The Lenten Sketchbook

[tealin]

Yes, it's that time of year again, so here's the first installment of the Daily Sketchbook Quota:

Handy Handy Hand Hands

I was looking at my Clacks board the other day, which I drew just after Dragons 2 and just before the Dessert Dish Incident, and got depressed. Aside from all the other skills I've lost, I realized I haven't had to draw hands at work for seven months so any advantage I may have had at drawing them is lost ... time to start over.

And yes, I know the clenched fist is some sort of fascist and/or Northern Irish partisan symbol but dangit, fists are HARD TO DRAW, so cut me a little slack, wouldja?

I have life drawing tonight so that'll count as today's...

Comments

Where . . . ?

[noodledaddy.livejournal.com]

What, no RIGHT hands of fingers? Tann is right, you're a hack!

Re: Where . . . ?

[noodledaddy.livejournal.com]

of = or. It's part of a new language I'm developing.

[elysiancherry.livejournal.com]

Actually, the fist supposedly is Black Power. Fascists tend to have the familiar outstretched hand in a straight line with the arm. :)

And what would 'this time of year' be, exactly? I mean, what's it got to do with sketches?

[brendanm720.livejournal.com]

It's Lent.

Some people give up chocolate and twirlynoodle draws.

Last year she drew at least one sketch a day for the entirety.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Wow! Thanks! It's like I have my own question-answering service! Cool!

Here's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lent) more than you could ever want to know about Lent. Tadaa.

[brendanm720.livejournal.com]

Um ... it's actually one sketchbook page a day, but that's just a quibble.

Sometimes it's just one big sketch, and sometimes it's a bunch of little ones.

That, and my memory is really bad. Ned Brainard bad.

:-D

[niteflite.livejournal.com]

Damn... Brainard bad? Remind me to go to your weddings.

[brendanm720.livejournal.com]

Well, okay... Maybe not THAT bad.

Usually on important stuff (like weddings, birthdays, funerals, work) I manage to make an appearance.

All about Lent

[disneyboy.livejournal.com]

Ok, I actually read all that stuff about Lent, and the High Holy Days, and I have to say, with the utmost respect and affection in my heart for you and your cherished faith...your religion is WAY too complicated. ;)
Also...if I understand it completely (which is doubtful), aren't you supposed to give up doing something you like, or do something hard or charitable that isn't necessarily fun? Or do you plan on doing "hard" sketches for 40 days (drawing stuff you're not good at, or don't normally like to draw - do hands fall in that category?) Just curious...

BTW, I am almost back - I will give a full report of the ecstacy and the agony (mostly the latter) shortly...

Re: All about Lent

[noodledaddy.livejournal.com]

Lent can be a number of things. The focus is on the 40 days Jesus spent in the desert before he started his ministry. Observant Catholics can give stuff up (like sweets, sloth, etc) or do stuff (like read scripture, go to daily Mass, exercise). We gain strength and commitment by taking strength from Jesus' experience. Basically, we do things that improve us as people, mentally, spiritually, and/or physically.

Glad to have you back, sooner or later.
A²

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Complex hierarchies, multi-level Heaven, idiosyncratic food prohibitions, Fast Sundays, and temple recommends: with the utmost respect and affection in my heart for you and your cherished faith, your religion is way too compilicated. ;)

Lent is basically about reflection, prayer, and self-discipline. It lasts forty days and the three holy days at the end (Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter) are the pinnacle of the liturgical year, comemmorating the three important days surrounding the cornerstone of Christianity, Christ's resurrection. That's really all there is to it. Further complications and historical variations are the realm of theologians. Analogy: You don't need to be an expert on the electoral college and the impeachment process to participate in democracy.

Hope to see you back soooon...

The Red Hand of Ulster

[(Anonymous)]

The red hand of Ulster comes from a legend from one of Ireland's many legendary invasions. The leader of a war party promised a prize to the first man to touch land with his right hand; so the winner, a left-handed man, cut off his right hand and threw it onto the shore.

Obviously not an animator. I mean, no hand to draw!

A²

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Unless he was left-handed. He'd have had to have enough coordination in his left hand to negotiate the bones and tendons of the wrist (or else a really sharp knife) and throw it to shore.

I thought that whether the hand was open or closed signified which party it stood for, but I don't know which is which.

[infiniteviking]

Ahhh, hand sketches... wow, your hands must be flexible; my thumb doesn't bend down that far. I like your shading and the wrist perspective in the two flat hands -- must try that next time.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I am so not flexible at all ... except in my hands. It's like my hands got all the soft cartilege or whatever it is that makes you flexible, and the rest of my skeleton is solid calcified bone. I hope this means my hands are exempt from the hereditary arthritis... [fret]

[(Anonymous)]

when is your next Harry Potter drawing!!!!

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

is this a question or a statement!!!!!

[salamandersoup.livejournal.com]

WHEEE! This means I have Tealin-y goodness to look forward to every day. 8D

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Oh, you're so sweet. :)

[wizardelfgirl.livejournal.com]

So youy're gonna make 1 drawing a day? Good luck!
I loved the hands, I totally suck at drawing hands (and anything else, for that matter).

[blackunicorn777.livejournal.com]

I agree with that dear anonymous...but in the form of a question...;)

[azvolrien.livejournal.com]

I'd say the clenched fist is more of an 'I'm going to break your nose, pal' symbol!