Drawing hands can feel daunting, but the key is to break down their complexity into simple, repeatable rules. Whether you're sketching from a model or straight from your imagination, understanding ...

First, the concept artist Brynn Metheney shares a step-by-step guide to drawing hands, including tips on how to break down the forms of the hand into simple shapes like cylinders and spheres.

- Step 3 - Sketch a rough outline for the hands and feet. - Step 4 - Draw the eyes using small circles, add the nose by sketching an inverted triangle, sketch the mouth and add the tooth.

“Drawing a hand that looks like a hand remains hard—first surprisingly so, then stubbornly,” he writes. He adds, “most people are bad at what they haven’t spent years learning to do . . .

First, the concept artist Brynn Metheney shares a step-by-step guide to drawing hands, including tips on how to break down the forms of the hand into simple shapes like cylinders and spheres.