Monday, April 9, 2018

Hands Down #AtoZChallenge





Hands are the tools we work with above all others. I recently retired from a Hand Surgery practice. I know first hand (no pun intended...well maybe) how important our fingers are. Injure one and you will know what I mean. Our thumbs are what allow us to do the things we humans do. Grasp, manipulate. They are one of the most difficult things to draw.  

The above image is from a 15th century illuminated manuscript I got to see in person at the Walters Museum in Baltimore while at a Friends of Dard Hunter conference. What a thrill.


On to contemporary artists whose rendering of hands I admire.


Check out the front paws on these rabbits. They were on display at Carleton College. Made by one of the instructors Kelly Connole . I was there for a calligraphy retreat and was drawn to this display.



 

Justin Bua  His posters speak to me. The hands are always long fingered beauties.




Egon Schiele  Apparently I have a thing for long fingers. 


So much so I had to copy in my journal.




This articulated hand lives in my studio.


Remember it's not polite to point. 
Have you had a reason to appreciate your hands?




2 comments:

  1. It would be difficult to do everything I do without my hands. Luckily, at this point they do not ache or get stiff so they do not remind me of their presence in the way my knees do.
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  2. Ouch, sorry about your knees. Old joints are a problem. I got a new hip Dec 2016 that was a game changer! Glad your hands are not a problem. I put mine through a lot. I tell people my fingernails are not fashion statements, they are tools.

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