Hands #4, #5, #6 and #7

This week is going to be busy and stressful, at least the first half of it anyway. I keep thinking about the last half of next week, I get to help a friend prepare for a Cat show and then on the weekend  go to the Cat show and meet a bunch of breeders. 

One reason last month was to horrible is because my cat passed away, slowly. He just had a kitty cold at first, then stopped eating, and then couldn't use his right side limbs. After he went to a specialist for a spinal tap and treatment, he started to improve a little, we had to do psychical therapy with him multiple times a day, lay him in the litter box and syringe him water. A day after his check up he declined and he went back to the vet. He passed away later that night from respiratory failure. 

It was hard to watch him waste away, he was turning 6 this year, far to young for a cat to go. He was my muse and buddy, always near me or on me. I miss him very much. While he was sick, deep down I knew he wasn't going to make it and my thought process went from never wanting another cat, to not wanting that horrible void of his companionship.

The past few weeks have been for grieving, my boyfriend was hit pretty hard by it, he's never had to deal with close death before (pet or otherwise)  I know there are people out there that will roll there eyes 'its just a cat' and I feel bad for them because they obviously have never had that special bond before, it's a beautiful feeling.

So next weekend I'm going to a Cat show and taking with breeders, making friends, and hopefully by the end of the month, have a new kitty to spoil and love. With this thought I am plowing through the next 3 nerve wracking day, because whats more exciting and soothing than kitten shopping?

Now that I've shared, onto the hands!

The praying hands. the face should have more wrinkles and details but it's about the hands right? I could of done more work on them but I did the details  at 1 AM after 3 Arnold Palmers and was feeling a bit tipsy to say the least.

Working hand.  I liked the angles of the fingers when they curl, it's defiantly something I want to work on more.

Clasping hands. After I got the shading done for the back of the hands they actually looked like hands and not a blob with finger nails.

Old love.   I loved this as photograph and I'm really happy with how it turned out, It took my a while to get everything just right and I redid some of the fingers several times because there placement just wasn't working.

Hopefully I'll have more before the end of the week, or I'm going to have another day like yesterday where I marathon and see how many hands I can do till bed.