Hands in different positions. How to draw a hand? Anatomy for the artist

Drawing hands is actually very difficult. There is an anecdote that still lives among the walls of art institutions, which tells about an artist who, in order not to be embarrassed, painted his hands in his pockets and his feet in the grass. Hands are also a three-dimensional form, and it is the volume that needs to be conveyed. But that's not the worst thing. The most difficult thing is to get the proportions right. Already in second place is the transfer of movement and anatomical features. I'm not belittling the importance of knowledge of anatomy, it should be. But if the proportions are not observed from the very beginning, further work will not bring a positive result. For example, a sitter sits in front of you. His hands are in the right position, in a certain angle. So you need to correctly grasp the position of the hand from the perspective. And for this, look for proportions. The slightest inaccuracy and the “correct” picture will not work. And you notice this inaccuracy already halfway to completing the work, no matter how regrettable it is.
I'll try to explain it differently. To begin with, you probably need to look at the following figure:

It is not necessary to know what the bone is called. It is enough to understand that the hand is not an amorphous material, not an inflated ball - it is bones covered with muscles, ligaments, and skin. Remember the proportional relationships of the parts of the skeleton of the hand.

When you draw from life, your hand will probably be at an angle, which will complicate your task. It will be necessary to convey the proportions of the “picture” itself, taking into account the proportions of the hands.

You need to start drawing a hand not individually, but as a total volume. You outline the volume along with all the fingers and then “break it up” into sections, ultimately highlighting each finger.

If you take a ball in your palm, it will take its shape. It will be easier to understand if you do it yourself. Of course, the hand can take different positions, and its shape will change. But the basics must always be taken into account. This is how Bammes drew:

After outlining the shape and all the details, you can come to the rendering of light and shade. We first determine (in general) a light spot and a dark spot and apply a soft stroke over the shadow. And then we do everything according to the principle as described on the page.

Featured here are the works of artist Andrew Loomis. The structure is shown very well, all volumes are perfectly conveyed. You can directly take and copy taking into account all proportional relationships. It is very well shown that the structure of the palm is based on a ball. Look how the fist is drawn. Start by conveying the basic proportional relationships, height and width, and basic masses. When you outline this on the sheet, proceed to constructing the main volumes. Outline your nails last, sometimes just a light outline with a pencil is enough.

After this, you can move on to the transfer of light and shadow, which will help convey volume. Please note that here light and shadow performs an additional function. It is used with light hints, clarifying volumes and shape.

Below are his drawings of children's hands. The hands of babies differ from the hands of adults in that the palm is more weighty and fleshy in relation to the fingers. The joints are practically invisible on chubby arms. This can lead to problems with misunderstanding; the baby’s hands may turn out to be “cotton-like.” Already somewhat understanding the structure adult hand I need to start drawing babies' hands. Schematically, a baby’s hand can be fit into a rectangle, close to a square, or even into a square.

Hands of older children. Slight differences begin to appear between the boy's hand and the girl's hand. The boy's hand is larger and stronger. Muscles and joints are better visible. Distinctive feature The girl’s hands are thicker, narrower, not muscular, the fingers are thinner, the nails are narrower. Joints and muscles are less visible. In drawing children's hands, the tendons are not transferred. They are still practically not expressed.

Women's hands have noticeable distinctive features from men's. Like everyone else in woman's face, the figure, and the hands themselves. They are drawn more delicate, with light rounded surfaces, more graceful. For more grace female pen, middle finger should be about half the length of the palm; oval nails also add grace. Joints are easily conveyed; they can be conveyed by hints, small dimples, like those of an infant’s hands.

Hands are difficult to draw, especially from perspective. Many artists believe that the ability to draw hands is the indicator of a master. And this can only be achieved with practice and diligent work. It won't work right away.

Next up is the study of arms and hands. Today we will look at the basic structure of the hand, and where to start hand drawing practice.

Structure of the arms and hands

The bone in the upper arm is called humerus. Bones forearms consist of the ulna and radius. The bones of the upper arm and forearm are connected by the elbow joint as a hinge.

Both ends of the ulna are directly visible under the skin at the elbow and at the outer edge of the wrist. The radius, which connects to the humerus also at the elbow joint, can rotate around the ulna almost 360 degrees. This rotation does not depend on the elbow joint or wrist, but occurs within the forearm itself.

Major muscles of the shoulder are biceps on the front and triceps on the back. They control the bend of the arm at the elbow.

Wrist controls all movements except rotation - that is, back and forth and side to side. It consists of eight small bones, known as the carpal bones, arranged in two transverse rows.

Brushes consist of metacarpal bones and phalanges. On the back of the hand, the bone and muscle structures are located just under the skin. And on the palm there is a thick layer of protective fabric that acts as an addition.

How to draw hands?

There are entire books devoted to the topic hand drawing. Although the hands are composed of a large number of small bones with accompanying muscles, ligaments and tendons, human hands are amazingly flexible and versatile.

The best way to start learning is make drawings of your hands using a mirror. To learn how to draw hands well, you will have to do a lot of research from life.

Imagine palm like a flat square shape with a curved outer edge from which four fingers emerge, and the thumb is formed from a flexible wedge shape extending from one side of the palm.

Practical task

Hands are quite difficult to draw. Start your practice of drawing hands by redrawing sketches of arms and hands in different positions, and then move on to drawing from life. Make sketches of men's, women's, children's and old people's hands. The more sketches, the better.

The article used materials from the books:
— Ron Tiner “Figure Drawing without a model”;
— Loomis E. Nude. Drawing Guide.

In this article we will learn how to draw anime arms and hands step by step. All the main points are covered in sufficient detail, with pictures and explanations, so this guide is well suited for beginners.

Before you draw your hands, think about what they actually look like. The arms are not just straight tubes, nor are they two sticks attached to each other that end in hands.

If you are drawing a not particularly muscular arm, then the shoulder (the part above the elbow) will be relatively the same thickness. The forearm (from the wrist to the elbow), however, regardless of whether the arms are muscular or not, is always slightly thicker than the elbow.

How to draw a hand - simplified version

You can make drawing a hand easier in a variety of ways. For example, you can combine it from balls, ovals, cylinders and cone-shaped shapes.

The shoulder girdle is more of an oval than a ball, while the upper arm can be thought of as a cylinder. The elbow joint is more like a ball (not really, but more on that later).

The forearm can be simplistically thought of as a cone, similar to a bowling pin, but without the top. And the wrist is in in this case Let's depict it as a ball.

You can make it even simpler and instead of a cylinder for the shoulder, simply draw a long oval and an elongated drop for the forearm. Instead of drawing a separate ball for the joint, you can simply overlay the two shapes on top of each other.

Don't forget to draw the ulna bone. Some simply draw a line between the forearm and shoulder until they intersect, forming an angle. In principle, this can be done, but in fact it is not entirely anatomically correct, because the bone protrudes slightly between the muscles. So there is a slight bulge between the top and bottom of the arm.

How to draw arm muscles

Of course, not all anime characters have particularly muscular arms. But in order to clearly show how the muscles in the arms are located, let’s consider a slightly exaggerated example. All the muscles are depicted here more or less simplified, but now we do not need to know about each muscle, much less clarify its name.

However, even though we're simplifying things a bit, it makes sense to remember the basic shapes. This is necessary in order to understand how the hand works in principle. The two main muscles of the arm are the triceps and biceps. The biceps is a slightly thicker muscle on inside shoulder, which allows flexion of the forearm. The triceps are a little less pronounced. It lies on the outside of the upper arm and performs the exact opposite function - it allows you to extend the forearm.

If you look at last drawing, you will see exactly how the ulna protrudes from the muscles. Muscle tissue is located to the left and right of the ulna and you need to take this into account when drawing. Depending on the angle at which you draw the hand, this protrusion will appear slightly differently. So you can just draw a short line to draw the forearm a little more three-dimensionally.

How to draw hand movements

The joints of the hand usually move at right angles to each other. Therefore, if the shoulder joint moves the arm up or down, the elbow joint will bend the forearm to the right or left—basically toward the body or away from it—until the arm is straight. At the opposite angle, as you know, the elbow does not straighten. Additionally, the wrist can only be rotated in a few directions. And in order for it to bend at the same angle as the forearm, a lot of force must be applied.

It is also important to understand that when your arms rise, your shoulders also rise. Therefore, do not draw a character with straight shoulders and arms raised in the air. The higher your arms are raised, the further your shoulders rise, until they touch your neck. The collarbones also change their angle slightly as they are connected to the shoulders. Stand in front of a mirror and see what happens when you raise your hands.

When your arms are raised up, the lower part of your shoulders is automatically visible. This way, the biceps rotates a little back and a line appears towards the chest. With less muscular characters, of course, it is not very noticeable, but here we exaggerate a little so that you can better understand the principle.

You can also see some of the muscles that connect the arms to the back of the back. For example, that little rise between the arm and the chest. The less muscular our character is, the less noticeable the relief in this place is. But don't forget that it lies behind the chest. This way, you can draw a small line towards the body to make it look more voluminous.

By the way, the chest muscles also move when you raise your arms. Since they are connected to the shoulders, they are somewhat elongated and protrude a little from the top.

At the rear, it's generally the other way around. The shoulder girdles are slightly in front of the shoulder muscles, so you can mark a small line here. Now you can better see the muscles that connect your arms to your back - what looks like a small protrusion from the front.

How to draw hands in different positions

As is the case with other complex and components bodies, drawing hands can also be reduced to a set of fairly simple figures.

How to draw a hand from above

The palm looks like an ordinary quadrangle. You can also draw it as an oval if that's easier for you. The fingers can be drawn first as lines and the knuckles as circles.

To draw the base thumb, simply draw two intersecting lines in a crisscross pattern on the square and place a large oval in the bottom corner on the thumb side. The oval should protrude slightly beyond the palm.

Note that the knuckles on the fingers are not in a straight line.

Instead, the fingertips and knuckles describe a small arc that has the most high point on the middle finger.

In men, most often the ring finger is longer than the index finger, while in women, on the contrary, it is shorter or the same length. This is usually explained by the influence of male and female hormones (testosterone and estrogen) at the early stage of embryonic development. But this is not a 100% rule; they occur in nature different variants both sexes, so you can draw the way you like.

It is important to remember that each finger consists of three almost equal segments or phalanges. The thumb also consists of three phalanges, one of which is the base, which moves with the finger.

Now you can draw the character's hand based on this somewhat mechanical structure. Remember that the fingers do not stick to each other, that is, the gap at the base of the fingers does not become sharp.

Extend your hand and spread your fingers. There's a lot of space between them, isn't there? Otherwise, it would be difficult to fit the fingers of one hand between the fingers of the other hand when putting the hands together.

If you are drawing a hand with the back facing up, draw a small line from the index finger to the thumb. Since the thumb appears to be positioned slightly lower, this three-dimensional effect occurs. When you draw a hand with the palm facing you, do the same in exactly the opposite way - draw a line from the thumb towards the palm.

Don't forget to paint your fingernails.

Thus, drawing a hand with the back or palm facing the observer is not so difficult, but, you see, it would be boring to draw hands this way every time.

How to draw a hand from the side

If you want to draw a hand from a different angle, you should use auxiliary lines to give the image volume.

The square of the palm becomes a flat box, the circles become balls, and the oval becomes an egg. The fingers need to be attached to these forms from above. Now you can understand how the hand should look from the side.

In addition, if you look at the hand from the side, you cannot see only the index finger and thumb. Try looking at your hand this way and you will realize that it is impossible.

You can see either the palm and the bottom of the farthest fingers, or the back of the hand, at least up to the middle finger. This happens because the hand is not exactly like a box. The fingertips and knuckles also curve slightly at the front, and here the middle finger is again at its highest point.

When you draw the bases of the fingers, make sure that the knuckle of the index finger does not cover the middle finger. This way you can draw a fairly reliable three-dimensional hand.

Now, based on this structure, we will complete the rest.

The thumb is located a little closer to us here, so draw at least one small stroke from it towards the palm.

Actually, from the side you could see part of the middle finger, since it is longer than the index finger. But since it is slightly bent in this case, it disappears behind the index finger.

You can always use yours own hands as illustrative examples for such situations.

How to draw a hand in three-quarter view

Let's now look at another example, this time the individual parts of the hand are highlighted in color.

The palm is a green square block. If you draw a line down the middle, it will be easier to visually position the four fingers and then the ball of the base of the thumb.

When drawing the fingers, remember that they partially overlap each other. Here, for clarity, our middle finger and little finger are slightly tilted. Since the hand is not flat like a piece of paper, we cannot see the very top of the finger pads.

And now let’s draw the brush again on this basis. It is best to start with the part of the hand closest to us and work towards the far one.

Of course, in the place where the hand connects to the wrist, you do not need to draw its outline. Draw a few strokes on the palm to better define its shape.

Alternatively, you can draw a small line down from the middle of the palm towards the elbow. There are tendons there and they are quite noticeable. This small line will make our drawing even more realistic.

Hands: 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 the horizontal line crossing 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 location of the joints on the fingers varies. However, to get 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, your 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 indicated by a color, which will have corresponding text of the same color.

Inner side

This area moves towards itself, along with the four fingers.

Outer side

This area does not move - this is very important to remember.

This area moves with thumb inside the palm.

This area moves with the little finger, however, the movement is small.

Drawing hands

Let's draw the outline of an egg-shaped hand. The top of the egg will be the end of the middle finger. Next we will draw the extension of the hand, the wrist and the circle inside.

Now let's outline where the thumb, palm and four fingers will be. For convenience, you can draw a vertical line passing through the center of the palm.

Notice how the fingers are connected to each other 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 goes on - that's why 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 muscles and skin move, consider a 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 from each other. The thumb has much more wide circle movement.

Between the male and female hand there is a big difference. A person's hand looks more masculine if it is given a more angular shape, and more feminine if it is given a soft roundness.

The average nail is about half the length from the tip of the finger to the first knuckle.

Women's nails are drawn more elongated and rounded, while men's nails are more square and angular.

Let's draw a circle that will correspond to the basic shape of the fist. Then we will add the lines of the thumb and wrist.

If you have trouble imagining where your thumb will be, just clench your hand into a fist and take a closer look at the position.

The back and top of the hand doesn't move, so you just have to pay attention to how the fingers are connected. We mark the upper part of the hand and four fingers, usually of the same width.

As for the shadow, you can add it to create more realistic depth.

However, how detailed you draw the hand is up to you. Find your style that works best for you!

Different drawing options fist

This picture shows a hand clenched into a fist on the outside. Forefinger be much higher than everyone else.

In this drawing, three fingers are pressed into the palm, the thumb is pushed back, and the index finger is pointing 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 on the three fingers, a volume effect is created.

This picture shows a hand clenched into a fist on the inside. The index finger is also higher than all the others.

There are different ways to place wrinkles and shadows to create the effect of a fist's volume.

Movement from open hand to squeeze it into a fist.

If you still find it difficult to draw fingers, imagine them as cylindrical elements that connect to each other to form fingers.

However, sometimes it is necessary to distort the fingers a little to give more depth.

For example, in the image, you see the index finger bent in an unnatural way, but it looks much more realistic than a straight look.

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 an entire sheet of paper, then it is easier to outline the outline of your hand, and then, using some tips from this lesson, just add details.
If you need to draw a hand on a reduced scale, then first put two dots for the wrist and five dots for the fingers.
Please note that it is not the index finger, but the middle finger on the hand that is the longest.

2. Straight contour lines of the fingers

The length of the fingers varies. They say that musicians have very long fingers. Among the nobles, long and refined fingers emphasized aristocratic origin. Maybe, but we will be drawing a regular hand, so divide the segment where the little finger will be in half, and draw a line from it, parallel to the previously marked points.
For the thumb, draw a rectangular outline.

3. Draw real outlines of the fingers

At this stage, you only need to trace the straight contours of your fingers with a pencil and give them real shapes. It is possible that these preliminary contours will turn out to be inaccurate, then the shape of each finger can be refined separately.

4. General contour line of the hand

At this step you can adjust the contours of the fingers. Make a deeper “angle” for the thumb, but you can leave the original contour, at your discretion.
Mark the phalanges and remove unnecessary contour lines from the drawing.

5. The hand drawing is almost finished

First of all, paint your fingernails on your hand. Highlight the joints of the fingers with a few strokes and we can say that the drawing of the hand is complete. All that remains is to draw a few details in the next step.

6. How to draw a hand. Shadows

A person's hands have "wrinkles" or folds in the knuckles 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 drawing, you can make some of the contour lines darker and thicker. In this case, choose which side you will have the light source on.

It may seem that drawing a hand is not at all difficult. Try to draw, and then compare your hand with the resulting drawing.

Anatomy

Most important fact- that the hands are concave on the palm side and convex on the back side. The bulges are so located around the circumference of the palm that you can even hold liquid in it. The hand served to primitive man cup, and by cupping his two palms 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 hold your own weight in suspension. This powerful muscle can hold a club, bow, and spear. It can be said 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 one individually. The muscles that pull these tendons are located on the forearm. Fortunately 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 noticeable 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 grip on the object being held.

Hand proportions

The next important thing is the curved 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 divides the back of the hand in half. Also important is the fact that the thumb moves at right angles to the movement of the other fingers. The knuckles are located just in front of the folds underneath them on the inside of the palm. Pay attention to the curve along which the knuckles are located and that the curve becomes 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 its length on the inside. The index finger is almost level with the base of the middle finger nail. The ring finger is almost the same length as the index finger. The tip of the little finger is almost level with the last knuckle of the ring finger.

The figure shows how to correctly determine the position of the palm socket. Also pay attention to the curve of the back of the hand. The hands will not look natural, capable of grasping, until the artist masters these details. The hands in the picture 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 clapping.

Women's hands

Women's hands differ from men's mainly in that they have smaller bones, less pronounced muscles and greater 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, will add charm.

Man's hands

Babies hands

Children's hands - on their own good exercise in drawing. The main difference from the hands of adults is that the palm is much thicker compared to small fingers. The muscles of the thumb and the base of the palm are very large, even small children can support their own weight. The knuckles on the back of the hand are hidden by the flesh and are visible by 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 remain basically the same. Aged primary school The difference between a boy's and a girl's hand is small, but great changes appear in adolescence. The boy's hand is larger and stronger, showing the development of bones and muscles. Girls' bones remain smaller, so they never develop large knuckles like boys. The base of the palms also develops more in boys; in girls it is much softer and smoother. Boys' nails, like their 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 base of the palm are proportionally thicker than those of an adult, but thinner in proportion to the fingers than those of an infant. The proportions of the fingers to the palm are the same as those of adults. The hand is smaller overall, a little fuller, more dimpled, and the joints are of course more rounded.

Hands of elderly people

Once you have mastered the design of hands, you will enjoy drawing the hands of older people. In fact, they are easier to draw than young hands because the anatomy and structure of the hand is more noticeable. The basics of the design are still the same, but the fingers become thicker, the joints are larger, and the knuckles protrude more strongly. The skin becomes wrinkled, but this wrinkling needs to be emphasized only when viewed at close range.

Let's start ! Start drawing basic shapes and lines. This is useful so that you can maintain the shape of the hand and the proportions of the joints.

First, let's draw along the base line the upper and visible end 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 shape of it. The hand took shape quite quickly.

And now we draw the shape of the middle finger!

The next step is unnamed. The fingers are becoming less and less visible. But the joints line up and the proportion and beauty of the lines are noticeable.

And now your last finger is on basic form- drawing for a small finger - little finger! And you did everything quickly on the basic shape of the hand from the first step!

Now draw your fingernails as you can see them on yourself or in photographs.

Draw small details of kinks in the joints and folds of the skin. They are on both sides. A hand in a relaxed state tends to clench.

Here are some small parts, which you also need to draw to make the drawing more realistic/

You did it! Now you have to apply the shadows and highlights yourself.

First, start drawing a hand with anatomical tips! Let's try to refresh or expand our knowledge about the structure of the human body. This is very useful because most beginning artists can have a hard time with their hands. Well, let's start with anatomy and you will better understand the drawing of a human hand!

Here is a slightly enlarged view of the anatomy of your fingers so you can see the bones better and remember their main parts. We will always use them for the basis of the hand drawing.

It may not seem important, but when you are drawing hands in larger sizes you will need help choosing the type of nails. You can choose the best ones for your character in the drawing!

Here's some extra help in the drawing so you can clearly see and compare the differences for your character's age and gender!

Here are some hand sketches to give you an idea of ​​the style of drawing realistic hands! You should start in any style based on their actual appearance.

And now options for hands from comics or fairy tale characters. These are just a few examples. You won't notice too big difference between realistic and comic or fantasy style.

The cartoon style has more noticeable differences from realism. It's always helpful if you look closely at that particular detail in the cartoons you're watching, 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, these examples will come in handy! Basically, when your animal character walks on two legs, his/her front arms or paws look more like real arms and hands, so you should draw them like human hands, just with some animal specificity and style.

And now, the last part of preparation for drawing the hand. This possible options, angles and positions of the hands and fingers. First, let's look at simpler options and understand the basic principle for the joints and proportions of the fingers and palms. For female hand You can increase flexibility, and for men, increase angularity.

Step 10

Now the drawings are a little 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 be really difficult, but not impossible! When you start drawing hands more difficult than these, you will remember with a smile. We're looking at just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the base and shapes, and will start to build up to shading, shading, and color grading and editing. And now we are still just warming up!

1. You can fit several options for turning your hand at once. Mark them using 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 folds of skin and nails.

5. How to draw hands. Use a TM pencil to shade the shadow on the brush, just try not to immediately darken it.

6. The next brush is oriented a little differently. This angle can be used quite often in drawings. Outline the general shape.

7. Refine the drawing of your fingertips. How to draw a cat.

8. Draw the nails with a sharp pencil.

9. Use a soft eraser to remove all unnecessary construction lines. How to draw a dragon.

10. Feel free to start working on the light and shade.

11. Now you can try to draw horizontal hands. Just like in the previous sketches, start by marking out the general shape.

12. Work out the contours of the hands in detail.

13. With soft pencil You can add accents to the drawing to make it look natural.

14. Hard pencil draw a shadow on the lower arm.

15. Do the same with the top one.

STEP 3. anime hands
Here is a typical anime/manga hand as it looks painted with the fingers open. Once painted you should finish 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 have drawn the frame of the hand, you can add three circles on each finger. These circles will help you draw anime/manga finger shapes. Before moving 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 this is done, let's add the form. right side wrists.

STEP 7. how to draw hands
In this step we will simply add the lines of the wrist joint and bones. Once this is done, start erasing all the instructions and shapes that you drew in the previous steps.

STEP 8.
This is what your hand should look like

STEP 10. draw anime hands
Start your clenched fist from the center of the square, this will help you draw 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 a shaping line for the left side of the wrist.

STEP 14. learn to draw hands
Once you're done it should look like the picture I have. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

First, we should pay attention to our hands. They consist of three parts: the shoulder, forearm and hand. Each of them can be depicted as ovals, or you just need to learn how to draw a hand right away. If you are depicting a lowered hand, then the fingertips will reach the middle of the thigh, and the elbows will be level with the waist.

So we looked at the method with a simplified hand shape, now let’s improve it so that it looks more natural. When you draw hands, you don't want to draw them too straight. We start with the shoulder, it has a smooth bend, near the elbow the arm narrows a little and widens again in the place where the biceps is located.
The elbow will be somewhat difficult to draw, because it is not just a bend, it is a connection, a hinge.

Next is the brush. Let's imagine each of the segments as a cylinder, and now turn your hand over, palm up, and you will see three almost identical segments on each finger. Well, because all the fingers are different in length, the pads and folds that are between them do not line up in one line.

Let's start drawing the hand from the joints of the fingers from the bones. The first joint is the largest of all 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 using this method, since each finger has a different length.

On top of the phalanges of the fingers you need to draw straight lines, and on the side of the palm - rounded.

But let's not forget that a man's hand is slightly different from a woman's. Male hand more massive and more sinewy. There are three options for drawing a hand: Muscular, toned and weak hand.

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No aspect of drawing is as difficult as . There is very little normal material on the topic. The biggest difficulties arise precisely with the search suitable material. Your hands are the most excellent material available for study. Perhaps you've never looked at them under the light. In most cases, people learn to draw hands on their own. Any teacher can only point out the facts that are associated with your hands.

The study of hands, not including the study of anatomy, mainly consists of comparative analysis measurements. The fingers have a certain length in relation to the palm; the space between the knuckles is specifically proportional to the entire finger. The palm is quite wide compared to its length. The distance between the knuckles of 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 pad of the finger to the wrist. The length of the thumb 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 similar comparative measurements.

The most mobile part of the body, it can adapt to an object of significant shape and weight. This mobility complicates the artist's work, 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 clenching 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 grab the pin with your fingertips, and you grab the hammer with your fingers and palm. It is impossible to bend the fingers completely back 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 the brain is perhaps the most dependent 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 may grab a burning match, not yet knowing that he may get burned. The history of human progress, since prehistoric times, can be closely associated with the development of the hand.

The fact is that hand movements do not require much skill. This may be the reason why there is very little knowledge on hand drawing. Now look at your hands, you will see them differently. Notice that before you take any object, your hands automatically take the appropriate shape. To draw a hand, you first need to take it, study its silhouette, look at its changes so that the hand fits the silhouette. Try picking up a ball, a peach, or an apple, and see what shape your fingers take before you pick up the object. The mechanical principles of the hands are a very important part of drawing.

Only by having knowledge of 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, capturing the wrist. In most cases, the back of the hand is wavy, and this phenomenon comes down to these three planes. The palm is usually presented in three blocks that surround inner space palms - the arch, the thin base of the thumb, and the small tubercles that are located immediately under the fingers.

When the fingers are bent, the knuckles should be level with the thumb; when the fingers are extended, the knuckles should not stand out. You should be careful in aligning your nails because they are on their midline, which intersects with midline finger In other words, the nail can somehow change its position without us even noticing it.
Continue to study your hands to gain general knowledge. The muscles are so deeply located that they are no less important than external forms.

Of the bones accessible to the eye, we are presented with the knuckles and wrist bones on the back of the hand. If you engage your palm in different kinds her activity, then the fingers join quite easily. Study the comparative lengths of the fingers and remember that the thumb almost always works at right angles to the other fingers. Get rid of the idea that hands are hard to draw. It's just difficult when you don't know how they work. Once understood, hands become charming.

Remember a very important fact that the palm is sunken, and back side palms - convex. The tubercles on the palm are lined up so perfectly that they can even retain liquid. For ancient man the palm became a cup. He put his two palms together so he could eat food that he couldn't grab with his fingers. The thumb muscle is undoubtedly the most important muscle in the palm. This muscle, together with the muscles of other fingers, gives a person the ability to grip very strongly. 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 its jaw muscles. Man depends on his own hands.

When you perfectly master the structural features and proportions of your hand, you can easily use this knowledge to display specific features, characteristic of women's, infant, children's hands, as well as the hands of older people.

1. The line delimiting the palm of the hand resembles a “flattened iron” in its shape. This is the perfect shape to start brush painting with. The outlines of the human hand literally amaze the imagination of beauties and the ideality of their forms.

2. By drawing a line from the wrist along the HAND, we separate the finger area. The auxiliary organ of the hand, the thumb, is bent in relation to the other fingers; without it, man's hand would be helpless.

3. A horizontal line drawn midway between the base of the hand and the end of the longest finger helps determine the position of the fingers in relation to the thumb and the rest of the palm.

4. A curved line drawn above the mid-hand line shows the base of the fingers. The little finger is the only finger whose base is below the midline. The remaining 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. We already know the length of the middle finger. 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. We already know the length of the middle finger. 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. There is one feature at the base of the fingers: small wrinkles bend from the line of the fingers and go along the arc line 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, goes into the line of the upper joint of the thumb. There is a clear crease at the base of the thumb, which turns into a line depicting gathered skin, similar to an inverted "T".

9. Having determined the location of the finger joints (Figure b), you can depict them with double lines in the first row of joints if the hand is quite massive. The upper joints are usually depicted with single lines. If the hand is small, then the first row of joints is depicted with single lines. And on very small hands, the joints may not be visible at all.

10. If you look at the palm from the back, the fingers will appear longer. The boundary lines of the fingers will reach the dashes shown in the figure.

11. If you turn the straightened hand the other way around, then part of the thumb will become invisible. Areas of loose skin will become visible on all finger joints. They will be in the form of small ROUND areas. On the upper joints these areas are not as clearly visible as on the others. The protrusions of the lower joints take the shape of ellipses, so the areas of free skin above these joints also have the same shape. The bones and tendons of the hand are also visible in these places.

In this lesson, I suggest you draw a hand in its classic position - fingers open, palm down. You may want to draw a hand clenched into a fist or a hand palm up. Or draw connecting hands, as in the background picture. Either way, this tutorial will help you draw hands. Drawing a hand is very convenient because you draw with one hand and can draw with the other. First, carefully study your hand, pay attention to the length of the fingers, all proportions. You can even outline the hand if you are going to draw it at life size.

1. Marking the contour of the hand

Indeed, if you need draw a hand on the entire sheet of paper, it is easier to outline the outline of your hand, and then, using some tips from this lesson, just add small details. If you need to draw a hand on a smaller scale, then first put two dots for the wrist and five dots for the fingers. Please note that it is not the index finger, but the middle finger on the hand that is the longest.

2. Straight contour lines of the fingers

The length of the fingers varies. They say that musicians have very long fingers. The nobles believed that long and slender fingers emphasized aristocratic origin. Maybe, but we will be drawing a regular hand, so divide the segment where the little finger will be in half, and draw a line from it, parallel to the previously marked points. For the thumb, draw a rectangular outline.

3. Draw actual outlines of the fingers

At this stage, you only need to trace the straight contours of your fingers with a pencil and give them real shapes. It is possible that these preliminary contours will turn out to be inaccurate, then the shape of each finger can be refined separately.

4. General hand shape

At this step you can adjust the contours of the fingers. Make a deeper “angle” for the thumb, but you can leave the original contour, at your discretion. Mark the phalanges and remove unnecessary contour lines from the drawing.

5. The drawing is almost finished

First of all, paint your fingernails. Highlight the knuckles with a few strokes and you can say hand drawing finished. All that remains is to draw a few details in the next step.

6. How to draw a hand. Shadows

A person's hands have "wrinkles" or folds in the knuckles 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 drawing, you can make some of the contour lines darker and thicker. In this case, decide which side the light source will be on. It may seem that draw a hand It's not difficult at all. Try to draw, and then compare your hand with the resulting drawing.

Let's try to draw a hockey player in motion, with a stick and a puck, step by step. You might even be able to draw your favorite hockey player or goalie.

This lesson is intended for those who already know how to draw well, since drawing a person is not easy. Drawing a picture of a dancing ballerina is especially difficult, since the drawing needs to convey not only the grace of a person’s movements, but also the grace of ballet dancing.

When drawing a person, you should see the entire future image from the expected lines and all you have to do is draw them. It is important not only to accurately “maintain” the proportions of these lines in the drawing, but to accurately draw the hands, eyes, and lips. They convey the mood and character of a person.

Portraits are the most complex look visual arts. Learn to draw a portrait, even with a simple pencil, requires not only time to learn, but also talent.

Human eyes are the most attractive and important part of a person's face. Since this element of the portrait attracts the most attention, it must be drawn very accurately. In this lesson we will learn how to draw a person's eyes with a pencil step by step.

Every person has a nose unique features, therefore, it is impossible to give precise advice on how to draw the nose of a girl, child or man. You can only make an abstract or, as they say, “academic” drawing of the nose. This is exactly the version of the nose that I suggest you draw.