2. With your non-dominant hand, create a drawing of the opposite hand.
1. What was it like using your hand as subject matter for a drawing?
Using my hand matter as a drawing was okay. It was nice that they were right there in front of my face and I could really look at the details and see them up close and from all angles. At the same time, it made me really judge mental of my hands!
2. What media did you select- pencil or charcoal? Why?
I chose to use pencil because I am not very comfortable with drawing and have never really used charcoal before so I decided to stick with a medium I use on a daily basis and had on hand.
3. How did it feel to create a drawing with your non-dominant hand?
It was really awkward and I felt like my left hand was so weak because I had trouble getting it to do what I wanted it do! It was kind of shaky and not as smooth as I was able to make lines with my dominant hand. I wrote the words on my drawings because I was trying to work the muscles in my non dominant hand by writing letters before I tried to draw in the details of my hand.
4. Compare and contrast your final drawings. Do you think they are successful studies?
I feel that my drawings are overall successful. You can tell that they are hands but they are not 100% realistic. They still have a cartoony-look to them and the drawings are really flat. In the example given on the assignment sheet the hands really look life like and three dimensional with the shading but I was not able to achieve that same type of outcome.
5. Would you consider using your non-dominant hand to create artwork in the future?
I barely like to use my dominant hand for creating artwork! I would have to do a lot of practicing with my left hand before I considered trying to draw with it. I would probably go back to step one and develop the fine motor skills in my left hand the same way I did with my right hand, rows of ABC's and drawing basic shapes and tracing!
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