How to draw the left hand. Human Anatomy Fundamentals: How to Draw Hands

What You'll Be Creating

Many people think that of all parts of the body, the hands are the most difficult to draw. We all have stories of how, in the early stages of drawing, we hid the hands of our characters behind our backs or in our pockets, avoiding drawing them whenever possible. And paradoxically, they are our most accessible part, being in the field of view every minute of our lives. With just one additional accessory - a small mirror - we can see the hands from all angles. So the only real problem is the complexity of this amazing compound organ. It's almost like drawing a small shape on top of a larger one - it's hard to know where to start.

In this guide, we will break down the anatomy of the hand and simplify it so that when you look at the hand, you can understand it as a group of simple shapes that are easy to put together.

Use the following finger abbreviations:

• BP - Thumb
• UP - index finger
• SP - middle finger
• BezP - Ring finger
• M - little finger

Brush basics

Here is a brief overview of the bone structure of the hand (left). 8 carpal bones are marked in blue, 5 metacarpals in purple and 14 phalanges in pink.

Since not all of these bones are movable, we can simplify the basic structure of the hand. On the right is a diagram - all you need to remember.

Note that the actual base of the fingers (the joint that corresponds to the knuckles) is much lower than the visible base formed by the adjacent skin. This must be taken into account when drawing bent fingers.

Based on the above, a simple way to draw a brush is to start with a basic palm shape - a flat (much like a steak, but more rounded, square or trapezoidal) with rounded corners, and then attach the fingers:

If you find it difficult to draw fingers, draw them as a stack of three cylinders. Cylinders are easy to draw from any angle, eliminating the need to draw fingers in perspective. Please note that the bases of the cylinders are exactly the folds that need to be drawn in bent fingers.

This is important: knuckles not aligned in a straight line, but fall on concentric arches:

Also, fingers are not straight, but slightly bent towards the space between the joint venture and the bezp. Even if you slightly show it in the picture, it will be more realistic.

Let's not forget the nails. You don't have to draw them all the time. In fact, they appear in a certain degree of detail, which only looks right when the hands are seen close enough, but we are usually not taught how they should look, and because of this, for example, I could not get them for a long time look normal. A few notes for drawing nails:

1. The nail begins in the middle of the first phalanx.
2. The line at which the nail separates from the flesh varies: in some people it is located completely at the edge of the finger, in others it is very low (dashed line), so in their case the nails are wider.
3. The nails are not flat, they are more like a tile with varying degrees of curvature - from strong to very weak. Examine your brush and you'll find that this curvature varies from finger to finger, but luckily we don't need that level of realism in drawing.

Proportions

Now, taking the (apparent) length of the UE as a structural unit, we can roughly outline the following proportions:

1. Maximum opening between BP and UP = 1.5
2. The maximum opening between UE and BezP = 1. SP can be closer to any adjacent finger, this does not affect the total distance.
3. Maximum opening between BezP and M = 1
4. The maximum angle between the BP and the M is 90º, taken from the very base of the BP articulation: the fully extended M aligns with it.

I wrote "approximately" because everyone is different, but remember that deviation from the norm on paper may not look right. When in doubt, these options will always look correct.

Details

The basic shape is just one complex aspect of the hand; the next is the detailing of folds and lines. Who hasn't been frustrated when drawing with a brush when it was hard to get all those lines right? Let's look at the fold lines and some measurement details:

1. The supposed continuation of the inner line of the wrist separates the thumb from the rest. A small tendon line may mark the junction of the wrist and hand.
2. When the fingers are closed, as shown above, the BP is slightly hidden under the palm.
3. UP or BezP are often as long as SP.
4. The creases denoting the joints are elliptical or parenthesis-like, but when the hand is extended as shown above, they are not pronounced (unless one has protruding joints, which is often the case on overworked hands) and can be drawn as simple dimples.
5. The knuckle creases are shown in an elliptical shape, but they disappear when the fingers are flexed. They are shown in parallel lines on the side of the palm, but are more pronounced on the lower joint - usually the upper joints are not indicated by two lines.
6. On the back, the lines of the fingers continue to the beginning of the palm, so they look longer on the back of the hand.
   On the inside, the lines are shorter, because the upper part of the palm is voluminous, so the fingers look shorter.
7. The lines where the fingers end are tension lines (short horizontal strokes) on both sides, and on both sides these tension lines are directed away from the SP.

Also note that in the diagram above, the nails are not fully drawn, but only lightly outlined, which is in line with the general level of detail (which is much higher than needed to show all the lines). The smaller the brush, the less details you need to specify if you don't want to make it look old.

I didn't mention the hand lines above, so I'll go over them in detail here:

1. The most visible lines on the palm - the so-called lines of the heart, head and life - are the folds of the skin where the palm is rounded. As long as you're not drawing in a realistic style, there's no need to draw other lines - that would be redundant.
2. Do not confuse the life line with the outline of the thumb, which becomes visible at certain angles, as shown on the right. The lifeline is almost concentric with the outline of the thumb, but note how much higher it starts on the palm - in fact the (true) base of the UP.
3. From the side, the pad at the base of each finger appears as a series of curved parallel bulges.
4. These fold lines partially wrap around the fingers. They are emphasized when the fingers are bent.
5. On the extended finger there is a slight bulge formed by skin folds. It disappears when the finger is bent.

So what do we see from the side when the arm is outstretched?

1. From the outside, the line of the wrist curves into the base of the palm, so the transition between them forms a gentle bulge.
2. The bottom of the hand looks flatter on the outside than on the inside, although the base of the thumb may still be visible.
3. From the outside, the last joint BezP is fully visible, because M shifted to the brush.
4. From the inside, a little SP is visible or not visible at all, depending on the length of the UE.
5. From the inside, the line of the wrist is blocked by the base of the thumb, so the transition is sharper and it is important to show the bulge.

Notice also that when viewed from the outside, another new contour line is shown on the palms. It goes from the wrist and, with a turn of the hand, connects to the M line until it overlaps the base of the BP:

Range of motion

Detailed articulation implies movement, and the arms are constantly moving. We use our hands not only for practical purposes (holding a mug, typing), but also for conveying our words expressively or reacting to emotions. Therefore, it is not surprising that in order to correctly draw brushes, an understanding of how the fingers move is required.

Five fingers

Let's start with the thumb, which moves independently. Its true base and center of motion are very low on the hand, where the hand meets the wrist.

1. With a natural relaxed position, there is space between the BP and the rest of the hand.
2. The BP can fold in such a way that it touches the base of the M, but this causes tension and leads to pain.
3. The BP can stretch to the width of the palm, but this also leads to tension and pain.

The other four fingers move slightly sideways and are mostly bent forward, parallel to each other. They bend at a certain autonomous angle, but not without affecting neighboring fingers; try, for example, bending one joint and see what happens to the rest. Only the BP is completely independent.

When the hand is clenched into a fist and all fingers are twisted, the hand takes on a domed shape, as if it were lying on a large ball. The ball (shown in red) gets smaller and the curvature increases.

When the hand is fully extended (right), the fingers are either straight or lean back slightly, depending on their flexibility. For some people, the fingers bend at a 90º angle when pressed against them.

Let's take a closer look at the fully clenched fist:

1. The first and third creases of a fully bent finger touch to form a cross.
2. The second crease is a continuation of the line of the finger.
3. Part of the finger is covered with a skin flap and the thumb, reminding that the entire structure of the thumb is closest to the outer edge. You can move the NC outward and cover the skin flap with it, it's anatomically possible, but it's not the natural way to form a fist.
4. The SP knuckle protrudes the most, and the other knuckles gradually descend from the level of the SP, so that at the angle shown here, the parallel fingers are seen from the outside rather than the inside.
5. The first and third folds touch and again form a cross.
6. The BP is bent in such a way that its last phalanx is shortened in perspective.
7. The skin fold protrudes here.
8. When the hand is clenched in a fist, the joints protrude and the "brackets" are visible.

brush as a whole

When the hand is relaxed, the fingers are slightly bent, and when the hand is pointing upwards, they are bent more due to gravity. In both cases, the UP remains extended, while the rest gradually wrap, and M is the most bent of them. On the side, the finger sequence makes the 2 or 3 outermost fingers visible between the OP and BP.

M often "runs away" and is located a little away from other fingers - another way to make the brushes more realistic. On the other hand, SP and SP or SP and SP will often pair up, sticking together while the other 2 remain free. This way the brush will look more alive. A pair of BezP-M appears when the fingers are slightly bent.

Since the fingers are not the same length, they always represent a sequential transition. When the fingers are squeezing something, such as a glass, SP (1) is seen the most, while M (2) is only slightly shown.

While holding a pen or something like that, SP, SP, and M arch backwards relative to the palm if the object is held between BP and FP (take a pencil and watch). If you press harder, the joint venture connects and straightens, because. presses on the object. The maximum pressure results in all fingers pointing out to the sides, as shown here.

As we can see, the hand and wrist are exceptionally clear, each finger almost lives its own life, so drawing hands usually confuses a novice illustrator. But when the brushes start to turn out well, we tend to fall into the opposite trap - we start drawing the brushes too rationally: the fingers are neatly placed in their places, parallel lines, careful alignments. The result is stiff and just too boring for a part of the body that can speak as expressively as the eyes. This is good for certain types of characters (for example, those whose personality is rigid or insensitive), but most often you want to draw lively, expressive hands. To do this, you can go one of two ways: add attitude (i.e. add drama to the gesture, resulting in a position of a moving hand that is probably never used in real life) or add naturalness (observe the hands of people who do not watch their gestures to see the accidents that I have in mind). I can't show every hand position, but below you can see examples of restrained and natural/dynamic hand:

* Case specific note - trained fighters always will keep the fingers parallel during the strike (as shown in the restrained position), otherwise they may break the knuckles.

Differences

Brushes are individual for everyone, as well as facial features. Men differ from women, young from old, and so on. The following are some existing classifications, but they do not cover the full range of characteristics that a hand can have. A characteristic feature is the right word, because brushes should be drawn as if they were characters with their own character: delicate, soft, dry, calloused, rough, etc. (See Practice Time)

Brush shapes

The proportions of the fingers in relation to the hand matter:

Finger shapes

Not everyone's nails are the same! From nature, we are given flat or round nail bases, and people artificially give nails a different shape.

Practice time

• Watch the hands of different people. Firstly, in order to understand the anatomical structure: how fingers look in different positions, how lines appear and change, how certain details depend on tension, etc. Secondly, in order to understand the differences: how male hands different from women. How do they change with age? And what do they look like depending on the weight of a person? Can you recognize someone by their hands?
• Make some energetic sketches of any hands - yours, other people's, from photographs. Don't worry about getting the proportions right, don't even look at them too much - we just need to catch the expression.
  

  Joumana Medlej is a Lebanese calligraphy artist, trained by a master in Beirut and now living in England. Her body of work encompasses drawing tutorials, graphic design, illustration, comic books, digital games and children's literature.

Drawing hands is actually very difficult. There is an anecdote that lives to this day among the walls of art institutions, which tells about an artist who, in order not to be ashamed, painted his hands in his pockets and his feet in the grass. Hands are also a three-dimensional form, and it is the volume that needs to be conveyed. But this is not the worst. The hardest part is getting the proportions right. Already in second place is the transfer of movement, anatomical features. I do not diminish the importance of knowledge of anatomy, it should be. But if the proportions are not observed from the very beginning, further work will not bring a positive result. For example, a sitter is sitting in front of you. His hands are in the right position, in a certain angle. So you need to correctly catch the position of the hand in foreshortening. And for this, look for proportions. The slightest inaccuracy and the "correct" picture will not work. And you notice this inaccuracy already halfway to the completion of the work, sadly.
I'll try to explain in a different way. To get started, you should probably look at the following figure:

It is not necessary to know what bone is called. It is enough to understand that the hand is not an amorphous material, not an inflated ball - these are bones covered with muscles, ligaments, skin. Remember the proportional ratios of the parts of the skeleton of the hand.

When you draw from life, your hand will most likely be in perspective, which will complicate your task. It will be necessary to transfer the proportions of the "picture" itself, taking into account the proportions of the hands.

You need to start drawing a hand not individually, but as a total volume. You outline the volume together with all the fingers and only then "break" it into sections, eventually highlighting each finger.

If you take a ball in the palm of your hand, it will take its shape. It will be easier to understand if you do it yourself. Of course, the hand can take different positions, and its shape will change. But the basics must always be taken into account. This is how Bummes painted:

After outlining the form and all the details, you can come to the transfer of chiaroscuro. We first determine (in general) a light spot and a dark one and put a soft stroke on the shadow. And then we do everything according to the principle, as described on the page.

Here are the works of artist Andrew Loomis. The structure is shown very well, all volumes are perfectly transferred. You can directly take and copy, taking into account all proportional relationships. It is very well shown that the basis of the structure of the palm is a ball. See how the fist is drawn. Start by transferring the main proportional ratios, height and width, main masses. When you outline this in the sheet, proceed to the construction of the main volumes. Lastly, mark the nails, sometimes just a light pencil mark is enough.

After that, you can proceed to the transfer of chiaroscuro, which will help to convey the volume. Note that here chiaroscuro performs an additional function. It is applied with light hints, specifying the volumes and shape.

Below are his drawings of children's hands. The hands of babies, they differ from the hands of adults in that the palm is more weighty and fleshy in relation to the fingers. The joints are almost invisible on plump arms. From this there may be problems with misunderstanding - the baby's hands can turn out to be "cotton". Already somewhat understanding the structure of an adult hand, you need to move on to draw the hands of babies. Schematically, a baby's hand can be inscribed in a rectangle close to a square, or even in a square.

The hands of older children. Small differences begin to appear between the boy's hand and the girl's hand. The boy's hand is bigger and stronger. Better visible muscles and joints. A distinctive feature of the girl's hands is that they are thicker, narrower, not muscular, fingers are thinner, nails are narrower. Worse visible joints and muscles. In drawing children's hands, tendons are not transmitted. They are still practically not expressed.

Women's hands have noticeable distinctive features from men's. Like everything in a woman - a face, a figure, so are the hands themselves. They are drawn more delicate, with light rounded surfaces, more elegant. For greater elegance of a female pen, the middle finger should be about half the length of the palm, oval nails also add grace. Joints are easily transmitted, can be transmitted by a hint, small dimples, like in infant children's hands.

Hands are difficult to draw, especially from an angle. Many artists believe that the indicator of a master is precisely the ability to draw hands. And this is achieved only with practice and diligent work. It won't work right away.

This lesson is related to "How to draw a person" and if you look in more detail, in this lesson I will tell you " How to draw a hand»

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 draw a hand from the joints 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. The male hand is more massive and more sinewy. There are three options for drawing a hand: Muscular, toned, and a weakling's hand.

What conclusions can be drawn from this lesson? Conclusion one: draw a hand not so difficult as it might seem at first glance

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.

The 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 a much wider range of motion.

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. The index finger is 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.

There are various ways to place wrinkles and shadows in order to create the effect of fist volume.

Movement from an open hand to clenching it 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 the real contours of the 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 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 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

The most important fact is that the hands are concave on the side of the palm and convex on the back. The bulges are so arranged around the circumference of the palm that you can even hold liquid in it. The hand served the primitive man as a cup, and by placing two palms together in the shape of a cup, 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. At the age of elementary school, the difference between the hand of a boy and a girl is small, but in adolescence there are big changes. 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 fundamentals of the design 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 should 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 in the basic form - a drawing for a small 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. These are the 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 with 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 a soft pencil, you can accentuate the drawing so that it looks 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. The male hand is more massive and more sinewy. There are three options for drawing a hand: Muscular, toned, and a weakling's hand.

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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 a comparative analysis of 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 longest finger from its tip to the third knuckle is equal to half the length of the hand from the ball of the finger 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 of hand drawing. Now look at your hands, you will see them differently. Notice that before picking up any object, the hands automatically take on the appropriate 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 the palm in its various activities, then the fingers join quite easily. 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 the very important fact that the palm is sunken and the back of the palm is convex. The tubercles on the palm are lined up so perfectly that they can even retain liquid. For an 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. A 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. At the base of the fingers there is one feature: 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 crease 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.

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 whole 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 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. 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.

Let's try to draw a hockey player in motion step by step, with a stick and a puck. You may even be able to draw your favorite hockey player or goalkeeper.

This lesson is designed for those who already know how to draw well, since drawing a person is not easy. Drawing a picture of a dancing ballerina is especially difficult, because in the drawing you need to convey not only the grace of human movements, but also the grace of ballet dance.

When drawing a person, you should see the entire future image from the intended lines, and you just have to draw them. It is important not only to accurately "maintain" the proportions of these lines in the drawing, but to accurately draw hands, eyes, lips. They convey the mood and character of a person.

Portraits are the most difficult form of fine art. Learning to draw a portrait, even with a simple pencil, requires not only time for learning, but also talent.

Human eyes are the most attractive and main part of a person's face. Since this element of the portrait attracts the most attention, it must be drawn very accurately. In this lesson we will learn how to draw a person's eyes with a pencil in stages.

The nose of each person has unique features, so it is impossible to give accurate 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.