Exploring Line

1. It was interesting using my hands as subject matter...they're right there every single day and I look at them all the time but I don't really ever stop and stare at the contours and shadows on my hands when I pose them in different ways.
2. I selected charcoal because I think that it is easier/faster to add shading with it. With pencil you have to build it up gradually to get a good shade but with charcoal you can build it up or give harder strokes and then rub it to lighten/darken areas without making it look smudgy (like I found happens with pencil). Also, I like the not-so-crisp line charcoal gives as opposed to always-crisp line that pencil leaves.
3. I think this is a successful study: my drawing with my dominant hand (with my right hand of my left hand) is much more detailed and properly shaded than the drawing with my non-dominant hand (the drawing of the right hand). I felt like the proportions, as well as the lines and shading were a lot easier to control with my dominant hand than with the other.
4. I don't think I would use my non-dominant hand to create artwork in the future....it felt funny holding a pencil in my left hand and I can draw a lot more accurately and quickly when I use my dominant right hand. I did think it was interesting to go through the process of using my left hand tho, I've never thought of doing that with my artwork.