Post on 30-Nov-2014
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Hands
Exploring the Portrait/Self-PortraitGlenn Hirsch, Instructor
Hands
In the 18th-19th century, student competitions were held at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris.
Nicolas de Largillierre, 1715
Hand gestures have universal meaning.
Nelly Nassif
Hand gestures have universal meaning.
Emma Mankin
Hand gestures have universal meaning
Rob Huegel
Hand gestures suggest narrative
Michelangelo
Fingers touch
Peggy Millar
Hand to the temple suggests thought
Cynthia Kanios
Hand to the temple, suggests thought
Matisse
The hand is a place for ornament
Ilya Repin
Subtle distortion of the fingers
Botticelli
Botticelli
Hands point the way and the eye follows.
Leonardo
Hands suggest narrative
Max Beckmann
Hands with props – suggest narrative.
Max Beckmann
Hands with props – suggest narrative.
Max Beckmann
Hands with props – suggest narrative.
Otto Dix
Hands with props – suggest narrative.
Edvard Munch
Hands with props – suggest narrative.
Steve Chapman
Take away the hand …
and you take away a person’s power.
Arshile Gorky
Structure of the Hand
The hand is as big as the face
Carolyn Wales
The hand is as big as the face
Glenn Hirsch
Hands appear bigger as they get closer to the viewer
John Reamer
Hands appear bigger as they get closer to the viewer
Gene Faktorovich
Find the rectangle
Exaggerate the geometry of the wrist
When trying to get the
right size of the hand,
start with a simplified
“paddle” shape
Or simplify the hand into a ‘mitten’ shape
August Macke
Exaggerate geometry in the fingers
Cynthia Kanios (detail)
Exaggerate geometry in the fingers
Steve Chapman (detail)
Finger tips are angular in shape
Steve Chapman (detail)
Finger tips are angular in shape
Emma Mankin
Fingers foreshortened
Michelangelo study
Practice!
Even Leonardo da Vinci had to practice