My Hands

1. I felt using my hand as a subject of drawing was difficult. When I was little I always traced over my hand with crayons or pencils, however, sketching an actual image was hard. I did not feel comfortable with it. This could be because I am not an artist and struggle with drawing anything; it could also be because your hand has many curves and characteristics. Trying to get the image just right gave me much stress. 2. I chose a pencil to sketch my hands. I chose a pencil because charcoal tends to smear more so than a pencil. A pencil I feel is easy to correct your mistakes. Since I developed a great deal of stress over this sketch, I knew I would make a number of mistakes so a pencil seemed to be the better choice for me. 3. Drawing with my non-dominant hand wasn’t as much of a struggle as I thought. I am left handed and live in a world made for right handed individuals. I have had to teach myself how to use various instruments that are made for right handed people throughout life. So drawing with my right hand was not too much of a struggle for me. 4. My first drawing was a mess compared to my last drawing. I was very shakey and very uncomfortable. However, as I started to draw more and more I believe I improved from my first attempt. My first drawing and last drawing are both not perfect because as I have said before, I am not an artist these drawings aren’t perfect but they are the best I can do 5. In the future I would not consider using my non-dominant hand for any type of artwork. I am still too comfortable with my left hand. Even though in the future I most likely won’t do art work past this class, I can not see myself wanting to continue to do art just because of my right hand.