This speaks for itself, and is based from the awesome book Mark Crilley’s Ultimate Book of Drawing Hands.
More Hand Practice
Human Figure
Drawing Ears – Graphite Studies
Ears are something I need to practice as well, mostly because I want to get the inner shapes right on a profile-view.
Drawing Eyes – Graphite & Charcoal
I have several books on portrait drawing, and drawing facial features. This is practice drawing eyes, and remembering that eye is actually a ball. The eyelids wrap around the spherical shape of the eyeball.
Drawing Hands – Studies in Graphite
I recently purchased the book Mark Crilley’s Ultimate Book of Drawing Hands, because I have such difficulty drawing hands, particularly fingers. I can look at my left hand and draw it, palm down or palm up, but things like a hand at rest, a hand holding a spoon, a hand on the hip are more challenging.
I think this book will help me — assuming I practice daily.
Here are my first attempts.
Seated Figure in Willow Charcoal
This study was based off a reference photo from an ArtTutor class I took. This is my first time using willow charcoal, which seems to me quite similar to vine charcoal, only it’s black as opposed to dark gray. And it’s a bit harder than the vine charcoal, although both are labeled Medium, and the manufacturer (Winsor) is the same.
Knitting Hands
This work in vine charcoal was based off a reference image by Sabine van Erp from Pixabay.
Girl on a Swing
This study, done using vine charcoal, was done on white paper toned first with charcoal powder so I could use the kneadable eraser to lift up color for highlights.
The reference image used was by Rudy and Peter Skitterians from Pixabay.
Little Boy on the Beach: Charcoal Study
The reference image for this charcoal study is by Nadine Doerlé from Pixabay.
I’ve used this same image for a work in pastel.
More Charcoal… I’m on a roll.
This is another piece I did, based on the ArtTutor.com class “Studies in Charcoal” by Joann Boon Thomas. Same vine charcoal, and toned paper. This reference photo was one of the instructor’s based on a life drawing she did. I need to find a life drawing class myself, although with Covid, it might be an online/Zoom version.
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