==================================================================== Author Name: Ruediger Schmidt Contact Email Address: [email protected] WebSite: http://DrawingSecrets.com Category: Visual Arts, Arts and Crafts, Crafts, Painting, Drawing Description: Lately I gave you some points on how to draw hands. Seems numerous of my students devoured these points and call now for additional material. Specially they called me to go into the details of drafting hands. So let's look at it. Keywords: how to draw, how to draw hands, draw hands Word Count: 918
==================================================================== Article Content: Recently I gave you several tips on how to draft hands. Looks like numerous of my students went through these tips and ask now for additional material. Especially they demanded me to go into detail about drawing hands. So let us look at it. When drawing hands, the greatest obstruction are the dimensions of all the digits and little details. In this article I will demonstrate you the most important details you need to focus your attention on for perfect results. When drawing a relaxed hand, you can think of the palm as a square and so draw the digits accordingly. In this case the middle finger is approximately as long as the palm (with some differences dependent on the individual digit's proportions and its posture - just recall the "magic trick" in my last article on drawing hands). As longest finger the middle finger makes a great reference for understanding the dimensions of all other digits: The little finger is about two-thirds to three fourths of the middle finger The ring finger and the index finger are ever taller than the small finger and littler than the middle finger. Only the accurate sizes vary - some people's ring digits and index digits are equally long, others have longer ring digits, others have longer index digits. I've even heard of people making fun out of deducing physical abilities from the length ratio of index finger and ring finger. Luckily my are both equally long so I am on the safe side ;-) Due to the dissimilar sizes of the digits the fingertips form a c-shaped curve when lying side by side. Somethingwn alike is true for the digits' roots: the index finger's and the middle finger's root are topmost, the other digits' roots are a little bit lower so the finger roots form a arch that bends downwardly, too. And the knuckles frame a similar curve, of course. Now that we have added all digits, let's have a look at the thumb. Different than the other digits it is connected to the side of the palm. Its root inhabits the lower one-half of the hands side. Having only two joints it contains also more muscular tissue, mass and strength. Using these tips you can draw the basic anatomy of any hand you want to draw. But when completing this first outline, please keep in mind: although I wrote about squares and lengths etc., the hand's shape isn't exactly geometrical. There should be no hard margins or straight lines in your drawing. The muscular tissue and anatomy on the hand's bones shape bent and voluminous contours. Intensify these forms by adding substantial shadowing. See where shadows form on your hand and add these shadings accordingly. Important: The thinner a hand is, the less mass the drawing should have. So adjust the strength and shadow of shadings accordingly. Also you need to adapt the shading if the hand is very athletic (e.g. hands of bodybuilders or sportsmen) and for very fleshy hands that have only few lines and crinkles in the skin. Hope these instructions help you to draft better hands from now on. ==================================================================== Author Biography: Want to have fun again and <a href="http://drawingsecrets.com/how-to-learn-to-draw/learn-to-draw/learn-to-draw-hand-proportions.html";>learn to draw hands</a>? Visit us, to download more material and even a free ebook to <a href="http://drawingsecrets.com";>learn drawing</a> ==================================================================== *** Digital Reprint Rights *** * You are not allowed to change anything in Article Content and Author Biography except the format for displaying the article properly. * You are allowed to use this article for free as long as it will not violate any laws. * I will appreciate it if you can notify me the publication of this article. I can be reached at [email protected].
