Dynamic Hands

By Burne Hogarth. Published by Watson Guptill. 

Softcover, 144 pages, B&W, 1977 (2002 printing)

Learn how to draw lifelike hands with this definitive guide that uses a revolutionary system for visualizing the hand in any position and from any angle, from the renowned cartoonist hailed as the “Michelangelo of the comic strip.”

In all the world’s art, the highest inspirations, the most lofty visual expressions center around the hand.

Crafting dynamic, realistic hands is one of the most challenging skills required of the artist who draws the human figure. In Drawing Dynamic Hands, Burne Hogarth, master of the human form, presents the most extensive book ever published on drawing human hands. In more than 300 illustrations, this volume presents Hogarth’s revolutionary system for visualizing the hand in an almost infinite number of positions from a multitude of angles.

Drawing Dynamic Hands covers:
• forms and structures
• proportions and measurements
• anatomical landmarks and surface stress
• foreshortening
• actions and limits of movement
• communication and gestures
• aging
• and more!

Burne Hogarth’s unique teaching methods in Drawing Dynamic Hands, part of his comprehensive Dynamic Drawing Series, are indispensable for every professional artist, art student, teacher, painter, sculptor, illustrator, cartoonist, animator, and serious amateur.