Have you ever noticed that young children, when drawing, often forget about their hands? They explain this by the fact that they simply do not understand how to draw a hand! Adults scolding children, trying to finish the incomplete picture themselves, but ... and it doesn’t work out for them. And all because only professional artists know how to draw a hand correctly. In fact, a person’s hand is drawn in several stages, and in order to do it beautifully, you must adhere to certain rules - because the painted hands should look like real ones.
Start with the usual sketching. If you think this is too simple and will not do any good, try it and you will change your mind. Drawing hands is a little easier than drawing from the head. If your friends are also not indifferent to art, you can arrange games with drawing, for example, who will draw his hand faster and better, and give the winner a stimulating prize.
You can also draw your own hands. Start with a light sketch or sketch. This will help you get a proportionate drawing. Do not forget that the length of the arm should be approximately two times its width. Here, in-depth knowledge of human anatomy and precision of proportions will not hinder. You can give the following example: open your palm wide and imagine that it is your face. The fingertips are the hairline, the wrist is the chin, the end of the first phalanx of the middle finger is the eyebrow line, the middle of the palm itself is the bottom of the nose.
The next thing to note is that the knuckles are in a smooth arc, not in a straight line. As a rule, in the hand there are no parallel lines or straight lines at all, since it is designed to be gripped and is always in motion.
Answering the question "how to draw a hand correctly," we must not miss the fact that all fingers on the hand are of different lengths, and the longest of them is the middle one. Then comes the ring or index finger, then the little finger and, finally, the big one - the shortest one. In order not to be mistaken in proportions, keep in mind that the middle finger is half the length of the entire palm.
Remember that on the inside, the hand is always concave, and on the outside it is convex. If you draw fingers clenched into a fist, make sure that there is not the slightest gap between them, because this does not happen in nature. But even if you draw an open hand, the distance between the fingers is usually minimal. Take some object in your hand (you can use clay or dough), squeeze and unclench it, watch how the hand moves. Please note that the muscle of the thumb stands out brightly, and the palm itself is mottled with lines and furrows.
As for the bones, they are clearly visible in the knuckles and nowhere else. When drawing knuckles, do not forget to highlight the tendons in case the arm is tense. A feature of women’s hands is their roundness. Fingers should be graceful and thin, consisting of smooth soft lines, with clearly drawn nails.
Now you theoretically know how to draw a hand correctly. Train more often and soon you will achieve tangible results, the main thing is not to stop drawing.