Week Thirteen: Drawing Hands, Part 2

This week we'll expand on last week's lesson by exploring how to construct and draw realistic hands in a variety of positions.

Begin by watching this tutorial. In your sketchbook, draw along with the artist.




Some good reminders about hand construction at the top of this tutorial


Study these hand construction examples and try drawing them as shown. (You don't have to do the final shading stage - just the construction)




Here's a long, very comprehensive tutorial. There's a lot of excellent info in it, but it's a slow-moving tutorial. If you're interested in studying hands further, you might want to watch (and draw) in chunks:



Week Thirteen Sketchbook Assignment: Sketch three of the hands below demonstrating the construction method we learned in class today.