![]() ![]() Your contour line and how you get it down on the page, as quick as you can, supports you anchor your drawing on the page. Take control of the white of your drawing paper. Decide the space within which you want to draw your hand and either mark this as a frame in pencil on your page, or make a mental note of its boundaries. Make sure that you outline the wider border of your paper. Actually, there is a pre phase we rarely explore when we draw that I now champion as a pre requisite for all my learners. We all assume that we should just launch into drawing with a pencil and paper. ![]() (You can read about this a few blog posts back in Contours.) Your aim is to get the whole of your image on paper as quickly as possible. When you approach your drawing I’d suggest that you take a read of my previous blog post that challenges your “seeing” process. The final sketch I’m sharing with you in this post. I took a full page of my sketchbook to draw 3 sets of hands. So, in Emily’s Notebook fashion, not only am I going to show you how to draw your hands, I’m going to spend some time expanding on the drawing lesson to pay attention to. (At least that is always what I’ve felt when drawing them!) When (successfully) transcribed onto paper there is something iconic about seeing ones hands on the page, perhaps akin to Leonardo’s sketches or Michaelangelo’s hand of God on the walls of the Sistine chapel. A process I am going to attempt to explain in this blog post.Īnd, let’s face it, these overworked and overlooked body parts we come to take for granted, are portable and immediate drawing subjects regardless of where we are or what we are doing. It’s the process you work through completing this exercise that sets you on a good path to drawing. I’ve since discovered (or worked out through my own trial and error), that to master drawing hands ushers you beyond the front door and hallowed entrance halls of being able to draw. Why should this particular ability feature so heavily as a cornerstone to learning? And…if you are reading this as a newbie to the craft of drawing, should you similarly be paying attention to learning how to draw hands? I stopped to think a bit about why this subject should be so popular.Īround the time of writing and putting together my Back to Basics: Learn to Draw in 30 Days course, I delved into how drawing has been taught across the centuries and came across historical tutorials focusing time and time again on how to draw hands. Is it a subject you’re interested in too? You could hear my abject groan of disappointment that drawing hands seemed such a popular contender jostling for early drawing prominence in the beginners quest to learn. Did you know that “How to Draw Hands” is one of the most popular “how to draw” questions typed into google around the world? ![]()
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