Yesterday I came across this interesting challenge by @Helene so I decided to join it, since last month I started something new.
I tend to make several different pieces with hand subject.
Hands do tell so many stories if we watch them closely..Young, old, hardworking, nervous, still, reaching, refusing, protecting..And always there is some story of emotions they tell..
First I made background in watercolors, watered square shape using large flat brush, and than started adding color on the edge of water square. Unfortunately I haven't made photo of it since I didn't think at that time of this post :)
Left color to do it's way, intervening on some parts with taking off too much water or color.
After it dried I sprinkled some color from brush over it.
And at the end made pencil drawing of hands.
And when I was satisfied with drawing started doing watercolor layers of hands.
Here is final piece I made on Fabriano paper 300gr, White nights watercolors.