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How to Draw a 3D Hand

12 steps · Medium · about 9 min

Draw a 3D hand in 12 easy steps, about 9 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.

Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the palm.

Step 1: The palm
In the middle of your paper draw a big fat egg with a flatter top, bulging out on the left.
Tip Stripes will make this flat hand pop out of the page.
Step 2: The middle finger
Start on the palm top, left of centre. Draw a tall finger up and round, back to the palm.
Tip Let it get a little thinner toward its round tip.
Step 3: Pointing and ring fingers
Draw a shorter finger each side of the middle one, starting and stopping on the palm, with a V gap.
Step 4: The little finger
On the far right start on the palm and draw the shortest finger, leaning out, back to the palm.
Step 5: The thumb
Start on the palm at the left bulge. Draw a fat thumb leaning out left, back to the palm.
Step 6: The wrist
Start on the bottom of the palm. Draw 2 wrist lines down, stopping near the bottom of your paper.
Step 7: Lines over the fingers
Now the magic. Draw straight lines across the page, side to side, bumping up in a hill over each finger.
Tip Keep the flat parts flat and the hills smooth.
Step 8: Lines over the palm
Keep going down the page: 4 more lines across, each bumping up in one big smooth hill over the hand.
Step 9: Lines over the wrist
Draw 2 more lines across, bumping up over the wrist. The last one meets the wrist lines' ends.
Step 10: Yellow stripe
Go over your lines, then colour the middle stripe yellow, right over the hand.
Step 11: Orange and red stripes
Skip one stripe each time. Colour the next stripe up orange and the top stripe red.
Step 12: Green and blue stripes
Below the yellow, skip one stripe. Colour the next one green and the bottom one blue.
Tip Hold the page away: the hand pushes out of the paper!