This piece of art was one that I finished on the 25th October last year. I’d been thinking about drawing another part of the human anatomy, and this time decided that I wanted to feature hands as I think, depending on the pose, it can evoke a lot of feeling and emotion. I wanted to draw a piece featuring holding hands, so I asked our son to take various pictures of my husband and I holding hands. I then went through the various photos waiting to find “the one” that I could feel a connection to. The photo that I chose was a picture of us holding hands, and includes the forearms; I didn’t think that it needed any more than that in final drawing. Here is the completed artwork:
I love the way this has turned out as I think the image shows affection and intimacy; hands are very expressive in that way. This was quite a straightforward drawing to do, and once I had got the position correct, was able to proceed with the shading. My husband liked it so much he got the picture framed, and it is now hanging on the wall in the lounge.
Genie Art 