100 Hands



Sketched on 3/2/12, "I," Tombow markers, Stillman & Birn Alpha sketchbook

After finishing the 100 self-portraits marathon, I immediately embarked on a new method of masochism, this time based on my struggle to draw hands accurately: sketch my own hand 100 times. A twist I added to this series is that I’m using the American Sign Language alphabet as the basis for at least 26 of them (no, I don’t use AMSLAN, but I once studied it years ago, thinking I might become an interpreter).

Sketched on 2/27/12, "A," Micron Pigma pen, gouache, watercolor paper