This weekend we are setting you the challenge of drawing or painting hands. Hands can be one of the trickiest subjects to capture, but they are also incredibly expressive and full of character. Think about how much we use our hands every day – for creating, communicating, holding, working, caring, and expressing emotions. They tell stories all on their own.
For this challenge, take a little time to really study your own hands, or ask a family member or friend if you can sketch theirs. You could draw a single hand in a relaxed pose, two hands clasped together, or even hands holding an object such as a mug, pencil, or flower. If you prefer, keep things simple and focus on the shapes and outlines with line drawings or tonal sketches.
This is a wonderful exercise to practise observation, proportion, and form – all really useful skills for artists of every level. Do not worry if it feels tricky at first, the more you practise, the more confident you will become.
Tutor’s Tip: Try sketching your hand in different positions for a few minutes at a time – quick studies can sometimes capture the gesture and movement more naturally than spending too long on a single drawing.
We are really looking forward to seeing your drawings and paintings of hands. As always, email us your finished artwork to feature in the challenge gallery.
The idea of these challenges is to help students improve their skills by drawing, painting and creating regularly.
So try to submit work that you have created specifically for the challenge – or course work you are currently creating for your art course. Sometimes our challenge themes cross over with what students are learning. Our challenges are great practive for your coursework too!
Remember to submit your artwork to us via email if you would like it posted on our blog next week.
Email your artwork to us for inclusion on the blog next week. We sometimes take challenge posts submitted to our Facebook group to add to the collection, however we may miss some, so if you really want to see your work here, make sure you email it to us!
All students can take part and they can post their artwork on our main Facebook Group to share with fellow students.
If you would like your work included in our weekly Thursday blog post Email it to Melanie on
techsupport@londonartcollege.co.uk
Please only post new artwork that you have created specifically for the challenge.
The idea of these challenges is to help students improve their skills by drawing, painting and creating regularly. Most of all, have fun!!
All of the photos we post on our London Art College Weekend Challenges are copyright free. Feel free to use the artwork you produce however you wish. If you would like your artwork posted here on our blog, email it to Melanie at techsupport@londonartcollege.co.uk. If you have any Weekend Challenge requests let us know too! Best of luck and happy drawing and painting!
For those who are new to our challenges, we post them every Friday, so that students have a chance to pick up their pencils, pens, brushes or tablets to create artwork in their downtime over the weekend.
The results are the posted here on our blog on the following Thursday.
We love it when students add text to go along side the artwork, we will always post it on the blog if included.
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