The Impossible Hand Pose

Hi. I'm still adding old journal page pics.  Yes, I am still working in two other journals, but my uploading of older pages is lagging behind, and I want to share this page with you.
Do you have one of those wooden hands or mannequins?  If so, it would make a good subject of study in your sketchbook.

This is a hand with an impossible pose. I sketched a wooden hand.  Then I tried the pose.  It's impossible---or so I thought.  Then I was showing the page to people, and one girl showed me that she was able to pose her hand the same way.  Go figure.

I painted this with liquid acrylic paints.  I left the background bottles blank and moved on to the next page.

The Impossible Hand Pose, Old Zeta Book, Page 24. Steve Franklin, 2014.

Have a great day!

-Steve

Sketchbook pages 3 & 4

Worlds, pages 3 & 4. Acrylic. Steve Franklin, 2015.

Here's a two page spread from one of my current sketchbooks. Here, I used a doily type stencil in an early layer.  I can't remember exactly how many layers I sprayed, but I'm definitely using several. No planning--just doodling with an airbrush. I do notice that I'm getting quite dark but I guess it's okay for a sketchbook.  I always remind myself that sketchbook pages should not be perfect.  If you want every page in your sketchbook to be perfect, then guess what? You will never fill one.  The goal is to get pages done then move along to the next one.