Do you ever try using your non dominant hand?
It's a regularly suggested exercise in drawing and creativity books. Often, when I'm working away, I get the urge to use my left hand, I'm not sure why.
Recently, I did some practicing with my left hand to build dexterity, you see the results above.
As I am not as practised using it, it's a bit like adding a "wild" element to my work - it seems to bring in new things. And I'm enjoying that - as I mentioned that I am using my left hand more often now that I work standing up.
In the lower right hand corner you can see the comparison between my dominant hand (the red block) and my non-dominant hand (the black block and the other red ones). I'm surprised that the shading is near comparable, only the control around the edges is much of a difference. Of course, I did all of those edge control exercises Guptill recommends...perhaps if I did them with my left hand...hmm :-)
3 comments:
well done :)
i'm trying to use my left hand more since when the MS plays up it usually makes my right hand go dead, so figured i should teach myself to draw with my left just in case i ever lose all the feeling in my right
I did think of you Jen when I was writing this post. I think it's smart for anybody who does repetitive tasks with their hands/arms - it halves the load, which has to help.
We'll have to keep encouraging each other in practicing!
it does help a lot to switch hands. even when you go back to using your strong hand, it does show in your art thata you are trying new things
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