One of my first photos of my brother Mike was a portrait of him in his group home. His hand was posed, his wrist arched. I put my own hand in the frame, reaching out to him. On another occasion, I brought my camera, tripod and a shutter-release cable, so that I could snap a […]
I started this series with the idea that I had a visual library full of different hand images. When I think of hand gestures the first image that comes to mind is my father’s outstretched hands, conducting an imaginary orchestra. This captures the essence of my dad. The next group of hands is beyond the […]
In the reference photograph for this sketch, I used a detached flash. This resulted in a clear, high-contrast photo. One of the changes I would make in this sketch would be to make his left hand a bit smaller. It looks like someone else’s finger is in Mike’s ear. I should also work on getting […]
There is a hint of stress in this young man’s posture. His hunched posture certainly conveys this impression. However, he left hand shows more than a suggestion of the jitters.
I had intended to explore the history of still lifes in yesterday’s post, but after thumbing through some of my old art catalogs, came upon some hands that I couldn’t resist sketching. I am interested in gestures and their power to convey emotion. My older brother is autistic, low functioning and nonverbal and holds his […]
I started preparing for today’s blog by looking up the history of still lifes (which is where I learned that the plural of still life is not still lives). I was going to take a break from hands for a while, but as I was looking through some of my old art bulletins. I came across […]
I must say at the outset, I am not pleased with the sketches I present today. I really like my photograph, from which the gestures were excerpted, but perhaps it is not transferrable to watercolor. Note: This is another in a continuing series of hand gestures I have been sketching in watercolor (Holding Hand, Hands […]
