How to Draw Hands – Muscle Anatomy of the Hand

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How to Draw Hands – Muscle Anatomy of the Hand

Lesson by

Stan Prokopenko

in Anatomy of the Human Body

1.1M

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Assignments 248Lesson NotesDownloads 3

Assignment

It's time to get your hands dirty! Your homework is to draw hand quick-sketches. Focus on the three fleshy masses I talked about today. Your goal is to create drawings with good gesture and simple 3D form. Make sure you use a good balance of straights and curves. Identify the superficial bony areas and check to make sure your muscle forms attach to the right spots on the bones. Be sure to post your drawings in the Anatomy discussions tab, so that you can get feedback and possibly included in the critique video.

Alejandro

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16d

Melanie Scearce

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15d

Fabulous!

@j4e8a16n

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4mo

Drawing hands is challenging; even a minor error can undermine a great deal of effort. I have attempted it three times already. Pay attention to the invisible small finger knuckle, the 'raccourcis' of the hand, and especially the thumb.

@j4e8a16n

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4mo

Initially, I estimated it by sight. Then, I realized it was an abbreviated view and incorporated several vertical lines. Next, I considered the grids of 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4 proportions, as well as a square with diagonals. Subsequently, I observed that the top of the hand was curved, which meant I needed to examine the subject closely since even minor alterations can significantly affect the realism of the hand's depiction.

Jesper Axelsson

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4mo

Hi @j4e8a16n, nice study! - When you drew the hand, what was your process like? I think knowing that will help me with giving feedback. 😎👍

Ezra

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4mo

Really difficult lesson, #6 feels off but I’m not certain why

@lazy0

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4mo

Another, batch of hands studies that I have made, I've showed the process of gesture, construction and the final results. On the hand that is spread out all the way, I had troubles with its perspective and foreshorten, I forgot that the palm is smaller and the fingers are bigger. I tried my best to overlap the best I could with it but there only so many things you can do to make a garbage can look ''nice''. The webbing of the hands confused me but over all I just failed. feed back are welcome btw. (also my reference choice kinda sucked because the images were low quality)

Andreas Güntensperger

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4mo

Some more Handpractice. Sometimes i struggling with the proportions but it is getting better...

@j4e8a16n

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4mo

Thank you very much, I will work at his..

@j4e8a16n

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4mo

Thank you very much, I will work at his..

@lazy0

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4mo

These are my batch of hands studies that I have made, I've showed the process of gesture, construction and the final results. The gesture part, its getting easier the more I do them and the I'm getting faster with that process, but I have trouble with putting the palm in perspective. Other than that the rest are pretty simple, but I do double check my proportions and try to make them as dynamic as possible, but I would still like outside feedback on it. The Construction part, for me the only problem I run into is that, the Phalanges Are pretty tricky for me because it feel like when I start to box them they look at little off, I don't know if my construction is good enough to move to the next stage. The Final part, I combined the muscle shapes with adding the flesh, but I still feel like its wrong. Also its pretty hard to add subtly because I'm only limited to line art, so I try my best to add light hatching, but I feel like I don't know what the hell I'm doing in the final part, I don't know if I have to get better at line art, study other artist because it looks bland and a little underwhelming. This is a pretty long, but I want to know how to get better at drawing hands.

@j4e8a16n

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5mo

Andreas Güntensperger

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6mo

Still struggling a little bit with the Hands. I don't know is it the proportion, the Gesture or the Structure. Or maybe it is just me, because i'm watched to long on my pictures. Feedback welcome :)

Melanie Scearce

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6mo

You have a great grasp (pun intended) on the gesture and structure of the hands from what I can see here. Great job!

Ash Chung

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8mo

Just some practice...

JooYoung Choi

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8mo

Wow those are awesome! Have you ever held a clear ruler or piece of plexiglass glass when taking your reference photos? It might be a nice way to see what the hand is doing behind the fret board :)

Patrick Bosworth

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8mo

This is a great idea, finally I can practice drawing and guitar at the same time!! Terrific studies!

Ash Chung

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8mo

Melanie Scearce

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8mo

These look great, Ash! I especially like the first one and second drawings, the form of the muscles looks great. On the fifth drawing I noticed that the fingers looked a bit short and I think it's because the first joints are not long enough in your drawing. That's a tough pose, I think if you retried it and also focused the muscle shapes made by the palm you will get a more successful drawing out of it. Keep up the good work!

@danielhc

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8mo

How can I make my shading look less muddy? The drawing looks patchy in some areas like the fingers.

Samuel Sanjaya

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10mo

my attempt at hand quicksketches

@saschu

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11mo

Madelyn Kuipers

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11mo

I know this wasn't exactly the assignment but I wanted to get the underlying structure of the muscles and where they sit into my head. Feedback and critiques are welcome and appreciated!

Marco Sordi

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11mo

Awesome study!!

Volker Wuyts

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11mo

I like the amount of effort you put in this. Very nice studies

Gannon Beck

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11mo

Wow. Fantastic work!

@aeyt

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1yr

First round of hand practice!

Steve Lenze

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1yr

What you did right is describe the forms of the hand and fingers as 3 dimensional forms. I would say you lost the gesture of the hand in drawing 4, but over all, you approached this The right way by using simple shapes. As you move forward you can start refining the details a little more with perspective in mind :)

@aeyt

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1yr

refs:

Marco Sordi

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1yr

2023/11/4. Good morning everybody. Sketching hands to warm arm and brain before the daily practice. Have a great weekend 👍🏼

Martha Muniz

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1yr

Awesome! :)

Jack

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1yr

These are some more of my hands, they are tricky!

Jack

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1yr

These are my hands so far, can someone critique them please? I don't really know how to do shading, so I struggle with that. There's also a lot of proportion issues I think, but hopefully those will go away as I practice more

Steve Lenze

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1yr

Hey Jack, nice job on these hands, the fist one is pretty good. Make sure you are not loosing the 3 D shape of the hand and fingers. Think of them as boxes and other simple shapes. That will also help in your rendering them in value. Also, don't be too concerned with over emphasizing the bumps on the contour, keep it simple. I did a quick sketch that I hope helps :)

Eric Cabarles

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1yr

Try...

Anna Sch

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1yr

Beginning of my 100 hands challenge. The first 2 pictures i drew before watching the video course so i can compare my results.i draw with 2 colors. First the underlaying structure lige in the bone assingnement and than the anatomical masses.

Steve Lenze

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1yr

Hey Anna, Drawing a hundred hands is a good exercise, I hope you make it. What I'm noticing about your drawings is the lack of structure. I can see your thinking about it, but it isn't making it into your drawings. I did a quick sketch of your drawing in the 4th image. I used my own hand, and not the one Stan is using, but its pretty much the same thing. You need to think about each form as having planes: front, side and top/ bottom. This will help with your shading and give your drawings a real 3 dimensional feeling. I hope this helps :)