Drawing Hands
We took our 6 year old grandson Henry to the 3rd Young People's Concert in this year's series at the New York Philharmonic and a fabulous Spanish guitarist was the soloist with the orchestra. We were sitting too far away for me to see his hands, so I sketched him from one of his website photos for my daily sketch. His hands really were in that position, but it reminded me that I need lots more practice drawing hands. I am slowly drawing each letter from photos on an American Sign Language website and I decided that it was time for J and K. Pablo Saenz Villegas was drawn with my water-soluble Pilot Varsity pen and then brushed with water.
American Sign Language letters - drawn with a watercolor pencil from photos on a website.
Comments
So cool! You are getting really good at figures (including hands) and using the ASL letters to practice is brilliant!
Posted by: Gwendolyn | March 8, 2010 11:54 AM
Love the way the colors dissolve into the background of the guitar man. The hands are so well proportioned! :) Great way to draw hands especially when you're educating at the same time.
Posted by: Alex Tan | March 8, 2010 12:33 PM
I agree - what a good idea to use ASL to practice hands! Your sketch of the guitarist is really wonderful! Very nice, indeed. nancy
Posted by: nancy t | March 8, 2010 7:03 PM
Really like the idea of drawing the hands that speak "sign language". Nicely done.
Posted by: Sandra Torguson | March 8, 2010 8:09 PM
You have really captured the hands in the sign language pictures. The guitarist is awesome too.
Posted by: Ramona Davidson | March 8, 2010 8:47 PM
Lovely sketch and what a great way to practice hands!
Posted by: Ann | March 8, 2010 10:15 PM
Wonderful sketches; and I agree with everyone else, it is a brilliant way to practice hands!
Posted by: Raena | March 9, 2010 5:43 PM
Lovely drawings! Using sign language hands is such a great idea for practice!
Posted by: ffyrebird | March 9, 2010 8:02 PM
Hands AND feet are so difficult to draw. I like your letter signs. I think that's an awesome idea for hand practice. I may just have to do that, too. Thanks for sharing this.
Posted by: Sherie | March 11, 2010 12:19 PM
Excellent idea - I think I'll follow you on that hand practice. I always look at the way artists do hands and feet to see if they can really draw. You are doing so well!
Posted by: Casey | March 12, 2010 2:20 AM