Anatomy Tutorial: Hands

How to Draw Hands: Anatomy, Proportion & Speed Construction

Hands are notoriously tricky but they don’t have to be. In this tutorial, I walk you through the bare bones (pun intended!) of hand anatomy, covering essential proportions and simplified forms that make drawing hands not only effective, but fast.

What you’ll learn:

• The skeletal structure that supports hand movement
• Key muscle groups and how they affect surface form
• Proportional guidelines for believable hand shapes
• Simple construction techniques for quick sketching
• Tips for gesture drawing that keep hands expressive and readable

This lesson is perfect for artists who want to stop avoiding hands and start drawing them with confidence and clarity.

Originally recorded for my Patreon community and now available to all aspiring artists on Gumroad.