Weekly Mind Sketch

Here's my first hand drawing of 2017 of my #100DaysOfHands.  I'm up to 56 hands now, eager to get to my goal of 100 hands this year! This is done in black pen and I continue to work on shadow and light as well as my technical skills of working in pen.

Here are the hands our current country leader, President Obama.  I think it's interesting to draw hands of famous people because hands tell a story all their own.  He has long fingers and his hands look sleek, intelligent, kind, and somewhat introspective/reflective. This folding of his hands seems a nice way to illustrate how I perceive his character.  In the meantime, I will be drawing other famous hands throughout this #100DaysOfHands!

Here's my 54th hand, working in black illustrator pen again.  The long shadows look very dramatic and I will probably do a few more hands with interesting shadows like this...maybe in pencil next time.

Here is my 53rd hand of #100DaysOfHands.  I wanted to capture the look of fingers pulling on hair, I think this came out pretty cool.  I used black illustrator pen again and find I really like how raw and honest black pen looks.  I still struggle with using pen rather than pencil, but hopefully by my 100th hand I'll feel much more confident with it!

Here is another strong looking hand drawing in black pen. It is a strange angle with fingers pressed toward you, making the fingers look huge compared to the rest of the hand. I will continue working on my pen hatching skills in future hands, it's a difficult skill but gets easier with practice...

Here is day 51 of #100DaysOfHands.  I was asked to create a piece of artwork that symbolizes HOPE and came up with this idea.  I saw a similar image online but changed it up a bit.   I outlined the artwork in black pen first, then watercolored in the color. I like the feeling this portrays of a scared girl being protected by the mighty hand of God.  I "Hope" this can be an inspiration for others as well. I will do another pen hand drawing next...

Well I've made it to the half-way mark, hand 50 of #100DaysOfHands!  I feel I have learned to see the curves and shadows of hands a little better by now.  I am still using a sketchy line style rather than shading - here I've used black pen. I feel I've learned to use line more expressively and like how you can scratch dark lines to form shaded areas.  Line drawing is very expressive and bold. Hope to have another drawing tomorrow!