Tag: Hands

Art of Observation: Refining Hand Drawing Skills Through Practice

Sketching Hands: Techniques Explored in My Sketchbook

Here are a few pages from my sketchbook where I’ve been drawing hands. Hands can be challenging to draw for me so I like to draw them whenever I am able. When I start a sketching session I usually start with drawing hands.

With these hand sketches I tried a few different techniques. I used shapes to form the hand and fingers. I also used contour lines through observational drawing. I really enjoyed drawing the bones of the hand too. I think they came out cool.

Mastering Hand Drawing: The Journey of Practice and Progress

Hand sketch drawing #1-6
Hand sketch drawing #7-10
Hand sketch drawing #11-14
Hand sketch drawing #15

The Art of Practice: Diving into the 2,500 Drawing Challenge Starting with Hands

I’ve learned of this great challenge to help strengthen my drawing skills. The 2500 drawing challenge. The goal is to do 2,500 drawings in a year; 250 Hands, 250 Feet, 500 Legs, 500 Arms, and 1,000 Heads.

The challenge was created by a group named Drawaholics Anonymous. I don’t remember how I found out about the challenge, probably on YouTube or Instagram. 

I pulled out my handmade sketchbook I made myself this year and started with the hands part of the challenge. I found a bunch of good hand images to draw from on Pinterest. Here are the first 15 hands I’ve drawn. I can already see my drawing progress from hand #1 to hand #15. 

I feel that this challenge is a good one for me. How about you? Have you ever taken on the 2500 challenge? I would like to hear about anyone else’s experience with this or any other great challenges.