How to draw hands with a pencil?

Hands are a personal and unique part of the body. Often they can tell about a person's life with their shape and size. Long years people study their lines and structure, try to read the future along the lines. Today we will learn draw hands with a simple pencil by using step by step lesson. We will pay special attention to their construction and the imposition of shadows, so that the drawing comes out the most realistic.

Tools and materials:

1. White sheet of paper;
2. Eraser;
3. Solid simple pencil;
4. Two soft pencils.

Stages of work:

Photo 1. The figure will show two hands. One lies on top of the other. Let's start with the hand that will be on top. For construction we use a hard pencil. Denote simple lines first hand shape

Photo 2. Place the second hand on the bottom left. She will be turned sideways. We are not in a hurry to draw fingers. Just outline the wrist and hand:

Photo 3. On the left hand, draw the fingers and folds on the bends. We do not stylishly press on the pencil, the pressure should be weak at the first stage. Otherwise, then the contours will not naturally stand out. The fingers are slightly unevenly spaced so that they peek out from behind each other. The little finger has the most folds, because it is the most bent:

Photo 4. Now let's move on to the right hand. She is on the top left. Add fingers and two parallel lines at the level of bones, at the level of bends. This will make it easier to navigate when building:

Photo 6. We continue to hatch gradually adding more volume. Let's draw a little contour and work it out right hand. The little finger and ring finger are on a bend, so we add more shadow on them than on the rest:

Photo 7. Let's add folds and a contour on the bends. Let's draw the details of the upper hand, in parallel we make the volume on the lower one:

Photo 8. Let's make more shadow, but try not to darken it. Strokes are applied gradually. This trick helps to make the hands realistic:

Photo 9. Let's add more contrast. We continue to add a shadow:

Photo 10. Let's refine the contour again, it will highlight the foreground. The rest of the places are left untouched.

When drawing a person, special attention should be paid to both the face and the hands. First, besides the head, the arms are the most exposed parts of the body. Secondly, they are also expressive and mobile. Along with this, due to the complexity of the connecting joints, the convex and flat parts of the hand, the hands can become, and usually are, the most difficult part when studying the structure human body.

The first mistake when drawing is too small hands. And here the ability to draw a head comes to the rescue. If you know how to correctly build the proportions of the head, then we can assume that you already have the correct proportions for drawing the hand. If you put your hand to your face, the tip of the middle finger will be at the hairline, and the brush ends at the level of the chin. Here is your main way measurement of brush parameters.

I hope now you understand the importance of being able to draw the human body. If you can draw the human body, you can draw anything for two reasons: 1) you already know enough about the volume of the human body; and 2) if you place this body in a room with various objects, you can easily determine the dimensions of these objects in relation to the body. And you will also already know that all these objects have their own volume and shape.

Let's get back to the topic - Building a hand.
The hand has two volumetric bulges: one - at the base thumb(B), the second - the palm (the rest of the hand) (A). Double rows of finger bones, or carpal bones, are connected to the hand, creating one whole. The wrist does not exist separately, and it is not attached to the hand with a ball-and-socket joint, as in wooden dolls. The movement of the hand starts from the wrist. It narrows slightly at the junction with the forearm. The wrist can also be considered a universal connector because it moves in all directions - up and down, side to side, and can rotate.

The center of the palm is slightly lower than the rest of the hand. For example, if you put your straightened arm on the table with your palm down, you will notice that the wrist does not touch the surface of the table. You will notice that the wrist rises where it joins the hand.

The area of ​​the thumb is much larger than the area at the base of the little finger. The hand is wider at the base of the fingers than at the junction with the wrist: however, closer to the wrist it is higher. Now pay attention to your hand: the palm is longer than its reverse side. The thumb is attached to the palm by an independent and highly mobile ball-and-socket joint, which allows it to actively move independently of the rest of the hand. The palm consists of elastic and soft areas - pillows. The surface of the fingers and the entire palm are covered with many pads. The fingertips are pointed, the middle finger - the longest - is the most high point brushes. The pads at the fingertips are pointed so that they go in the middle - towards the middle finger. If you measure the length of the thumb from the top side, it will be equal to the length of the middle finger. The thumb is more powerful than the rest. The component parts of the fingers are more square in shape than it might seem at first glance, on last square the nail is located, almost triangular in shape, with bulges on both sides, forming a place for the growth of the nail. You will better remember the structure of the hand if you study the structure of the skeleton of the hand, after which problems with drawing the hand will never arise again.

Knowledge of the structure of the joints, their movement and limitation in movement is very important. The first joint of the thumb and the first two joints of the remaining fingers are articulated. They can only move up and down, but not sideways and rotationally. When the fingers are spread apart, the uppermost knuckles of each finger arch back. The lower knuckles of the fingers will lean forward, while the upper knuckles or fingertips cannot be bent even at right angles. Note that the top two articulated joints can only be bent at 90 degrees. The lower joints of the fingers, as well as on the wrist, are spherical. There are many hand positions and structures for you to learn. Even when you are drawing, you can use your free hand as a model. Put a mirror in front of you and it will give you more possibilities learn the positions of your free hand.

1. The first step in drawing a moving hand is the position of the fingers and hand. Draw a hand in motion and determine the approximate position of the hand.

2. Then select voluminous places - divide the brush into parts, this will help you determine where are the convex and where are the flat areas.

4. At the end, add shadows.

Remember this lesson, buy an anatomy textbook and study it. You can study the structure of the hand forever, and you may never be able to draw a hand in the same position twice. Every time you practice hand drawing, you learn something new. Remember, the hands are just as important as the face. And they require the same attention and close study.

I hope you find this lesson helpful.
Successful work!

In this lesson, I suggest you draw a hand in its classic position - unclenched fingers, palm down. Perhaps you need to draw a hand clenched into a fist or a hand with the palm up. Or draw connecting hands, as in the background image. In any case, this lesson will help you draw hands. Drawing a hand is very convenient, because with one hand you draw, and with the other you can sketch. First, study your hand carefully, pay attention to the length of the fingers, all proportions. You can even outline the outline of the hand if you are going to draw it in full size.

1. Marking the contour of the hand

Indeed, if you need draw a hand on the entire sheet of paper, it is easier to outline the outline of your hand, and then, using some of the tips from this lesson, just add small parts. If you need to draw a hand on a smaller scale, then first put two points for the wrist and five points for the fingers. Please note that not the index, but the middle finger on the hand is the longest.

2. Straight contour lines of the fingers

The length of the fingers is different. They say musicians have very long fingers. The nobles believed that long and delicate fingers emphasize aristocratic origin. Maybe, but we will draw a regular hand, so divide the segment where the little finger will be in half, and draw a line from it, parallel to the points outlined earlier. For the thumb, draw a rectangular outline.

3. Draw the real contours of the fingers

At this stage, you only need to trace the straight contours of the fingers with a pencil and give them real shapes. Perhaps these preliminary contours will be inaccurate, then the shape of each finger can be refined separately.

4. General shape of the hand

At this step, you can correct the contours of the fingers. Make a deeper "angle" for the thumb, but you can leave the original outline, at your discretion. Make a markup of the phalanxes and remove extra contour lines from the drawing.

5. The drawing is almost finished

First of all, draw nails on the fingers. Highlight the joints of the fingers with a few strokes and you can say hand drawing finished. It remains only to draw a few details in the next step.

6. How to draw a hand. Shadows

In humans, the knuckles of the hands have "wrinkles" or folds that stretch when the fingers are squeezed, make these areas darker. There is an area between the fingers that also needs to be highlighted. To make the hand look voluminous in the figure, you can make some of the contour lines darker and thicker. In this case, decide on which side the light source will be. It may seem that draw a hand quite easy. Try to draw, and then compare your hand with the resulting drawing.

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Every person has a nose unique features, therefore, it is impossible to give exact advice on how to draw the nose of a girl, child or man. You can only make an abstract or as they say "academic" drawing of the nose. It is this version of the drawing of the nose that I propose to draw for you.

Hands: the basics

Search for joints

Essentially, there is an invisible line that runs through the middle finger and through the center of the wrist. It should be perpendicular to a horizontal line across the wrist.

At the intersection of the lines, a circle is drawn, around which the hand rotates freely.

Depending on the person's hand, the position of the joints on the fingers also varies. However, to give an idea of ​​where the joints should be, you can draw two curved lines coming out of the thumbnail. If you add wrinkles in these places, the hands will look very natural.

moving parts

Now we will look at how the hand moves. Once you understand these basics, you will be able to draw realistic hands.

Each area of ​​the hand will be marked with a color, which will correspond to text of the same color.

Inner side

This area moves towards itself, along with four fingers.

Outer side

This area is not moving - this is very important to remember.

This area moves with the thumb towards the inside of the palm.

This area moves with the little finger, however, the movement is small.

hand drawing

Let's draw the outline of the hand in the shape of an egg. The top of the egg will be the end of the middle finger. Next, draw the continuation of the hand, wrist and circle inside.

Now we outline where the thumb, palm and four fingers will be. For convenience, you can draw a vertical line through the center of the palm.

Notice how the fingers are connected and how they move.

Make the outline smooth and erase the auxiliary lines.

The size and shape of the hand differs from person to person: wide palm, narrow palm, long fingers, short fingers. This list can be continued - therefore, there are rules in proportions when drawing a hand.

Basically, the length of the hands is approximately equal to the length of the middle finger doubled.

Middle finger is usually the longest. The index and ring fingers are approximately equal, but sometimes the ring finger is longer. The little finger reaches the top joint of the ring finger.

In order to understand how the muscles and skin move, consider the diagram of the bones of the hand.

Note that the bones of the index, middle, ring, and little fingers are mostly connected, which means they cannot move far apart. The thumb has much more wide circle movement.

There is a big difference between the male and female hand. The human hand looks more masculine if it is given a more angular shape, and more feminine if it is given a soft roundness.

On average, the nail is about half the length from the tip of the finger to the first joint.

Female nails are drawn more elongated and rounded, while male nails are more square and angular.

Let's draw a circle that will match the basic shape of the fist. Then add the lines of the thumb and wrist.

If you find it difficult to imagine where the thumb will be, just make a fist with your hand and take a closer look at the position.

The back and top of the hand does not move, so you just need to pay attention to how the fingers are connected. We mark the upper part of the hand and four fingers, as a rule, the same width.

As for the shadow, you can add it to create more realistic depth.

However, how detailed you will draw the hand is up to you. Find your style that works best for you!

Various drawing options fist

This picture shows a hand clenched into a fist from the outside. Forefinger to be much higher than all the others.

In this drawing, three fingers are pressed to the palm, the thumb is pushed back, and the index finger points to a point.

Please note that with the help of shadows and wrinkles, the index finger looks voluminous. The same applies to the fist, despite the fact that only some phalanges are drawn for three fingers, a volume effect is created.

This picture shows a hand clenched into a fist from the inside. The index finger is also higher than all the others.

Exist various ways placement of wrinkles and shadows in order to create the effect of fist volume.

Movement from open hand to clench her into a fist.

If you still find it difficult to draw fingers, imagine them as cylindrical elements that connect with each other to form fingers.

However, sometimes it is necessary to slightly distort the fingers to give more depth.

For example, in the image, you see the index finger curved in an unnatural way, but it looks much more realistic than a direct appeal.

How to draw a hand with a pencil step by step

Step one.

Step two.

Step three.

Step four.

Step five.

1. Marking the contour of the hand

Indeed, if you need to draw a hand on the entire sheet of paper, then it is easier to outline the outline of your hand, and then, using some of the tips from this lesson, just add details.
If you need to draw a hand on a reduced scale, then first put two points for the wrist and five points for the fingers.
Please note that not the index, but the middle finger on the hand is the longest.

2. Straight contour lines of the fingers

The length of the fingers is different. They say musicians have very long fingers. Among the nobles, long and refined fingers emphasized aristocratic origin. Maybe, but we will draw a regular hand, so divide the segment where the little finger will be in half, and draw a line from it, parallel to the points outlined earlier.
For the thumb, draw a rectangular outline.

3. Draw real contours fingers of the hand

At this stage, you only need to trace the straight contours of the fingers with a pencil and give them real shapes. Perhaps these preliminary contours will be inaccurate, then the shape of each finger can be refined separately.

4. General contour line arms

At this step, you can correct the contours of the fingers. Make a deeper "angle" for the thumb, but you can leave the original outline, at your discretion.
Make a markup of the phalanxes and remove extra contour lines from the drawing.

5. The hand drawing is almost finished

First of all, draw the fingernails on the hand. Highlight the joints of the fingers with a few strokes and you can say that the drawing of the hand is finished. It remains only to draw a few details in the next step.

6. How to draw a hand. Shadows

In humans, the knuckles of the hands have "wrinkles" or folds that stretch when the fingers are squeezed, make these areas darker. There is an area between the fingers that also needs to be highlighted. To make the hand look voluminous in the figure, you can make some of the contour lines darker and thicker. In this case, choose from which side you will have a light source.

It may seem that drawing a hand is not difficult at all. Try to draw, and then compare your hand with the resulting drawing.

Anatomy

Most important fact- the fact that the hands are concave from the side of the palm and convex from the back. The bulges are so arranged around the circumference of the palm that you can even hold liquid in it. hand served primitive man cup, and by cupping his two palms together, he was able to eat food that he could not hold with his fingers alone. The large muscle of the thumb is one of the most important in the hand. This muscle, in interaction with the muscles of other fingers, provides a grip so strong that it allows you to keep your own weight in a suspended state. This powerful muscle can hold a club, a bow, a spear. We can say that the existence of animals depends on their jaw muscles, and the existence of man depends on his hands.

It is worth paying attention to the powerful tendon attached to the base of the hand and how the tendons of the fingers are grouped on the back of the hand. These tendons can control both all fingers together, and each individually. The muscles that pull these tendons are located on the forearm. Luckily for the artist, the tendons are mostly hidden from view. In children and young people, the tendons on the back of the hand are not visible, but become more visible with age.

The bones and tendons on the back of the hand are close to the surface, but those around the palm and fingers inside are hidden from view. There is a pad at the base of each finger. It protects the bones lying inside and creates a grip with the object being held.

Proportions of the hand

The next important thing is the crooked placement of the fingertips and knuckles. Two fingers lie on either side of a line drawn through the middle of the palm. The tendon of the middle finger bisects the back of the hand. Also important is the fact that the thumb moves at right angles to the movement of the other fingers. The knuckles are located slightly in front of the folds below them on the inside of the palm. Pay attention to the curves along which the knuckles are located and that the curve gets steeper the closer the knuckles are to the fingertips.

The middle finger is the key finger that determines the length of the palm. The length of this finger to the joint is slightly more than half the length of the palm. The width of the palm is slightly more than half of its length on the inside. The index finger is almost on the same level with the base of the nail of the middle finger. The ring finger is almost the same length as the index finger. The tip of the little finger is almost on the same level with the last joint of the ring finger.

The figure shows how to correctly determine the position of the palm cavity. Also note the curve of the back of the hand. Hands will not look natural, capable of grasping until the artist has mastered these details. The hands in the figure are depicted as if they were holding some kind of object. The loud sound of applause is produced by a sharp compression of air between the hollows of the two palms. Poorly drawn hands will look incapable of applauding.

Women's hands

Women's hands differ from men's mainly in that they have smaller bones, less pronounced muscles and a large roundness of the planes. If the middle finger is made at least half the length of the palm, the hand will be more graceful and feminine. Long fingers, oval in shape, add charm.

Man's hands

babies hands

Children's hands are in themselves a good drawing exercise. The main difference from adult hands is that the palm is much thicker compared to small fingers. The muscles of the thumb and the base of the palm are very voluminous, even small children can support their own weight. The knuckles on the back of the hand are hidden by the flesh and visible through the dimples. The base of the palm is completely surrounded by folds; it is much thicker than the pads under the fingers.

Hands of children and teenagers

The proportions are basically the same. Aged elementary school the difference between the hand of a boy and a girl is small, but great changes appear in youth. The boy's arm is larger and stronger, showing the development of bones and muscles. Girls' bones remain smaller, so they never develop as big knuckles as boys. The base of the palms also develops more in boys, in girls it is much softer and smoother. In boys, the nails, as well as the fingers, are slightly wider.

Children's hands are a cross between the hands of a baby and the hands of a teenager. This means that the muscles of the thumb and the base of the palm are proportionately thicker than in an adult, but thinner in comparison to the fingers than in an infant. Fingers in relation to the palm are the same as in adults. The arm as a whole is smaller, slightly fuller, dimpled, and the knuckles are certainly more rounded.

Old people's hands

Having mastered the design of hands, you will enjoy drawing the hands of older people. In fact, they are easier to draw than the hands of young people, because the anatomy and construction of the hand is more noticeable. The basics of construction are still the same, but the fingers are getting thicker, the joints are bigger, the knuckles are protruding more strongly. The skin becomes wrinkled, but this wrinkling needs to be emphasized only in a close-up view.

Let's start ! Start drawing basic shapes and lines. This is useful so that you can keep the shape of the hand and the proportions of the joints.

First, let's draw on the base line of the upper and visible ending of the forearm at the level of the wrist!

Now draw the basic shape of the index finger!

And now, along the base of the thumb, the lines and shapes of it itself. The hand took shape pretty quickly.

And now draw the shape of the middle finger!

The next step is nameless. Fingers become less and less visible. But the joints line up and the proportion and beauty of the lines are noticeable.

And now your last finger on basic form- drawing for the little finger - the little finger! And you did everything quickly on the basic shape of the hand from the first step!

Now draw the nails on the fingers, as you can see them on your own or in the photographs.

Draw small details of the folds in the joints and skin folds. They are on both sides. The hand in a relaxed state tends to shrink.

Here are some small details that you also need to draw in order to give the drawing a realistic look/

You did it! Now you have to apply shadows and light yourself.

First, start drawing the hand with anatomical tips! We will try to refresh or replenish our knowledge about the structure of the human body. This is very useful, because most beginner artists can find their hands difficult. Well, let's start with anatomy and you will better understand the drawing of a human hand!

Here is a slightly enlarged anatomy of your fingers so you can get a better look at the bones and remember their main parts. We will always use them for the base of the hand drawing.

Maybe it doesn't seem important, but when you draw larger hands you will need help choosing the type of nails. You can choose the best ones for your character in the picture!

And here's some extra help in the picture, so you can clearly see and compare the difference for your character's age and gender!

Here are some sketches of hands that give an idea for the drawing style of realistic hands! You should start with any style based on their actual appearance.

And now the options for hands from comics or fairy tale characters. These are just a few examples. You won't notice too much of a difference between realistic and comic or fantasy style.

In cartoon style, there are more noticeable differences from realism. It's always helpful if you look closely at that particular detail in the cartoons you watch and then you can pick a style you like and start creating your own for that part of the drawing.

If you have animal characters, then these examples will come in handy! Basically, when your animal character walks on two legs, his/her front arms or paws are more like real arms and hands, so you should draw them like human arms, only with some animal specificity and style.

And now, the last part of the preparation for drawing the hand. it possible options, angles and positions of the hands and fingers. First, let's look at simpler options and catch the basic principle for the joints and proportions of the fingers and palms. For a female hand, you can increase flexibility, and for a male, increase angularity.

Step 10

Now the drawings are somewhat more difficult, from a different point of view and angle! This is an expression of emotions, gestures accompanying words and actions.

This part of the preparation will already be really difficult, but not impossible! When you start drawing hands harder than these, you will remember with a smile. We're just looking at the tip of the iceberg in terms of bases and shapes, and will start moving towards hatching, shading and color grading and editing. And now we are just warming up!

1. You can fit several options for turning your hand at once. Mark them with a base oval and a guide line.

2. How to draw hands. Start drawing individual fingers.

3. The next step is to draw in more detail the contours.

4. Erase unnecessary lines, mark small skin folds and nails.

5. How to draw hands. With a TM pencil, shade the shadow on the brush, just try not to darken it right away.

6. The next brush is deployed a little differently. This angle can be used quite often in drawings. Outline the general shape.

7. Refine the drawing of the fingertips. How to draw a cat.

8. Draw nails with a sharpened pencil.

9. Use a soft eraser to remove all unnecessary construction lines. How to draw a dragon.

10. Feel free to proceed to the black-and-white study.

11. Now you can try to draw horizontal arms. Just like in the previous sketches, start by laying out the general shape.

12. Work out the contours of the hands in detail.

13. Using soft pencil you can make accents in the picture to make it look natural.

14. With a hard pencil draw a shadow on the lower arm.

15. Do the same with the top.

STEP 3. anime hands
Here is a typical anime/manga hand, as it looks painted with fingers spread. When painted, you should end up with something like this.

STEP 4. anime hands
Let's start this first drawing step by drawing an inverted bell shape for the middle part of the arm. Once this is drawn, add five lines for the fingers. I've added some arrows to show you how far apart each finger should look.

STEP 5.
Now that you've drawn the skeleton of the hand, you can add three circles on each finger. These circles will help you draw the anime/manga finger shapes. Before moving on to the next step, draw a line for the wrist.

STEP 6.
In this sixth step we will start drawing the shape of the fingers and hand. Once that's done, let's add the shape of the right side of the wrist.

STEP 7. how to draw hands
In this step, we will simply add the lines of the joint and bones of the wrist. Once that's done, start erasing all the instructions and shapes that you've drawn in the previous steps.

STEP 8.
this is what your hand should look like

STEP 10. draw anime hands
Start the clenched fist from the center of the square, this will help you draw the individual fingers

STEP 12. how to draw anime hands
In this next step, you will start adding lines for the fingers and knuckles. Once this is done, add the shaping line for the left side of the wrist.

STEP 14. learn to draw hands
Once you're done it should look like the one in my picture. I hope you enjoyed this lesson.

For starters, pay attention to our hands. They consist of three parts: shoulder, forearm and hand. Each of them can be depicted in the form of ovals, well, or you just need to learn how to draw a hand right away. If you depict a lowered hand, then the tips of the fingers will reach the middle of the thigh, and the elbows will be at the level of the waist.

Here we have considered a method with a simplified form of the hand, now we will improve it so that it looks more natural. When you draw the hands, don't draw them too evenly. We start from the shoulder, it has a smooth bend, near the elbow the arm narrows a little and expands again at the place where the biceps are located.
The elbow will be a little hard to draw, because it's not just a bend, it's a connection, a hinge.

Next is the brush. Imagine each of the segments as a cylinder, and now turn your hand upside down and you will see three almost identical segments on each finger. Well, because all the fingers are different in length, the pads and the folds that are between them do not line up.

Let's start drawing the hand with the knuckles of the fingers from the bones. Joint 1 is the largest of the three. The second joint is located between the two (in the middle), it is smaller and shorter than the first, but longer than the third joint - the tip of the finger. It is not possible to draw all fingers in this way, since each finger has a different length.

On top of the phalanx of the fingers, you need to draw straight lines, and from the side of the palm, rounded.

But let's not forget that the male hand is slightly different from the female. male hand more massive and more sinewy. There are three options for drawing a hand: Muscular, toned, and a weakling's hand.

Perhaps For sketching or to see some parts, I don’t know .:

No aspect of drawing is as difficult as . There is very little material on the subject. The biggest difficulties arise precisely with the search for suitable material. Your hands are the most excellent material available for study. Perhaps you have never seen them under the light. In most cases, people learn how to draw hands on their own. Any teacher can only point out the facts that are connected with your hands.

The study of the hands, not including the study of anatomy, mainly consists of comparative analysis measurements. The fingers have a certain length in relation to the palm; the space between the knuckles of the fingers is specifically proportional to the entire finger. The palm is fairly wide compared to the length. The distance between the knuckles on the back of the finger is greater than the similar distance between the folds on the back. The length of the long finger from its tip to the third knuckle is equal to half the length of the hand from the fingertip to the wrist. The thumb in its length almost reaches the second joint of the first finger. The length of the palm is approximately equal to the length of the face from the chin to the hairline. You, like anyone else, can make such comparative measurements.

The most mobile part of the body, it can accommodate objects of considerable shape and weight. Such mobility complicates the work of the artist, because the hand can take a wide variety of positions. Thanks to certain technical parameters, the hands work constantly. The palm can form a kind of hollow, contracting and unclenching. When squeezing the palm, the fingers are directed inward, towards the middle of the palm. The fingers have rather hard nails, which sometimes help a lot if you need to grab something. You take the pin with your fingertips, you take the hammer using your fingers and palm. It is impossible to fully bend back the fingers due to the rigidity of the back of the hand.

This mechanism was invented by nature for pushing movements. As we know, the hand is the most perfect mechanism for performing an almost unlimited number of actions. Added to this perfect tool is the fact that, perhaps more than any other part of the body, this tool depends on the brain to work. Most hand movements occur at the subconscious level. For example, typing on a computer or typewriter, as well as playing the piano.

In a cultural sense, man began to train his hands long before he began to train his brain. A newborn begins to use his hands effectively long before he learns to think. He can grab a burning match, not yet knowing that he can get burned. The history of human progress since prehistory can be closely associated with the development of the hands.

The fact is that hand movements do not require great skill. This may be the reason why there is very little knowledge on hand drawing. Now look at your hands, you will see them differently. Note that before picking up an object, the hands automatically take suitable shape. To draw a hand, first you need to take it, study its silhouette, look at its changes so that the hand fits under the silhouette. Try picking up a ball, a peach, or an apple, see what shape your fingers will take before you pick up the object. The mechanical principles of how the hands work is a very important part of drawing.

Only by knowing how the hands work can one learn how to draw hands.
The back of the hand is usually drawn in three plans: one is drawn for the thumb and for the lower knuckle of the index finger. The remaining two are for the back of the hand, grabbing the wrist. In most cases, the back of the hand is wavy, and this phenomenon is reduced to these three planes. The palm is usually presented in three blocks that surround the inner space of the palm - the vault, the thin base of the thumb, and small tubercles that are just below the fingers.

When the fingers are bent, the knuckles should be flush with the thumb, when the fingers are extended, the knuckles should not stand out. Care must be taken in aligning the nails because they are on their midline, which intersects with the midline of the finger. In other words, the nail can somehow change its position, we won't even notice it.
Continue to study your hands for the acquisition of general knowledge. Muscles are so deeply located that they are no less important than external forms.

Of the bones accessible to the eye, we are presented on the back of the hand with knuckles and carpal bones. If you involve your hand in different kinds her activities, then the fingers are fairly easy to join. Study the relative length of the fingers and remember that the thumb almost always runs at right angles to the rest of the fingers. Get rid of the idea that hands are hard to draw. It's just hard when you don't know how they work. Once understood, hands become charming.

Remember a very important fact that the palm is sunken, and back side palms - convex. The tubercles on the palm are lined up so perfectly that they can even retain liquid. For ancient man the palm happened to be a cup. He put his two palms together so that he could eat food that he could not grasp with his fingers. The muscle of the thumb is undoubtedly the most important muscle in the palm. This muscle, together with the muscles of the other fingers, gives a person the ability to grip very strongly. Thanks to this, a person can even support his own weight. This muscle gives a person the ability to hold a bat, club, bow, spear, etc. The life of an animal directly depends on the strength of the muscles of the jaws. Man depends on his own hands.

When you have mastered the features of the structure and proportions of the hand, you can easily use this knowledge to display the specific features inherent in women's, infants', children's hands, as well as the hands of the elderly.

1. The line that bounds the palm of the hand resembles a "flattened iron" in its shape. This is the perfect shape to start brush painting. The outlines of a human brush literally amaze the imagination of beauties and the ideality of forms.

2. Drawing a line from the wrist along the BRUSH, we separate the area of ​​​​the fingers. The auxiliary organ of the hand, the thumb, is bent in relation to the rest of the fingers; without it, the hand of man would be helpless.

3. Horizontal line, drawn in the middle between the base of the hand and the end of the longest finger, helps to determine the position of the fingers relative to the thumb and the rest of the palm.

4. A curved line drawn above the middle line of the hand shows the base of the fingers. The little finger is the only finger whose base is below the middle line. The rest of the fingers start above this line. Distances 1 - 5 can be considered equal. The middle finger is the longest. Each finger is limited by the oval drawn at the beginning.

5. The length of the middle finger is already known to us. Fingers 1 and 3 can be the same length, but quite often finger 3 is slightly longer. The little finger (4) is shorter than the above fingers, and the thumb (5) ends slightly above the curved line of the base of the other four fingers.

6. The length of the middle finger is already known to us. Fingers 1 and 3 can be the same length, but quite often finger 3 is slightly longer. The little finger (4) is shorter than the above fingers, and the thumb (5) ends slightly above the curved line of the base of the other four fingers.

7. There is one feature at the base of the fingers: small wrinkles are bent away from the line of the fingers and go along the line of the arc depicting the base of the fingers.

8. When the hand is straightened and the thumb is placed together with the rest, the palmar wrinkle, shown in the figure above, passes into the line of the upper joint of the thumb. A fold is clearly visible at the base of the thumb, which turns into a line representing the collected skin, similar to an inverted "T".

9. Having determined the location of the joints of the fingers (Figure b), you can depict them in two lines in the first row of joints, if the hand is massive enough. The upper joints are depicted, as a rule, by single lines. If the hand is small, then the first row of joints is depicted by single lines. And on very small hands, the joints may not be visible at all.

10. If you look at the palm from behind, then the fingers will appear longer. The lines of the borders of the fingers will reach the dashes shown in the figure.

11. If you turn the straightened brush the other way around, then part of the thumb will become invisible. Areas of free skin on all joints of the fingers will become visible. They will be in the form of small ROUND areas. On the upper joints, these areas are not as clearly visible as on the rest. The protrusions of the lower joints take the form of ellipses, so the same shape and y areas of free skin over these joints. The bones and tendons of the hand are also visible in these places.

Artists are entitled to many benefits that will never exist. For example, coupons for free food, separate transport, so as not to merge with the gray mass in the minibus, or a personal butler. I myself am not an artist, but I already begin to feel all the delights permanent job hands (in my case, the left hand). After a long drawing, not only the hands begin to hurt, but also the back, tailbone and other parts of the body subject to creative pressure. In this lesson you will learn how to draw a brush. And two at once: human and artistic. The brush is a means of transferring paint to paper, butter to bread, and powder to the brain. That's what it looked like Magic wand when he went to be treated to study at a magical school. With the help of a brush, such a weapon of mass destruction as Malevich's Black Square was created, which shows the ratio of the black population to the rest of the inhabitants of the Earth. Over time, the brush multiplied by spores among people and began to appear on secular parties and in chemical weapons laboratories.

After the invention of the automatic pen and the hydrogen bomb, the brush lost its position and moved itself exclusively into the artistic sphere, where it suddenly became a means of creating masterpieces. Being artists, of course, does not promise great success, but sometimes there is money. What can be done with a brush:

• Gnawing it - this gives an influx of new brilliant ideas, and also relaxes the nervous system;
• draw the most famous painting in the world, or not draw;
• Make a hiding place out of it and hide the stash;
• Use as an assassination weapon;
• Poke it at someone (just not hard);

Let's try to draw all of this.

How to draw a brush with a pencil step by step

Step one. I will not comment, because there is nothing special to tell here. From the pictures and so everything is clear and understandable.
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