Did you know that the skeleton of an average human hand consists of 27 bones? That´s why among other things it´s so very hard to mend them sometimes when broken.
Most people think, that drawing a face is difficult (which done properly surely is). But actually it´s even harder to draw a human hand.
Since I like to challenge myself, I portrayed my left hand in the last couple of weeks and was happy to see that my drawings improved -my first attempts were really awful, but not being a chicken, I´ll show you these as well, though at the end of this post;)
The one on the left was made with biro, the one on the right with coal.
Quick sketch after a Da Vinci drawing.
Likewise after Da Vinci
This I sketched after a photograph made by my dear friend Inese who´d just had her second Blog anniversary – please check out her beautiful blog Making memories!
And now to my (awful) first attempts:
Art Expedition 
Well done, Sarah 🙂 Can’t put my finger on exactly why, but have tried drawing hands and know they’re difficult! These sketches are proof of your progress… gotta hand you that! 😉 ♥ ❤
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Ahh! Thank you so much, my dear friend! They are really tricky those hands, aren´t they? Never would have thought so beforehand;) But I have to admit that I love challenges quite a bit and it´s so nice to see for oneself that practice does indeed improve one´s skills:) Have a beautiful day!!! xoxo
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heehee… Yup! All hands on deck for this particularly handy hands-on approach to practice! Gotta hand it to you, for handling the whole thing handsomely 😉
Okay, seriously now… I hope you’re enjoying a wonderful day! 🙂 ♥ ❤
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Whoo-hoo! This is hilarious! 😀 Got to hand you that – I love it;) Thank you for making me smile!!:) xoxo
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LoL … that was fun, high five! 🙂 ♥ ❤
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Hehehe! Yes, it most definitely was 😀
Have a lovely week! 🙂 xoxo
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Thanks, you too 🙂 ♥ ❤
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Looks pretty tip top to me! 🙂
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Thank you!! 🙂
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Wow. Hands-down — those are some awesome hands. 🙂
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Hahaha! Thank you C.M.!! 🙂
It´s been a tough challenge at first, but I think I´ve got the hang of it now;)
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🙂
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Sarah, I recognized the bird before I read the post 🙂 Great image!
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Haha! Awesome! Then it´s a great image indeed;)
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Of course it is 🙂
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Oh, my! You really make me blush! Thank you! 🙂
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Yes, I really can see the development in these. I vaguely remember reading somewhere that hands are so tricky to draw, many cartoon characters tend to have only four fingers. 🙂
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Hahaha! That´s right!:) Very well observed, Bun! Have a beautiful day! Sarah 🙂
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They are good. You have made good progress in short time! I really like the sketch after Da Vinci.
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Thank you so much!! I was taken by surprise myself:) Definitely shows: practice makes perfect – well, at least I hope someday it does;)
Have a lovely day! 🙂
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Wow, Sarah. Your drawings really improved over your practice. I can definitely see haw the more recent drawings look more natural. Nice. Cheers 👍🏼
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Hi Chris – thank you so much! It really has, hasn´t it? I was so astonished to see it myself – it´s been exactly the encouragement I needed ´cause at first I thought “this is never going to work out!”;) Cheers! Sarah:)
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They are brilliant Sarah. Even those which you say are your first attempt are wonderful. I loved them all 🙂
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Oh, you´re too kind, Syeda! Thank you so, so much! Huge hugs and butterfly kisses! xoxo
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