5 Hand Draw

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The Secret to Drawing a Hand

Are you one of those people that absolutely loathes drawing hands? Do you hide the hands in pockets or behind the behind the person's back? There's no reason to approach drawing hands like that. It's true that most people believe that hands are some of the hardest things to draw. NOT SO!

I'll be honest, drawing hands is difficult when you don't know what to look for. But when you know how to look for specific shapes, they are a lot easier to draw. Drawing hands, or anything else for that matter is as easy as drawing some simple shapes. I'm talking square and triangle simple.

Shapes that Make up the Hand

Look at your own hand. If you look at the basic shape of the palm, you'll notice that it makes the shape of a square. This square can change a bit when the hand is in a different position, but it's still there. You can almost think of the the square that makes up the palm as sheet of paper. A sheet of paper is rectangular in shape but it can be bent and can appear curved at certain angles.

The shape that is created where the palm meets the thumb of the hand is a triangle. Here again, this triangle shape can change a bit when viewed from different angles, but it's still there. You just have to know to look for that shape.

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Then it's on to the fingers. The shape of a finger is simply a cylinder. The main fingers are made up of three small cylinders, while the thumb will only have two. Depending on the angle, the cylinders of the fingers may overlap, covering some of them from view. The cylinders may also taper or become larger depending if any foreshortening is involved.

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Remember, by changing the angle of the hand, the shapes may change a little- but they're still there. You need only to train your eye to find the shapes that make up the structure of the hand. Fortunately, these shapes are easy to draw.