Drawing Hands

Miss Goff's hand drawings (much erasing and re-working were involved in the making of these hands)

Hands can be one of the most challenging things for a young artist to draw. These's a lot of different parts and subtle details to capture to make things look right. The 6th graders have been learning about observational drawing. At the beginning of the year, I had the students draw their own hand without any sort of instruction.

Today students worked with me and drew their hands while carefully observing the proportions. They paid attention to where things were located on the hand and how large or small things were in comparison to each other.

The students greatly improved on the overall structure and proportions of their hands. Below are just a handful of photos that show the progress the student's made. Great job, everyone!

Carly's 1st hand drawing

Carly's 2nd hand drawing

Pat's 1st hand

Pat's 2nd hand

Sarah's 2nd Hand

Sarah's 1st Hand

Jack's 1st hand

Jack's 2nd hand

Jeff's 1st hand

Jeff's 2nd hand