Hi there!  I've picked up my graphite pencils here after quite a bit of a break, and though I'd share some progress!  This piece will be titled "In His Hands" and illustrates the total trust and peace we can experience if we put ourselves in Gods hands.  I've just started recently with symbolic type art, and have found it a cool break from animal portraits I've done a lot of  

I've actually been working on learning some with colored pencils after being inspired by Rosie's art on this forum, and just yesterday decided I was gonna take a break from that learning curve and do something I know how to do, that I know will turn out right *ROFL* Although I will admit, colored pencils take a much more delicate hand with the application, and it has really helped improve my graphite work. 

This is still a work in progress most definitely, still working on refining the details and deepening the values on the fingers of the left and the thumbs, but the wrists, man, and the palm and fingers of the right hand are mostly done.

Anyways, enjoy, and my apologies for the crappy scan.  You know how scanners are, they just don't catch the midtones well.