How to Draw Hands for the Absolute Beginner

How to Draw Hands for the Absolute Beginner Introduction The hand is one of the most beautiful aspects of figure drawing. It is a subject that could stand on its own, independent of other parts of the human body. Though a lone subject, it is expressive. The poignant gestures it portrays and the rhythmic patterns on its surface communicate a thousand emotions… singled-handedly.And yet, drawing a hand is probably the most challenging task for beginners. To come to think of it, even a handful of intermediate artists can create impressive figure drawings, but they fail to render realistic—or, at least, accurate—images of the hands. This can be easily observed in whole figures wherein every other part is highly structured and elaborated—except for the hands.Most often than not, rendering the hands incorrectly arises from inferior structuring and erroneous proportions. Among amateurs, there is the common mistake of drawing both hands smaller than they should be. This is just one of the vari