Drawing Lessons From the Masters: Copying Durers Praying Hands @mkompan
Drawing Lessons From the Masters: Copying Durers Praying Hands  @mkompan
Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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In this video we learn from Albrecht Durer by copying one of his most famous drawings, "Prying Hands." Then I attempt to apply the lessons learned from the copying process to my own drawing.

Here’s a link to a high resolution photo of the drawing:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praying_Hands_(D%C3%BCrer)?wprov=sfti1#
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Drawing Lessons From the Masters: Copying Durer's Praying Hands

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