The next assignment is going to focus on hands. Hands are the most complex part of the human body to draw right. There a lot of bones inside hands which makes drawing them very difficult. However, hands are also a very expressive part of the body and an artist needs to know how to draw them in order to understand the human form.
The first part of this assignment is to sketch out and practice drawing hands. How do you get better at drawing hands? The number one best way to learn how to draw hands is to DRAW A TON OF THEM! Practice! Practice! Practice! That's how artists improve when drawing something complicated like hands. For every 1 hand drawing you do, you are one hand better than you were before. Artists will have pages full of hands to get to a high quality level. I want you guys to draw me 50 sketches of hands before I let you begin the assignment. You will go to the website pixivlovely in the button below and draw stockphotos of hands. You will set the timer to 1 minute and sketch the hand out. After 50 hands, you will not only draw hands better, but be a faster artist. If you don't want to use the website, you can draw your own left hand and set a timer on your phone for 1 minute.
The first part of this assignment is to sketch out and practice drawing hands. How do you get better at drawing hands? The number one best way to learn how to draw hands is to DRAW A TON OF THEM! Practice! Practice! Practice! That's how artists improve when drawing something complicated like hands. For every 1 hand drawing you do, you are one hand better than you were before. Artists will have pages full of hands to get to a high quality level. I want you guys to draw me 50 sketches of hands before I let you begin the assignment. You will go to the website pixivlovely in the button below and draw stockphotos of hands. You will set the timer to 1 minute and sketch the hand out. After 50 hands, you will not only draw hands better, but be a faster artist. If you don't want to use the website, you can draw your own left hand and set a timer on your phone for 1 minute.
Scared Drawing hands still?
Here are some refs!
When it comes to refs you not only have to read them but you have to draw them out. It helps to draw learning from the masters. Below is a link to pinterest and it may be blocked from the school website since everything is blocked so it might be best to read/draw these when you get home.
Here are some refs!
When it comes to refs you not only have to read them but you have to draw them out. It helps to draw learning from the masters. Below is a link to pinterest and it may be blocked from the school website since everything is blocked so it might be best to read/draw these when you get home.
After you check off the 50 hands for a grade, we will talk about what you want to do for the collage. The hand collage will be 6 different expressive hands drawn on toned tan paper. You will be using white charcoal for highlights and dark charcoal for shadows. You will have to position 6 different hands on your page. I think getting a model/ taking pictures of 6 different hands you want to draw is a smart idea. You will be able to use the photos to draw out your shadows and highlights. The hands have to be realistic for this assignment. They have to have strong highlights, shadows, and the illustration has to have a balanced composition. Your artwork has to be clean and the page cannot have smears or smudges from fingers. (remember, we don't shade with our fingers! That's a big no no!) You also have to be careful to avoid folding your paper or tearing the edges!
Due October 19th
Points: 30
50 sketches of hands: 15 points
Due October 19th
Points: 30
50 sketches of hands: 15 points