Three tips for drawing hands:1. Look for the big outside shape first.
2. Try to establish a line of action: from the forearm, and the wrist through the palm and all the way through the fingertips.
3. When you can't find another subject to sketch, practice using your own hand as a model.
This is something that I need to practice a lot!!
ReplyDeleteThis is great! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteDo you have any tips for drawing feet?
Awesome! :)
ReplyDeleteI really need to practice this too.
tips on drawing feet would be WELL appreciated. this was a great tip too. :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Drawings.
ReplyDeletei hate drawing hands and have just started trying, trying...
ReplyDeletegrr...
but this'll help ^^
Fantastic sketches!
ReplyDeleteI really like the line of action comment as I don't know I would have ever thought to approach the hand the way I approach a full-figure drawing. Now that you mention it, it seems silly to separate the methods.
Looking at these again, they remind me of the hands that Stephen Rogers Peck did in his book "Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist," which is a tremendous resource for anyone looking for a good Anatomy book.
ReplyDeleteIn particular, I love the base shapes and the efficient line-work. There is something elegant in its simplicity.
usually whoever can draw hands well, can pretty much draw just about anything
ReplyDeleteThanks, everybody. I did these back in art school days, and was probably looking at Peck, Loomis, and Dorne. There might be copies of some of their examples, I can't remember--otherwise they're of my left hand held out in front of me, or the view of it in the mirror.
ReplyDeleteThis should be extremely useful. I've recently started studying hands and it can be all too tempting to start loading the drawings with every crease I see, which really detracts from the whole.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this!