[TheForge] Frosty bones and drybrushing

[lee robbins]

Frosty glad to hear you are on the mend
with repeated nonunions, bear in mind how it works. The skin has good blood supply and vessels cut look to branch and link at wound edges. Bone fractures and bone grafts need stimulation. When i was in africa during training, the kids regularly fractured their femurs. the stretched the legs with a weight and then put the kids in a cylinder cast letting them walk after a week. About 10% had funny bends to their legs but the pressure across the fracture site led them to heal in 3-4 weeks unlike the 12 weeks with hardware and total immobilization. THe lack of 100% straightness is unacceptable in the US. 
Range of motion activity without weight and mild in line isometrics without any jarring motions will create some hypoxic, low oxygen signals and stimulate the weaving of new vessels which will improve the laying down of new bone. Lots of motion, little force. good luck.

Dry Brushing:
After you load up a brush with the highlighting brush, dry it by painting most of the paint onto absorbent newspaper till you just about see the paint then use the brush on the piece. it never hurts to put too little added highlight and repeat for effect. Also how long you wait for the base color to dry can add to the vehicle of the first layer to mix with the dry brush, cleaning on newspaper keeping the highlight fresh.  

Lee Robbins MD
Flying tortoise forge studio