Drawing - Charcoal - Addressing Hands and Feet

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Description

Learn basic techniques for rendering hands and feet in charcoal. This video provides a way to approach the subject but explains that it is up to you to find what works for you. It is up to you as the artist to create beauty.

Index

00:00:39 - Finding the wrist and wrist bone

00:01:29 - Planes in the hand

00:01:55 - Pad of the hand

00:02:41 - Finding the first joint and index finger, finding beauty

00:03:27 - Laying in the fingers

00:04:24 - The thumb form

00:06:58 - Creating beauty

00:08:57 - Getting the thickness of the hand

00:09:28 - The wrist

00:11:24 - Avoid round form

00:12:23 - Get your scale from the index finger, look for beauty and theme

00:15:58 - Planes in the hand

00:17:45 - Lining up the thumb

00:21:36 - Plane in the foot, the stirrup front view

00:21:58 - The ankle

00:22:14 - Finding where the toes go

00:23:08 - The pad of the foot

00:25:43 - The heel

00:26:08 - The stirrup - side view

00:27:29 - Summary of steps

00:28:10 - The foot from a weird viewpoint

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