Drawing Hands: With Over 1000 Illustrations

by Victor Semon Pérard

Second in importance only to the face, hands play a key role in expressing emotional states—from anger and fear to resignation, serenity, and surprise. This resource features more than 1,000 illustrations, offering figure artists at all skill levels insights into the structure, character, and expression of hands.
Artist and instructor Victor Perard emphasizes the anatomy of the the bones that make up its framework and define its proportions and the muscles that direct its actions. In addition to notes on proportion and perspective, he groups the illustrations of hands in a manner that accents the modifications of their form as they are viewed from various angles. The tremendous variety of images ranges from male and female hands engaged in work and leisure activities to the hands of athletes, babies, and the elderly.

224 pages, Paperback

First published August 15, 2012

About the author

Victor Semon Pérard (1870-1957) was a Golden-Age American illustrator who trained at the École des Beaux Arts and later at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League. He also wrote many art-instruction books in the early 20th century.

Reviews

[Remy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good reference material, but little if any actual instruction. Shows hundreds of pages of hands in every conceivable position. Hands and figures are illustrated in an "older" art style - like from the 1940's.