Hands - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists

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August 16, 2018 at 12:33 am #460527
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I tried to work fast on this one. I wanted the hands to look beatened and dirty. I wanted to show the wear and tear from working over the years, so I didn’t try to be neat here. I used Ritmo 3b charcoal pencil, Generals charcoal sticks, and Stabilo White on Tone Gray Strathmore paper. I tested all my white pencils side my side on the paper and the charcoal white is the brightest. But I used the Stabilo for the last two because it’s almost just as white where most people would not even notice the difference. I’ll be going back and forth on those two pencils till I figure out which one I think is best to work with.

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August 16, 2018 at 5:53 am #676271
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wonderful work, they look like a sculpture

Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art - Leonardo da Vinci
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August 16, 2018 at 11:31 am #676265
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Very well done. I like the sharp focus.

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August 16, 2018 at 8:24 pm #676263
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Such a great job! I love hands as well.

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August 17, 2018 at 3:11 am #676262
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excellent but why limit yourself to just one of those whites? sometimes one ‘fits’ better than the other in what you are doing so keep both I’d say

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August 18, 2018 at 11:59 pm #676267
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excellent but why limit yourself to just one of those whites? sometimes one ‘fits’ better than the other in what you are doing so keep both I’d say

I’ve been using two different whites. I use Generals white Charcoal and Stabillo White pastel. The reason I choose these is because they have the most brightness to them which gives the image strong contrast. When I use the others it looks more washed out to me.

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August 19, 2018 at 5:50 am #676261
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this is a very fine study of hands, its well done and you have obviously worked hard at this :thumbsup:

I’m not sure if you intended to give the hands such a ‘leathery’ look and am wondering if you have considered using less obvious white in your technique?
Rebecca Alzofon who used to post here in the past ( arm four chalk drawings)
has a great online explanation of Prudhon’s method using black and white chalk.

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August 19, 2018 at 7:55 am #676266
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Very well drawn, you can feel the tensions in the wrists and thumbs, the relaxation in the fingers. As with Mac’s comment the hands do look to be moulded in some leathery material rather than being flesh and blood.

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August 24, 2018 at 12:58 am #676268
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this is a very fine study of hands, its well done and you have obviously worked hard at this :thumbsup:

I’m not sure if you intended to give the hands such a ‘leathery’ look and am wondering if you have considered using less obvious white in your technique?
Rebecca Alzofon who used to post here in the past ( [URL=https://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32535]arm[/URL] [URL=https://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=143674]four chalk drawings[/URL])
has a great [URL=http://www.art.net/~rebecca/OnPrudon1.html]online explanation of Prudhon’s method[/URL] using black and white chalk.

Mac

I had looked at a reference photo for this one and the hands looked like they had white dirt or powder on them. There was also a little bit of black smudges like oil or something. They where dirty hands.

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August 24, 2018 at 3:29 am #676272
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Sometimes what can be seen in a photo cant be perfectly represented in a drawing but it doesnt matter. You can draw hands, the artists biggest fear, be proud 🙂

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August 25, 2018 at 5:55 pm #676264
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Good work here, myself being a mechanic know the feeling at least of having calloused hands, very nice likeness. I also enjoy the difference between the two hands, one hand being more complete then the other to convey a focus. Well done sir.

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August 28, 2018 at 2:10 am #676269
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Sometimes what can be seen in a photo cant be perfectly represented in a drawing but it doesnt matter. You can draw hands, the artists biggest fear, be proud 🙂

thank you!

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August 28, 2018 at 4:29 pm #676270
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Nice indeed

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