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Back to Being a "Righty" Again

The healing in my arm has gone very well, even though it seems glacial at the time.  After 8 weeks my sling is off and I can start using my right arm for "most" things.  I say most because the strength of my upper muscles is quite low from no usage.  Draw require very little usage of the upper muscles so back to drawing with my right.


Here is the first drawing Post-Sling. It's of an old mine building on the Park City Mountain Resort.  I took a photo of it last summer when I was out there working on the yard / house in-between tenants.

Here is the photo of it from which the drawing was taken from.  Yeah it's the same but different and everything is a bit off.  Hey, that's the way I roll on my drawings.  The ink + markers let the objects standout and show themselves rather boldly.

I've got a number of other mine photos to draw and I'm also looking at using some different paper to see what effect it has on the result.  Always tweaking and making adjustments to see the effects.

On a sad note, I just got word that another friend of ours has broken their ankle just on a hike.  I though the "Chain Mail" of broken bones amongst us and our friends would end with my arm fracture but it appears this is not the case.  The current tally is :

1 - broken wrist (road bike)

3 - broken Hips (surgery required)  2:Mt bikes, 1:house slip

4 - broken ankles (1 surgery) 1:bathroom, 1:fly fishing on rocks, 1: hiking, 1: ice

1 - broken shoulder 1:fly fishing on rocks

Not a good trend.  I wish it would stop.


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