Expressive

HANDSObservational Hand Studies

-Contour Line-Jes Davis

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?Fingers Crossed= Good Luck

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?Thumbs up = OK

Thumbs down = not OK

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I love you!

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Hands can be used as a tool to communicate universally- across many cultures. There are two ways to communicate via hands:

• Hand Gestures• Sign Language

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Gestures are a form of nonverbal communication in which visible bodily actions are used to communicate

important messages, either in place of speech or together and in parallel with spoken words. Gestures include

movement of the hands, face, or other parts of the body.

What are hand gestures?

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Watch here…

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employing a system of hand gestures for communication primarily used by the deaf/hearing impaired community.

• It does differ from culture to culture. We use ASL in the USA; but there are universal gestures that all cultures know.

• Sign language is an evolving form of language and has new signs much like new words being created in English daily.

What is Sign Language?

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girl communicate with her parents!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6F303aNXec

EXPRESSIVE

HAND STUDY

Comparing for Proportion

How to Draw a

HANDI. Draw shape of palmII. Compare the height of thumb to height of fingersIII. Draw implied line of finger tipsIV. Draw implied line of fingersV. Compare knuckles and finger tips to each otherVI. Draw contour line of entire hand

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SDraw the shape of the contour of the hand._____________________

* Looks like a box with an extra side.

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Measure the palm of the hand._____________________

Compare the length of the palm to the length of the longest finger.* Draw a reference line.

Keep lines light until final design

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Draw the curved implied line of the finger tips.___________________

Draw an imaginary line to the thumb in order to compare the tip of the thumb to the other finger tips.

Keep lines light until final design

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Draw the implied line of the fingers.___________________

Draw little circles for the knuckles, comparing knuckle to knuckle with dotted reference lines.

Keep lines light until final design.

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SSTEP 5Draw the contour line of the hand. ___________________

Pay attention to any small curve and individual lines that make up the whole image.

Keep lines light until final design

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What is foreshortening?

To portray or show (an object or view) as closer than it is or as having less depth or distance, as an effect of perspective or the angle of vision.

*Creates the illusion of an object receding or moving forward in space on a 2 dimensional surface.

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FACE PARTNER A: Hold your hand out straight in your partners face.

FACE PARTNER B: Close one eye and look at the size of your partners face compared to their hand. What do you see? Discuss.

SWITCH and DO IT AGAIN! Let your partner see

Try THIS!!!

Foreshortened Hand Perspectives

Simplify into Shapes

How to Draw a Foreshortened

HAND

I. Draw shape(s) of palmII. Compare the height of thumb to height of fingersIII. Draw implied line of finger tipsIV. Draw implied shapes of the fingersV. Compare knuckles and finger tips to each otherVI. Draw final contour line of entire hand

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1. Simplify palm into basic shape

2. Compare proportions for finger height.

3. Draw simple reference shapes/lines.

4. Draw final contour lines.

Keep lines light until final design

ASSIGNMENT:1. Think of 5 different hands or two “concepts”. Small quick sketches or list.

Refer to handout for ideas. Talk to shoulder partner about design until teacher makes rounds.

2. Draw 3 hands for final design:• Has to use the entire length of 18” x 18” paper• Hands should be in proportion to one another (same size)• Draw very lightly until the final design

Final Project Example

COMPOSITIONHANDS

ZENTANGLES

HANDS