Delicate Hands
posted on February 8th, 2010 (11:23 PM)So I'm taking a soft pastel painting class at the local community college. Tonight was the first night. As I had expected, it was just older women (40-50 yrs old) and me. These ladies have all had experience with soft pastel before. I have had very little experience and was acting like a newb. Anyway, we were doing some exercises and as I was concentrating on the task at hand, making some really nice red and green color gradients. The instructor Shelly walked by and suddenly said, "Wow Yu, you're really good at making those gradients."
"Thanks," I said.
"And you've got really delicate hands. Look at how delicate his hand is..." Shelly said, to the other students.
The lady sitting beside me took a look and responded, "Oh yeah, those 'are' delicate."
Son of a bitch... I mean... come on. I've got calluses from years of workin out, at the gym! My hands are not delicate. Yes, I'll admit, I have very long and slender fingers that are extremly sexy, but I would not use "delicate" to describe them!
Bottom Line, I've got a real man's hands. Please refer to the picture below.
Note the two huge calluses below my middle finger and ring finger. I've circled them for ease of viewing. Calluses do not grow on delicate hands. They grow on a man who has had a rough and manly life. Case closed.
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On a sidenote, these 'rough' hands of mine just finished the Koi drawing for my parents. Turned out pretty nice. Now I just have to buy a 9x12 frame.













