A couple of quick notes on an experiment - 1/2

No, I didn't draw this one. In an effort to give the hands more texture, I turned to this picture from one of my anatomy books. I gave it a go, which didn't quite work out. I think these ones have more defined outlines, so I'll keep working on it...

Hand with a pencil

This one is the best of the three hands. Although in texture, they're all looking a bit featureless, the shadows are nicer in this one.

Another hand

This one is a bit better, but the shadows on the hand and arm themselves aren't deep enough. The position of the lamp needed changing to do this properly.

Slightly blurry hand...

For some reason - it might be too light - This picture doesn't come out too well in photos. Just as well though, because this is not my best hand drawing.

Feet in a mirror

Trying to make them more interesting, I got a circular mirror, stood it up and put my feet on a box in front of it. Originally, I was going to have my feet straight up so that I could draw the soles reflected too, but I thought I'd have a go at this first and see how long it took before I tried that - like drawing my toes outstretched before, I think it might be more tricky.

Slightly differently posed feet

This one is a lot more relaxed, and works better. Neither of them are great though... They just don't have the right 3-D effect they should have.

Linear drawings - first post - trying to get shadows right...

Doing some drawings of people towards my next assignment now. I sat on my bed and tried to draw my feet a couple of times. This one doesn't work as well as it should've done, because I thought I'd spread out my toes to draw them better, but had to keep taking a break - hurts the bottom of your feet after a while!