The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Got a new book a couple days ago. It teaches complete beginners how to draw. Since I never really formally learned how to draw, I figured this might be a good way to work on my tablet drawing and learn how to actually draw in the process. I’ve already learned a lot. I’m almost halfway through the book. It it organized with lessons that bit by bit teach you what you need to know with the main focus being on portraits. The latest lesson was drawing the human hand, which is supposed to be pretty difficult. And indeed it is. But I got a pretty good handle on it. First you learn by tracing. Using a plastic or glass board you trace on the board with your hand underneath. Since I am using the computer, I just took a picture of my hand and traced it. Here is the outline.
Then you use the outline to frame your next drawing. Once you have the hand shape framed you toss your previous drawing and just sketch your hand line by line while staring at it. The lighting in the office is kind of weird… so I don’t completely understand the shadows (that’s in a future chapter anyway). But I drew what I saw, and it came out pretty well, I think.
