Drawing Hands (Part 8)

Practice proportion in this art lesson: drawing hands (part 8).

🎨 Studio Brief #94

Hands are one of the most challenging subjects to draw, but breaking them into simple shapes makes it manageable.

🎯 Your mission

Draw it slow. Then draw it again, faster.

⚡ The twist

No erasing. Mistakes become part of the drawing.

What you'll learn · 1 of 2

Hands are one of the most challenging subjects to draw, but breaking them into simple shapes makes it manageable.

What you'll learn · 2 of 2

Study your own hand as you work.

Get ready

Techniques you'll practise

proportionobservationform drawing

You will need

Thick crayonsJumbo pencils

Step 1 of 4

Hold your hand flat and trace its outline lightly on paper.

Step 2 of 4

Now draw your hand from observation: start with a rectangle for the palm.

Step 3 of 4

Add cylinders for each finger, bending at the joints. The middle finger is longest.

Step 4 of 4

Refine the outline, adding knuckle lines, fingernails, and shading in the creases.

Did you know?

🤯 Mind = Blown

🤯 The pencil was invented over 400 years ago. Same idea ever since.

🌟 Artist Spotlight

🎨 Leonardo da Vinci filled 13,000+ pages of sketchbooks — most just curious doodles.

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