The Planes of the Hand.
Up to this point, you have learned
how to accurately draw different types
of forms. To draw a human hand, you
would also apply the same methods of
measuring, including using the grid
mentioned in Chapter 8. This method
will show that the hand is also a series
of shapes, just like other forms. You
can use your own hand in this exercise.
Study, by Dean Fisher
At first glance, a hand might seem like a very irregular-shaped object, to which it is difficult to apply a form of logic. However,
if you analyze the hand in terms of basic geometric forms, you will see that the palm and base of a hand can be thought of as
a couple of rectangular blocks, and the fingers as more elongated rectangular blocks with joints. After the big planes of the
hand are added to this drawing, you can get a feeling for the geometry of the hand. For more discussion on the human hand,
refer to page 233.