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[Balaji]

Over the last few years my hand has progressively become less steady. I have tried to continue sketching, adapting my style to cope with this problem. But over the last few months the twitches seemed to be getting worse. To combat this I have tried to do a large number of quick sketches starting from the first week of May. I have done over a 120 sketches in this period, and yes, My hand is definitely less twitchy now.

This particular sketch was done around a week after I started this exercise. This was meant to be a ten minute sketch of the corner of a palace in Paris, France. But I was not that quick...yet. This 4" x 5" pen and ink sketch took me twenty minutes using an inexpensive black ink gel pen.

 

[ams]

Very nice Balaji.

Sorry to hear you are having problems with your hand twitching. I hope the exercises you are doing continue to help.

 

[snoball]

Sorry to hear about the problem. My own hands are not as steady as they once were, so I get it. Your work is still excellent though.

 

[Jo Castillo]

This is gorgeous. Love your style. Sorry you have problems. It doesn't show in your work. I'm smiling at this sketch.

 

[Donna T]

You always do such beautiful work, Balaji, however long it takes. I hope your hands improve too because I also know what it’s like when you want to make art and your hands won’t cooperate.

 

[Balaji]

Anne, Margaret, Jo, and Donna...Thank you for your very nice comments.

I have now been sketching for a further five weeks since I did this sketch, and I am happy to say that my hand is definitely steadier than it was then. Of course some days are better than other days.

 

[Artyczar]

Excellent sketch.

I have the same issue and going faster helps. But I've also embraced how the "wiggle" of the pen's quality looks. I don't really see it here with yours.

 

[Balaji]

Excellent sketch.

I have the same issue and going faster helps. But I've also embraced how the "wiggle" of the pen's quality looks. I don't really see it here with yours.

Thank you Ayin.

I could live with slightly wobbly lines. They may even give character to my sketches. But the way the unsteadiness was progressing in March and April this year I feared that soon I may not be able to sketch at all. Fortunately, the amount of sketching that I have done over the last six weeks has made my hand much steadier for now.