15- minute sketch 1: Portrait of a hand

 The title is of course, politically incorrect. since portraiture mostly refers to faces and mugshots, and this sketch doesn't really sport anything with a grinning face on it. 

anyway, this is the first of a series which I'm naming "15- Minute Sketches". It's a no-brainer really, since the title is mainly the time description of the sketch, which are all done within, well, 15 minutes or less.

 The first sketch is a tribute to the part of my body who has done most of the work for me, not including my brain. it is of course my twin assets– er… My hands (In this case, a hand).

  Other parts of the body assist the speaker, but these(hands) speak themselves. By them we ask, we promise, we invoke, we dismiss, we threaten, we entreat, we deprecate; we express fear, joy, grief, our doubts, our assent, our penitence; we show moderation, profusion; we mark number and time.
      - Quintilian (Marcus Fabius Quintilianus)

Done on sketch pad, direct 0.2 filt-tip drawing pen, copic markers and an orange crayon & scanned.