To paint pictures like great artists is not given to everyone. But you can learn to draw if you make an effort.
His hands can tell a lot about a person. Draw them on paper is very difficult. But the problem of how to draw a hand can be solved by labor and zeal.
Anatomy to help
The complex system is the human body. Only one hand consists of several dozen elements. And to draw them correctly, you need to know the structure of the hands. Conventionally, the brush can be divided into three main parts: wrist, metacarpus and fingers.
- The wrist is the closest part of the hands to the forearm . She is responsible for the movement of the brush, but all of its elements work as a whole.
- The metacarpus - the very widest part of the brush - the palm.
- Fingers are mobile due to phalanges. Four fingers (index, middle, ring and little fingers) have 3 phalanges, but the thumb consists of only two phalanges.
Knowing the basics of anatomy will allow you to correctly draw your hands in stages, so that they turn out to be "talking".
What is it like?
It will be easier to draw if, while sketching, you decide what the subject of the image looks like - something simple, even primitive. Agree that the human hand is similar to a spade not only externally, but also functional? From this, you can start a sketch - draw a contour that looks like a shovel: the wrist is the handle of a shovel, and the outline of the palm with fingers is its canvas. It is difficult to immediately decide how to draw a hand with a pencil in stages, which is why it is worth starting with an elementary sketch.
The main thing is proportions
In order to correctly and beautifully draw any object or detail, it is necessary to observe proportions - the ratio of different parts to each other. This rule applies to the image of a person.
So how to draw a hand? We start by determining the correct proportions. The ratio of the length of the metacarpus and fingers is on average 1: 1. Naturally, this ratio will vary slightly among different people, because someone has long fingers, while someone does not. But on average, the proportions will be equivalent.
Depending on the length of the fingers, the outline of the palm will be either more elongated or square. Thin lines (even before you draw a hand) draw the outline of the brush according to the proportions. The thumb does not fit into the overall silhouette, it is always somewhat away from the other four "brothers."
Draw fingers
The fingers are mobile and flexible due to their joint structure, each of the three or two phalanges, when it comes to the thumb, is attached to each other with the help of joints and tendons. The bones of the phalanges, located one after the other, become shorter and thinner, so the fingers gradually thin out.
Ideally, each phalanx is 2/3 of the length of the previous one. These proportions are called the golden ratio - it is perceived by the eye as the most perfect.
Again, when drawing details, you must make a discount on individual features - not every person has harmonious proportions. It should also be remembered that the fingers are unequal in length: the longest finger is the middle, index and ring fingers are approximately the same and shorter than the middle finger, the smallest - the little finger and thumb. Although large, rather the thickest. Its length corresponds to the length of the little finger.
Lines are the basis of reliability
Before drawing a human hand, once again analyze what parts the hand consists of. Remember that the contours of the palm and fingers, taking on specific shapes in the drawing, are becoming more rounded. For example, the line connecting the fingers and the palm has the shape of an arc, as well as the outline of the brush itself - different lengths of the fingers make it possible to get a semicircle when drawing fingers squeezed together. The thumb is slightly deployed in relation to the rest of the palm, its outline will not be straight, but somewhat rounded.
Small details are important
We sketched the outline of the palm, then we begin to deal with the details. So, how to draw a hand reliably? This is impossible without drawing small details - folds, bulges, fold lines, the contour of the nail plate on each finger. These seemingly insignificant touches will make the drawing more realistic.
Let's start with the fold lines on the fingers. As already mentioned, the wrist, palm and fingers are made up of many elements. They allow fingers to perform the functionality for which they are given to a person. How to draw a hand so that it looks as natural as possible? By drawing all the nuances. In places where the bones are connected by joints, there will certainly be folds both on the inside and on the outside of the palm. If the hand is drawn from the inside, it is necessary to draw the so-called "life lines" - rather deep grooves in the places of work of the joints of the palm.
Each finger at the end is protected by a fingernail - a rigid plate that must be drawn for realistic images. The nail plate is another important element in solving the problem of how to draw a hand. Nails can have different shapes - from elongated almond-shaped to almost square.
Fingers indicate the age of the person. Children's fingers are rounded, with uniform thinning along the entire length. The older a person becomes, the more clearly the traces of time appear on his hands. For example, in older people, the thickness of the fingers will be uneven - the joints become more swollen with age, many years of work and disease are affected. Also, joints are very visible in thin people.
How to draw a hand in different positions?
Hands not only gradually participate in the conversation, but often they themselves serve as a “language”, for example, during communication. Palms and fingers will clearly tell you what a person is thinking at a given moment in time, what mood he is in, what he is doing. How to draw a hand so that it truly reveals all the secrets?
When portraying the human body, it is always necessary to rely on the basics of anatomy. Hands are no exception. Fist size, for example, is determined by the length of the metacarpal bones and fingers. And the golden ratio rule will be important in any position of the fingers, even clenched in a fist. When drawing an open palm, special attention should be paid to drawing the lines of the metacarpus and slightly bent fingers.
And how to draw a hand on the side? In this case, it will be important to draw the attention of the viewer to the fact that from the back the palm and fingers will be drawn in almost straight lines, but from the inside, both the fingers and the palm itself have pads, which must be drawn in rounded, smooth lines.
Step-by-step drawing of human hands, with a gradual transition from sketch to drawing small details, however, like any other subject, will provide a realistic picture.