roysha
06-10-2023, 02:58 PM
Not only is she beautiful physically, but a beautiful person as well, along with being a 4.0+ student and an accomplished soccer player, such that she earned a Varsity Letter in her freshman year in high school. I am truly blessed.
The background.
Several years ago my wife was quite involved in the annual craft shows and during the holiday season spent many weekends attending them as a vendor. At one of the shows there was a fellow that drew people's hands in whatever pose they wanted. Most opted for the "Praying hands" pose, similar to the "Christ's Praying Hands" picture.
We struck up a conversation since his booth was right next to my wife's. I asked him if he could/would draw a picture of my hands holding my S&W 629. He said he had no problem with it but the show sponsors would have a hissy fit because of a gun on the premises so he suggested we get together at my house or his place and get the drawing made. Never happened.
Fast forward 20 or so years and my great granddaughter is a budding artist. She was taking classes and one part was anatomy. She showed me the drawings she had made of hands. The light bulb suddenly came on! SHE CAN DO THE DRAWING!
She took some photos to work from and spent the next few months getting it just right to her satisfaction. She absolutely captured these 80 year old hands, the wrinkles, the dark thumb nail, veins, my wrist watch kinda twisted off to the side as it does when I shoot my "Big Kahuna", etc and when I see that picture I am taken aback every time. How she transferred the essence of it all to paper I will never understand.
I have not been without a 44 Magnum or 2 or 3 since 1965. Growing up in the 50s naturally I grew up dreaming of being a cowboy so my first 44 MAG was a Ruger SBH. A very close friend introduced me to the M-29 3-4 years later and that was that. My last gun to ever go away will be my 629-1 8 3/8" barrel.
The photo I have posted comes close but in real life it is FANTASTIC!!
The photo I have posted comes close but in real life it is FANTASTIC!! The picture is true to life size. I told her the barrel was 8 3/8" long and she scaled everything to that.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention she is just 15 years old
The background.
Several years ago my wife was quite involved in the annual craft shows and during the holiday season spent many weekends attending them as a vendor. At one of the shows there was a fellow that drew people's hands in whatever pose they wanted. Most opted for the "Praying hands" pose, similar to the "Christ's Praying Hands" picture.
We struck up a conversation since his booth was right next to my wife's. I asked him if he could/would draw a picture of my hands holding my S&W 629. He said he had no problem with it but the show sponsors would have a hissy fit because of a gun on the premises so he suggested we get together at my house or his place and get the drawing made. Never happened.
Fast forward 20 or so years and my great granddaughter is a budding artist. She was taking classes and one part was anatomy. She showed me the drawings she had made of hands. The light bulb suddenly came on! SHE CAN DO THE DRAWING!
She took some photos to work from and spent the next few months getting it just right to her satisfaction. She absolutely captured these 80 year old hands, the wrinkles, the dark thumb nail, veins, my wrist watch kinda twisted off to the side as it does when I shoot my "Big Kahuna", etc and when I see that picture I am taken aback every time. How she transferred the essence of it all to paper I will never understand.
I have not been without a 44 Magnum or 2 or 3 since 1965. Growing up in the 50s naturally I grew up dreaming of being a cowboy so my first 44 MAG was a Ruger SBH. A very close friend introduced me to the M-29 3-4 years later and that was that. My last gun to ever go away will be my 629-1 8 3/8" barrel.
The photo I have posted comes close but in real life it is FANTASTIC!!
The photo I have posted comes close but in real life it is FANTASTIC!! The picture is true to life size. I told her the barrel was 8 3/8" long and she scaled everything to that.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention she is just 15 years old