Hand Drawings: Exploring Line

1.

It was definitely challenging to use my hand as a subject to draw. I've heard that drawing the hand is really difficult, and I definitely agree with it. There are so many small details that go into drawing a hand and I don't think I was able to capture it, but I definitely tried. I did get frustrated with it though just because there is so much to it that it was hard to get all the details.

2.

I chose pencil as my medium because I'm so used to using it because of grade school. I'm also most comfortable with pencil because it seems much easier to erase than charcoal, but I do like how charcoal looks compared to pencil. I like how charcoal is more dense looking and how it stands out more than pencil. But I was more inclined to use pencil on this assignment just because of the difficulty of drawing a hand.

3.

Creating a drawing of my dominant hand with my non-dominant hand felt so weird. It felt so out of place and so many times I wanted to take my right hand (the dominant one) and fix parts of what my non-dominant hand left behind. It was hard to restrain myself from changing hands, but I didn't. I do think I would stick with using my dominant hand when drawing because there is more control.

4.

I think my final sketchings are successful studies because it shows the struggle between the two hands. I also like the drawing of my left hand because I think it turned out relatively well.  I like how you can see the difference between the two hands and also see the control between the two drawings. 

5.

I don't think I would use my non-dominant hand to create work again just because I don't like how it feels and also how I can see that there isn't any control in it. I like my dominant hand better when drawing. If I wanted to practice drawing with my non-dominant hand to obtain better control with it I would, but I don't think I would automatically pick my non-dominant hand to start.