How to draw hands with a pencil?

Hands are a personal and unique part of the body. Often they can tell about a person's life with their shape and size. For many years people have been studying their lines and structure, trying to read the future along the lines. Today we will learn draw hands with a simple pencil with a step by step tutorial. We will pay special attention to their construction and the imposition of shadows, so that the drawing comes out the most realistic.

Tools and materials:

1. White sheet of paper;
2. Eraser;
3. Solid simple pencil;
4. Two soft simple pencils.

Stages of work:

Photo 1. The figure will show two hands. One lies on top of the other. Let's start with the hand that will be on top. For construction we use a hard pencil. Let's denote the shape of the first hand with simple lines:

Photo 2. Place the second hand on the bottom left. It will be turned sideways. We are not in a hurry to draw fingers. Just outline the wrist and hand:

Photo 3. On the left hand, draw the fingers and folds on the bends. We do not stylishly press on the pencil, the pressure should be weak at the first stage. Otherwise, then the contours will not naturally stand out. The fingers are slightly unevenly spaced so that they peek out from behind each other. The little finger has the most folds, because it is the most bent:

Photo 4. Now let's move on to the right hand. She is on the top left. Add fingers and two parallel lines at the level of the bones, at the level of the bends. This will make it easier to navigate when building:

Photo 6. We continue to hatch gradually adding more volume. Let's draw a little contour and work on the right hand. The little finger and ring finger are on a bend, so we add more shadow on them than on the rest:

Photo 7. Let's add folds and a contour on the bends. Let's draw the details of the upper hand, in parallel we make the volume on the lower one:

Photo 8. Let's make more shadow, but try not to darken it. Strokes are applied gradually. This trick helps to make the hands realistic:

Photo 9. Let's add more contrast. We continue to add a shadow:

Photo 10. Let's refine the contour again, it will highlight the foreground. The rest of the places are left untouched.

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 drawing 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 notice 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 basics 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 needs to 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 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 the contours in more detail.

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 instrument is the fact that, perhaps more than any other part of the body, this instrument depends on the brain for its operation. 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 arch, 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 other fingers, gives a person the possibility of a very strong grip. 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 fold 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.

Apart from the face, hands are the main transmitter of people's emotions. Human hands are flexible, therefore they are able to convey an emotional state better than many other parts of the body. If you have a desire to learn how to draw brushes correctly and naturally, then this lesson will teach you how to draw a human hand step by step. The lesson will go from simple elements to complex ones. To be able to depict people's brushes, their portraits, figures correctly and realistically, knowledge of how to correctly depict a hand is required. And in order to learn this, you need to know some rules and train a lot.

Proportions

To be able to draw hands correctly, you first need to know the proportions and apply this knowledge in your work. This is not as difficult as it might seem. By learning a few rules, you will possibly improve your drawing skills. Drawn hands will look natural, giving out emotions. To draw a brush correctly, you need to know a little anatomy, or rather, the structure of the hands.

General Similarities

Fun fact - the hands have similarities with the scapula, consisting of the metacarpus and fingers. The length of the fingers is the same as the length of the pastern. This ratio must be remembered and be sure to be able to apply in practice. You can start the drawing with a schematic notation. Draw the diagram in the form of a hand and divide it into two identical parts.

The length of the hand can be depicted in different ways, since people have both long and short fingers; both square and oblong.

Fingers

The fingers are long and flexible due to the joints. The bones of the metacarpus are longer and larger, the knuckles of the fingers are attached to them. Each subsequent phalanx is built more subtly. The proportions of the phalanges in the image should be at a distance of 2/3 from the length of the previous one.

In the image, the first phalanx is marked in red, the second in red, and the third in yellow.

Four fingers (the thumb is excluded) consist of four joints. The thumb is set to the side in relation to the remaining fingers. The length of the finger, as a rule, reaches the first phalanx of the next finger. The length of the little finger reaches the length of the last phalanx of the previous finger.

Directions

If you make observations on different people, you can notice an additional feature that must be applied when drawing. If you draw a line over your fingers, you end up with a semicircle. The top of this semicircle is the middle finger.

It is also worth paying attention to the inner and outer sides of the palms. If you draw a comparative line at the fingertips, you get an arc that starts at the index finger and ends at the little finger.

In the image below, all marks are highlighted in red. You can start the image with a scheme in the form of mittens. Gradually, you need to mark the right directions. Over time, you can add additional details, turning the diagram into a drawing.

The protrusions on the inside have one direction, namely, they go down from the index finger to the little finger.

Fist

A little more information on how to draw brushes correctly and naturally. For example, the image should have a clenched fist. Equally bent fingers should also form a semicircle.

Look at the smallest hand in the image. In the diagram, you can see that the width of each subsequent phalanx narrows. It is worth considering this, not forgetting to apply it in your work.

There is a crease in the clenched fist, under the little finger on the outside, which is emphasized by the green line in the image above. By adding this fold to the drawing, you can more accurately convey the image of a hand squeezing something.

Important additional details

The figure below shows an image of a skeleton brush. At the junction, the joints are thicker. You need to know this in order to be able to convey the image more realistically. In particular, this applies to thin or elderly people. At the point of the bend, the finger should always be slightly thicker than the length of the flanks.

Notice how the curved brush is shown in profile. The instructions above show in red how the first phalanx is attached to the metacarpus. Green indicates the membranes that are between, they are usually considered the beginning of the first phalanx.

If you pay attention to the brush in profile, you can see that the outer side is flat, only the knuckles protrude. The inner one, on the contrary, is soft, protrusions are evenly distributed.

Hand drawing step by step

Before you start drawing, decide on the location of the wrist and forearm. For training, it is advisable to start with your hand. Try to redraw it.

1. First you need to slightly outline the brush scheme. Then you need to highlight the shape of the thumb without adding details. Lines should depict the position of the remaining fingers.
2. First, draw the index finger, then indicate the shape of the rest.
3. Now you can add details: knuckles, pads, nails, etc.
4. With the help of strokes, the drawing can be made voluminous.
5. Optionally, you can add colors and shadow under the brush.

Drawing brushes is constantly in need of improvement and development. Due to the fact that the hands are quite flexible, positions and angles can be completely different.

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If the brush is in a difficult angle (unusual location), it is much more difficult to depict it. There are ways to help get rid of possible errors.

The most popular and effective option for creating a brush in its original position is to mark the lines of each finger separately.

There are times when using lines alone is not enough. The solution to the problem can be additional shapes, such as a cylinder or a parallelepiped. With the help of auxiliary objects, phalanxes can be identified.

If you decide to create an original hand position, then first you should check this position for yourself. Place your hand and position your fingers as they should be in the picture. If the brush looks natural, you can paint it. The hand and fingers are interconnected, so it is worth considering that changing the position of the fingers, you may have to completely change the position of the hands.

For example, you can try to bend the little finger, while trying to keep the brush in a straight position. Is there a result? Hardly. There are a lot of similar examples, so before you start drawing, you need to think carefully and draw up a preliminary image in your head.

The brush is probably one of the most difficult parts of the body to draw and gives a lot of trouble to illustrators. I recall again the book, where she admits that for many artists, drawing hands takes half the time allotted for creating a sketch. The artist Gustavo Fernandez once said that you can make a good career only through the ability to draw hands well and expressively.

To build a model of a hand, you can use the same principle: first the frame, then the flesh.

Four bones diverge from the wrist, the continuation of which are the fingers, divided into three phalanges. The middle finger is the longest, the index and ring fingers are approximately the same length. The thumb is attached to the hand at the very wrist:

One of the most difficult moments in building a palm is where the fingers are attached to it. The most convenient technique was given to me by Natasha Ratkowski: you need to designate the palm as a segment of a coconut shell, immediately determining its volume.

In place of all joints, you also need to draw balls. The fingers are marked with cylinders of suitable thickness:

The conditional model obtained in this way is outlined, the phalanges of the fingers and protruding knuckles are indicated in the right places:

By this principle, you can build a hand in any position. Outlining the base, you need to try to give the fingertips and nails a beautiful natural shape. If the palm is compressed, you should draw the folds that form in the middle. There is a muscle around the thumb that does not contract and is always indicated by an arc.

Cartoon hands are still easier in terms of implementation, because they do not require such realism in the image, but there are still rules that will make them the most attractive. This collection contains all kinds of hand drawing examples + drawing recommendations from various sources.

Christopher Hart "How to Draw Everything You Learned About Toons":

Hands of the main characters of the animated series Homer, Bart and others.

The human body has many parts. As we have already discussed with you here on the site, it is not so easy to draw the body and its individual parts correctly. To do this, you need to learn and know the basics of anatomy and physiology. Very often, children draw parts of the body and the figures themselves in a very simplified way, one might say, in an amateurish way. Here we want to teach you how to draw the elements of the human body correctly, primarily from an anatomical point of view. Arm yourself with a pencil and eraser, take an album and start the lesson. Following our tips, you will gradually learn the basics of this wisdom.

Stage 1. Draw the caracas lines of the human hand. First we will teach you how to draw a human hand from the elbow to the fingertips. We build a straight line .. On the upper part we mark a point from which we draw five segments, from which, in turn, we draw five more segments connected at an angle to the first ones. This is the basis of the future hand. Then, along the main straight line, we begin to outline the line of the elbow and the forearm of the arm (this is the part of the arm from the hand to the elbow). The forearm widens from the elbow bend, then becomes thinner and passes into the hand (expanded part). After that, we begin to draw the fingers. Little finger first, then ring finger. We draw them along those lines from point 1 of the same stage.

Stage 2. Now we draw the middle and index fingers of the brush. Along the auxiliary lines we give contours to the phalanges of the fingers. The hand is slightly bent, as if a person wants to take or hold something. Then we will finish the last, thumb. And further. On the fingers and palms, we will show bumps on the skin, depressions and tubercles, skin folds.

Stage 4. Now let's try to draw a separate human hand. We build additional initial wireframe lines like this. Select a point on a sheet of paper. We take three features from it in different directions. At the end of the third line we put a point, and from it we draw segments connected to each other. It is like a skeleton of future fingers. We outline the hand itself with smooth lines around these straight lines to the finger zone. The brush is bent down. Then. Let's draw the thumb. First, we will show its thickened part, then the phalanges of the finger itself and the line of connection with the index finger. Then we draw the index finger and middle finger of the hand, outlining the skeletal lines of the starting point of this drawing.

Stage 5. We finish the ring finger and little finger. They are barely visible because of the front toes. We show the folds on the skin, tubercles, bulges and bumps on the brush. Then we delete all the sketch lines and leave only the necessary ones. We colorize the hand, shading some areas (the play of light and shadows). We hope you learned this lesson well and you managed to draw the hands of a person.