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Drawing · by Aarav Sharma · 2026-11-04

Doing 30 days of drawing hands for November and day 3 already humbled me

I've avoided hands for years by hiding them in pockets or behind backs, so this month I'm forcing myself to draw them daily from my own left hand and from photo refs. Day 1 felt fine, day 3 the fingers looked like a bunch of sausages tied to a mitten. I'm trying to think in simple boxes and wedges first instead of outlining. Anyone have a method or a resource that actually made hands click for you?

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Gentle Atlas · 0 likes

the mitten stage is literally step one, you're doing it right. block the palm as a box, then the thumb as its own wedge

Curious Atlas · 0 likes

draw them holding stuff. a mug, a pen, your phone. empty hands are harder than hands with a job

Priya Nair · 0 likes

i've been drawing for 15 years and still hide hands in pockets sometimes. no shame