How to draw a hand correctly

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Have you ever noticed that young children often forget about their hands when drawing? They explain this by saying that they simply do not understand how to draw a hand! Adults scold the children, try to complete the incomplete picture themselves, but … they don’t succeed either. And all because only professional artists know how to draw a hand correctly. In fact, a human hand is drawn in several stages, and to make it beautiful, you must adhere to certain rules - after all, the drawn hands should look like real ones.

Start with normal drawing. If you think this is too simple and will not bring any benefit, try it and you will change your mind. Drawing hands is a little easier than drawing from the head. If your friends are also interested in art, you can arrange games with drawing, for example, who will draw a hand faster and better, and give the winner a stimulating prize.

You can also draw your own hands. Start with a light sketch or sketch. This will help you end up with a balanced pattern. Do not forget that the length of the arm should be approximately twice its width. Here, in-depth knowledge of human anatomy, the accuracy of proportions will not interfere. The following example can be given: open your palm wide and imagine that this is your face. The fingertips are the hairline, the wrist is the chin, the end of the first phalanx of the middle finger is the eyebrow line, the middle of the palm itself is the bottom of the nose.

The next thing to note is that the knuckles are in a smooth arc, not a straight line. As a rule, there are no parallel lines and straight lines in the hand at all, since it is designed to be gripped and is always in motion.

Answering the question "how to draw a hand correctly", one must not miss the fact that all fingers on the hand are of different lengths, and the longest of them is the middle one. Then comes the ring or index finger, then the little finger, and finally the thumb - the shortest. In order not to be mistaken in proportions, keep in mind that the middle finger is half the length of the entire palm.

Remember that on the inside the arm is always concave, and on the outside it is convex. If you draw fingers clenched into a fist, make sure that there is not the slightest gap between them, because this does not happen in nature. But even if you draw an open palm, the distance between the fingers is usually minimal. Take some object in your hand (you can use plasticine or dough), squeeze and unclench it, watch how the hand moves. Note that the muscle of the thumb stands out brightly, and the palm itself is dotted with lines and furrows.

As for the bones, they are clearly visible in the knuckles and nowhere else. When drawing the knuckles, do not forget to highlight the tendons if the hand is tense. A feature of women's hands is their roundness. The fingers should be graceful and thin, consisting of smooth soft lines, with clearly traced nails.

Now you theoretically know how to draw a hand correctly. Practice more often and you will soon achieve tangible results, the main thing is not to stop drawing.