<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://clantilyscad.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[scandalousmuffin]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://clantilyscad.com/author/scandalousmuffin/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[POETRY for the Deaf &#8212; #2 Pencil Human Hands&nbsp;Drawing]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>This was the first piece I did for my first art class &#8220;Design Fundamentals&#8221; in high school.</p>
<p><strong>POETRY for the Deaf</strong></p>
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<p>I didn&#8217;t really draw back then and still don&#8217;t. But I discovered I liked painting (acrylics) my freshman year in stage crew and decided to take an introductory art class the next year. I took several pictures of my own hand for use as reference pictures in this drawing. It&#8217;s entirely #2 pencil if I remember.</p>
<p>My art teacher loved it, and put it in the art show.</p>
<p>Then when I took it home, <a href="http://clantilyscad.com/2012/07/02/tiger-mom-parenting-will-give-your-child-an-eating-disorder/">my Asian dad disowned me</a> because it wasn&#8217;t technically perfect.</p>
<p>I had low self-esteem as a child.</p>
<p><a href="http://lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/wallpaper1.htm">ASL Alphabet Chart Here.</a></p>
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