Hands with Rope in Black and White

This was back in College. Alex Bostic, one of my most influential instructors, had taught us a technique for painting a black and white acrylic illustration. This was my second attempt with it. Funny story about the picture. During one summer I worked for a office moving company. We were moving a big company office in D.C. Along with moving, we were in charge of throwing out tons and tons of trash. Part of the trash was old ad photos and negative. Being interested in photography at that time, I kept them from the trash, after clearing first of course. Years later, I was able to use one of those pictures as reference for this illustration.