Hand Drawn

Drawings of hands by a learner



I was once told that the hardest thing to draw is the human hand. So the thinking was, if I got good at the hardest thing the rest should be easy, right? This is the result.


The drawings were made in one sitting, looking at a reference either on screen or paper in front of me.


I posted a drawing regardless of whether I thought it came out well or not and occasionally I included a comment about the drawing, the process, etc.


The hands are mostly of known/famous people and are, in one way or another, a hero of mine.



My own hand
March 24, 2019






Zane Lowe
March 25, 2019






Hayao Miyazaki
March 26, 2019






LJ
March 27, 2019






Charles Eames
March 28, 2019






"Ellen Ripley"
March 29, 2019






Vince Guaraldi
April 1, 2019






Neil deGrasse Tyson
April 2, 2019






Yoko Shimomura
April 3, 2019

In this drawing i ended up getting too heavy on the hatching causing excessive contrast





Douglas Noel Adams
April 4, 2019






My mother
April 5, 2019

The lesson in this one is that when using hatching for shadows I need to consider the hatching direction to see if actual lines, like the folds and grooves in the palm, get lost in the hatching





"Dr. Ian Malcolm"
April 8, 2019






Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.
April 9, 2019






Carl Sagan
April 10, 2019






Ansel Adams
April 11, 2019

I felt I got the angle a bit wrong on this. The wrinkles on the joints are also a challenge still.





My father
April 12, 2019

I struggled a fair bit with the shading but overall I think it came out ok showing the highlights.





Pablo Picasso
April 13, 2019






Jim Henson
April 16, 2019






Susan Kare
April 17, 2019






"Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowsky"
April 18, 2019






Richard Feynmann
April 19, 2019






Shigeru Miyamoto
April 22, 2019






"Rachael"
April 23, 2019






Arne Jacobsen
April 24, 2019






"David Lightman"
April 25, 2019






Dieter Rams
April 26, 2019






River Phoenix
April 29, 2019






Carrie Fisher
May 4, 2019






"Han Solo"
May 8, 2019






Albert Einstein
May 11, 2019






Dave Brubeck
May 13, 2019






"Special Agent Dale Cooper"
May 14, 2019






Matt Frewer
May 15, 2019






Margaret Hamilton
May 16, 2019






John Goodman
May 20, 2019






"Don Vito Corleone"
May 21, 2019






Bob Dylan
May 22, 2019






Herge
May 23, 2019






Neil Armstrong
May 24, 2019






Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin
May 27, 2019






Michael Collins
May 28, 2019






Austin Kleon
May 29, 2019

Not super happy about the angle on this one. I'm also finding the shading more difficult on “well” lit photos where the contrast is low, so I end up overdoing it a bit.





Stephen Fry
May 31, 2019






Keanu Reeves
June 3, 2019






Steve Jobs
June 4, 2019






Tado Ando
June 5, 2019






John Carmack
June 6, 2019






"Thomas Magnum"
June 7, 2019






"Captain Jean-Luc Picard"
June 11, 2019






Julia Holter
June 12, 2019






David Bowie
June 13, 2019






"Alex P. Keaton"
June 14, 2019






Claude Shannon
June 17, 2019






Trent Reznor
June 18, 2019






Elvis Presley
June 19, 2019






Kurt Cobain
June 20, 2019






Corey Haim
June 21, 2019






Harrison Ford
June 24, 2019






"Dr. Strangelove"
June 25, 2019






"John Winger"
June 26, 2019






Harold Ramis
June 27, 2019






Jony Ive
June 28, 2019






"Lt. Columbo"
July 1, 2019






"Basil Fawlty"
July 2, 2019






Steven Spielberg
July 3, 2019






Bill Paxton
July 4, 2019






Bill Atkinson
July 22, 2019






Sting
July 24, 2019






Steve Wozniak
July 25, 2019






"Roy Batty"
July 26, 2019






Roy Scheider
July 29, 2019






"Dennis Nedry"
July 30, 2019






Arnold Schwartzenegger
July 31, 2019






"Laurie Strode"
August 1, 2019






"Captain Koons"
August 3, 2019






"Harry Callahan"
August 5, 2019






Charles M. Schulz
August 6, 2019






"Teddy Duchamps"
August 7, 2019






Bill Evans
August 8, 2019






John McClane
August 9, 2019






Rob Reiner
August 12, 2019






Arthur C. Clarke
August 13, 2019






Phil Collins
August 15, 2019






Kurt Russell
August 19, 2019






Kevin Bacon
August 20, 2019






Chevy Chase
August 22, 2019






Samuel L. Jackson
August 23, 2019






John Hillerman
August 27, 2019






Robert DeNiro
August 30, 2019






Mandy Patinkin
September 2, 2019






Dustin Hoffman
September 4, 2019

A wrinkly mess. Skin folds are my next grand challenge that I'm struggling with right now.





Mr. Fred Rogers
September 9, 2019






Tom Hanks
September 11, 2019






"Pamela Voorhees"
September 13, 2019






"Ellie Arroway"
September 17, 2019






Robin Williams
September 20, 2019

My first attempt at hairs on a hand. Not quite there yet.





Jack Nicholson
September 24, 2019






Billy Crystal
September 25, 2019






George A. Romero
October 1, 2019