What we will be drawing
Welcome, and thanks for checking out the how to draw a hand holding something tutorial. Hands are always a little tricky but hopefully, this tutorial gives you some ideas on how to plan out your hands and draw them in different poses and angles.
![How to draw a hand holding something](https://cheaperthanartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/HAND-HOLDING-SOMETHING-1024x724.jpg)
Step 1
The next few steps will be mapping out our underdrawing. When drawing hands, the initial planning is very important. We need to make sure we get the proportions correct or our hands will look off. Take your time here and correct as you go.
![Hand Holding Something step 1](https://cheaperthanartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hand-holding-something-1-min-1024x711.png)
Step 2
We like to draw a little circle where there are joints. This helps visualize the distance between knuckles, wrists and all the hand parts before committing too much to the drawing.
![Hand Holding Something step 2](https://cheaperthanartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hand-holding-something-2-min-1024x721.png)
Step 3
![Hand Holding Something step 3](https://cheaperthanartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hand-holding-something-3-min-1024x715.png)
Step 4
![Hand Holding Something step 4](https://cheaperthanartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hand-holding-something-4-min-1024x710.png)
Step 5
![Hand Holding Something step 5](https://cheaperthanartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hand-holding-something-5-min-1024x713.png)
Step 6
![Hand Holding Something step 6](https://cheaperthanartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hand-holding-something-6-min-1024x721.png)
Step 7
![Hand Holding Something step 7](https://cheaperthanartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hand-holding-something-7-min-1024x714.png)
Step 8
![Hand Holding Something step 8](https://cheaperthanartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hand-holding-something-8-min-1024x711.png)
Step 9
![Hand Holding Something step 9](https://cheaperthanartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hand-holding-something-9-min-1024x708.png)
Step 10
![Hand Holding Something step 10](https://cheaperthanartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hand-holding-something-10-min-1024x726.png)
Step 11
![Hand Holding Something step 11](https://cheaperthanartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hand-holding-something-11-min-1024x721.png)
Step 12
![Hand Holding Something step 12](https://cheaperthanartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hand-holding-something-12-min-1024x719.png)
Step 13
![Hand Holding Something step 13](https://cheaperthanartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hand-holding-something-13-min-1024x720.png)
Step 14
![Hand Holding Something step 14](https://cheaperthanartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hand-holding-something-14-min-1024x719.png)
Step 15
Our underdrawing is pretty much complete, so we can start to use a bit darker lines for our hand.
![Hand Holding Something step 15](https://cheaperthanartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hand-holding-something-15-min-1024x712.png)
Step 16
![Hand Holding Something step 16](https://cheaperthanartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hand-holding-something-16-min-1024x722.png)
Step 17
![Hand Holding Something step 17](https://cheaperthanartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hand-holding-something-17-min-1024x711.png)
Step 18
Finally, our underdrawing is complete, phew! That was a lot of work but it was worth it. Let’s ink our drawing and lay down some colour.
![Hand Holding Something step 18](https://cheaperthanartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hand-holding-something-18-min-1024x714.png)
Step 19
![Hand Holding Something step 19](https://cheaperthanartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hand-holding-something-19-min-1024x753.png)
Step 20
![Hand Holding Something step 20](https://cheaperthanartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hand-holding-something-20-min-1024x685.png)
Step 21
![Hand Holding Something step 21](https://cheaperthanartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hand-holding-something-21-min-1024x624.png)
Step 22
![Hand Holding Something step 22](https://cheaperthanartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hand-holding-something-22-min-1024x742.png)
Step 23
![Hand Holding Something step 23](https://cheaperthanartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hand-holding-something-23-min-1024x717.png)
🎉 Finished Drawing 🎉
Obviously, there are a million different variations of this tutorial, with different hand poses holding different objects. Hopefully, you got something from how we plan and draw hands. See you in the next one!
![How to draw a hand holding something](https://cheaperthanartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/HAND-HOLDING-SOMETHING-1024x724.jpg)