hauling rope and operating machinery in the north sea made them even bigger than they started out. Anyway I ramble on- at his ninetieth birthday a few years ago I made sure I got some pictures for my memories and here they are if you'd like the practice; and
@Paul Sizer you are flipping fantastic. Also in the next few hours check your email, I did not know till yesterday you lived where you lived and since you do live there I have a gig for you.
EDIT: I noticed once this was posted that there was one small part I forgot to shade and a smudge that showed up much more in scanning than it does on paper, so I fixed those problems on the actual drawing in my sketchbook but I had to scan that fucking thing about five times just to get the piece of shit scan I got and I'm tired so I can't be bothered right now to try again. Might update it later with the actual final image but since it's really just two problems and a lot of obviously shitty scanning that'll really depend on how bored I get later today. We'll see what happens...