Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
In video two of our five video portraiture and life drawing course, Jake Spicer takes us through some practical exercises that you can use to improve your drawings of hands.
"One of the biggest problems with drawing from hands, is we know them too well, like the back of our hand in fact. That means that when we come to draw them we bring all our preconceptions about what we think a hand should look like to the drawing. To draw hands well, we need to forget what we know and simply learn to draw what we see. The way we do that is to focus on shape."
Using the pencils from the Shade and Tone set, follow Jake's exercises on how to train your eye to ignore shapes of light and dark and focus on the physical contours.
If you share any work you’ve created from the videos on social media, don’t forget to tag us! @Derwentartoffical @jakespicerart
In video two of our five video portraiture and life drawing course, Jake Spicer takes us through some practical exercises that you can use to improve your drawings of hands.
"One of the biggest problems with drawing from hands, is we know them too well, like the back of our hand in fact. That means that when we come to draw them we bring all our preconceptions about what we think a hand should look like to the drawing. To draw hands well, we need to forget what we know and simply learn to draw what we see. The way we do that is to focus on shape."
Using the pencils from the Shade and Tone set, follow Jake's exercises on how to train your eye to ignore shapes of light and dark and focus on the physical contours.
If you share any work you’ve created from the videos on social media, don’t forget to tag us! @Derwentartoffical @jakespicerart
