Hand Drawings

There is no question about it. Hands are one of the hardest things to draw. EVER, especially from life. Unfortunately, I don't really know any tips or tricks to make drawing them any easier. The only thing that I can suggest is drawing your own hands over and over. You could also look at tutorials online that break down the anatomy. For these drawings the requirements were to show one hand anticipating the action and the same hand carrying it out. I chose to show a hand grabbing a doorknob because I wanted to depict that twisting action that happens when you open a door.

When you start your drawing you want to keep in mind showing the volume of the hand as well as the inner structure. Structure is actually a whole section on the marking scheme that the professors use so make sure you show it in your drawings.

I used red (and blue for the doorknob) col-erase pencil for these drawings. I didn't go the extra step and do clean-up lines because I really liked the way these drawings turned out and didn't want to mess with them any further.

Good luck, don't give up and happy drawing!