Hand Figures

     A few hand figures, which I’ve by no means mastered. Some of these were drawn with the help of Bridgman’s Book of a Hundred Hands, and it shows. My problem is I’m too meticulous. Vilppu and Bridgman are okay with understating the tones so the very gets the idea. But if I see that the plane is *technically* not entirely facing me, I’ll try to shade it slightly where Vilppu would leave it white. And until I learn better control, that makes my drawings messy.

      I should also mention the lighting indicator I’m using. It’s good to indicate the direction of your lighting and check your accuracy, but I try my best to indicate precisely. The circle may not be where my light is coming from. The arrow is what’s important. And if there is no arrow, the lighting is indirect.

     I started with a few doodles to test my knowledge of proportion and flexibility. I’ll admit, it is kind of fun to shade hands, despite the tedium. The biggest challenge for now is keeping my pencil sharp, and I’m thinking of buying a few 2mm mechanical drafting pencils to help with that, but I can wait until I’ve used these Royal sketch pencils (still in the pack).