Drawing Of Hand Outstretched

A drawing of a hand with fingers outstretched. Drawn in charcoal and pencil.

Drawing of hand outstretched.

The best way to learn how to draw hands is to draw hands, so I am sketching some as practice. There are many theories about drawing hands but nothing beats just doing it.

I drew this first in 2b pencil developing the outline by mentally measuring points against points. To do this I would imagine a grid over the image and compare points with other points on the grid.

After the outline I did the first rough in with the 2b pencil by shading in the lightest tones and then buffed them with a stub.

I followed that with a go over of the darkest areas using a light charcoal pencil which I blended slightly. I went over some of the medium values again with the 2b and blended then finished the details with the pencil.

I did a little touch up with the charcoal and then called it done.

I purposely quit the project before it looked too finished. I could strive for a more photographic results, and if I had the time maybe I would, but lately I have felt that drawings should look like drawings.

I am mostly happy with the sketch and will keep it to measure my progress toward improvement in rendering hands.

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Sketch Of Hands

Hands holding as rod.

This is a sketch of a pair of hands drawn in charcoal. Hands are hard to draw and I feel I need to practice them often to get them correct. I drew this in my sketchbook and used a soft charcoal pencil as my medium. I was very happy with the result of the sketch. I tried to get the strength of the hands in my drawing, and the integrity of a worker resting on his tool.

Charcoal sketch of worker's hands

Hands sketch 

I tried to use the dark textured background to make the drawing of the hands appear forward.

If someone is interested in learning how to draw in charcoal my advice is to draw and draw and draw do not give up. It is a little messy at first and hard to control but in the end will be very rewarding.

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