Practice. It is all about practice.Sometimes when I practice, I feel like I am not getting any better. Yet, I still do it for what results from my practice, which is that I get better. It took my old art journals and sketchbooks to make me realize this. One of the many things I practice while drawing is hands. I heard once that hands are very hard to draw and I took on that challenge like King Arthur's knights to the Holy Grail. I am still on that quest.
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| Goggles, journal page,10 x 7" |
The above I started a long time ago and reworked it years later. The hand was already done in ink so it was hard to change the hand.
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| Gallatica, journal spread, 10 x 14" |
I cheated by putting the hand in the above in an easy outstretched pose but proportion is still a work in progress.
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| Desert scene, journal spread, 12 x 18" |
'Desert Scene' on the other hand is a fairly recent creation. I acknowledged that there were bones in the hand. I weaseled out of acknowledging the wrist by strategically putting a jewelry creation on it. Of course, the collaged figure on the left also has technical issues with her hand but I liked the implied motion of the arm (or at least my world she looked like she was walking).
Some days are good and some days are not, but I always feel better for at least having participated in the quest.
az
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