Art Making/Material Exploration: Exploring Line

Drawn with dominant hand

Drawn with non-dominant hand

1. What was it like using your hand as subject matter for a drawing?

I have always had a hard time drawing hands but this time both of my drawings actually look like hands.  When I would have to draw hands in high school art classes or middle school art classes, the drawing barely resembled a hand.  I am not sure why I have a harder time drawing hands than anything else.

2. What media did you select - pencil or charcoal? Why?

I used pencil because charcoal is too messy for me to use.  I would end up getting charcoal all over the sides of my hands and then it would smear all over the drawing.  Also, we didn't have charcoal at home and I didn't want to go out and get some if I was only going to use it a few times.

3. How did it feel to create a drawing with your non-dominant hand?

It felt weird drawing with my non-dominant hand.  I am ambidextrous with most things but drawing is not one of them.  I was most surprised that my drawing with my non-dominant hand actually came out looking like a hand.

4. Compare and contrast your final drawings. Do you think they are successful studies?

I think both are successful studies.  However, I feel like my dominate had did a better job drawing the outline of the hand.  The outline of the hand drawn with my non-dominate hand looks shaky compared to the other.

5. Would you consider using your non-dominant hand to create artwork in the future?
I don't think I would use my non-dominate hand to create this type of artwork in the future because it took a lot longer to draw a hand with my non-dominant hand compared to my dominant hand.  I made many more mistakes that had to be erased with my non-dominant hand.  However, I liked the shading I did with my non-dominate hand, so I might considering shading that way from now on.