Weekend Art Challenge Results!

Hands are one of the most expressive and trickiest parts of the human body to draw or paint. They can reveal character, emotion and movement all in one gesture. For this weekend’s challenge, we asked our students to tackle this notoriously fiddly subject… and goodness, did they rise to the occasion!

From delicate linework studies to fully realised paintings, this gallery is full of personality. Some students explored the anatomical structure of the hand, while others focused on storytelling — clasped fingers, reaching hands, even hands at work. Each piece shows confidence, experimentation, and the willingness to observe closely, which is exactly what this challenge was all about.

We hope you enjoy scrolling through the artwork and stay tuned for the next challenge tomorrow!

Weekend Challenge: Hand(s)
My left, drawn by my right
Clifford H

I used soft pencil blended with a tortillon to show the shadows, on smooth paper.
Lindsay

I really love the styling in vintage food and fashion posters, and I have tried to create my own hand drawn image with the model’s hands featuring in an interesting pose in the foreground and background.
Helen

For this challenge, I’m posting a detail of one of the preparatory drawings for my first assignment in the Illustration course. I chose to make a design for a sheet music cover for the popular song, “Mean to me”, from 1929.
Alicia

This is my hand, I’m holding an air plant, it’s made using pencil and acrylics. I wanted to draw the hand in pencil, and have added a pop of colour with the plant and sleeve!
Catherine

Here is my hand (literally, though I don’t quite know what happened to my knuckles.)
Painted with Ink brush-pen and Posca pens.
Linn

Line and wash, watercolour, black and white pens.
Ni Ni

My left hand in different positions with pencil.
Ni Ni

Pencil sketch and coloured with watercolour and a white pen.
Ni Ni

Weekend Challenge: My version of ‘Thing’ (in reality it’s my husband’s hand) Children’s and acrylic paints used.
Nina P

Weekend challenge hands
Which I did with a Bonny Snowdon tutorial using just one colour pencil
Gwen R

A sketch of my left hand with a biro on back of a receipt.
Ni Ni

We hope that everyone enjoyed this challenge. Stay tuned for a new Weekend Art Challenge posted here tomorrow.

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