How to Draw a Hand Gripping Something with Easy to Follow Steps

Hands are probably the hardest parts of the body to draw. That is why I have decided to add a few hand drawing tutorials. In this tutorial I will show you how to draw a hand gripping an item. The fingers and thumb are wrapping around this object and firmly holding it in place. I will guide you thru the step by step process of drawing this hand holding the object.

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How to Draw a Hand Gripping Something with Easy to Follow Steps

Step 1

Draw 3 lines at a slight angle.

Step 2

Lightly draw an oval and a sideways capital letter ‘D’ shape.

Step 3

Draw a few ovals and a sideways capital letter ‘D’ shape…as seen above.

Step 4

Draw a few more ovals…a bit longer…as seen above.

Step 5

Use the ovals from previous steps to help you draw the actual shapes of the fingers. Also draw a fat oval as seen above.

Step 6

– Draw inwards curved lines for the nails.

– Draw a backwards #7-like shape.

– Draw a few lines.

Step 7

– Draw a few more curved lines…to finish off the nails and to draw wrinkles.

– Darken the lines of the object the hand is holding.

Finished Drawing of a Hand Gripping Something

 

-Erase the guidelines (blue in this tutorial) and darken the lines of the hand.

I hope that you were able to draw this hand without any problems. I know that it is really hard to draw hands. Come back for even more hand tutorials as well as many other types of drawing lessons.

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