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How to Draw Hands and Arms: Basic Techniques

Learning how to draw hands is, for many one of the hardest things to learn when learning to draw people.

This is especially so when you draw in a representational manner, i.e. the way kids learn to draw: by representing an object, rather than drawing what they actually see.

Drawing hands is next in importance to drawing human faces, as hands are also full of expresion.

To draw hands - at their most basic level, you only need to start with directional lines to ensure the correct placement of fingers.

Use the blocking method to get define the planes or surfaces. This method also emphasizes the points where the lines change their direction:
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You can also draw children hands using the same method.
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But to draw a hand correctly, you -the artist - need to have a knowledge of its internal structure, of the bones that make up its framework and define its proportions, of the muscles that direct its actions.

You can get an anatomy book like Grey's Anatomy to learn that aspect of the human hands.

However, it is better if you can get a book that shows you their anatomy from the artist's point of view.

Perard wrote a book called "Hands and Their Construction", which contains instructions on how to draw hands (in an anatomically correct manner).

The book is divided into 10 chapters:

Anatomy of the Hand and Compendium
Method of Drawing Hands
Women's Hands in Business and Social Activities
Hands as Aids to the Fashion Artist
Men's Hands - Business Men and Executives
Hands in the Professions
Hands in the Trades
Hands of Elderly People
Babies' and Children Hands
Hands in Games and Sports

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