ISBN: 9781626543454    Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media; Reprint ed. edition (11 December 2015) Year of publishing: 1999     Language: English

"The Book of a Hundred Hands" is exactly what it sounds like. With this delightful little book George Bridgman has handed the world's artists a remarkable resource. As he points out the human hand has a tremendous capacity for expression and the attentive artist takes advantage of this potential to imbue their work with detail and meaning. After all we can tell a lot about a person from their hands: everything from a subject's age and gender to their psychological and emotiol states and even occupation. With 100 carefully-selected illustrations that clearly identify the regions of the hand in a variety of positions "The Book of a Hundred Hands" is the perfect workbook and reference for any artist beginning or experienced. Whether you read it as a textbook or pull it from your shelf for inspiration when you're stumped on a particular hand-rendering problem this book is a worthy addition to any artist's library. The lessons it contains are sure to elevate your human figures to new levels of expression and detail.
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