Exploring Line by Drawing Hands

1.  I did not enjoy using my hands as subjects.  For one, I have heard more than one artist in my life talk about how hard it is to draw hands - and then you wanted me to do it with my non-dominant hand.  Isn't this supposed to be an introductory course?  Why would you do that??  The only reason mine look this good is because I started out by tracing my hands in the first place.  There was no way I was going to try doing the palms of my hands; talk about something too difficult for an amateur, non-major artist!  At the very least, I like doing my nails and can draw them.  

2.  I selected pencil because charcoal is expensive and I would have never used it outside of this class.  Pencil, on the other hand, is something all my classes require; you can't mark a Scantron without one, so I generally have those on hand.

3. I hate working with my left hand.  I am very, very right-handed.  My left hand is really only good for holding things and helping me type.  I definitely cannot draw anything near a straight line with with, so in my drawing any lines on the top hand that look scribbled or something weird/not sketchy are because I used that hand.  I started just vaguely sketching what I wanted with the left and then switching to my right to make it actually look like something.

4. I think my drawing is a decent representation of my hands.  Kind of, anyway.  Color would help, because I'm very pale and my veins stick out a lot but it would look a lot better to see the bluish tint under a skin color than in a black & white sketch.  I'd also like color for my nails, because my hobby is doing my nails and I do a lot of fancy nail art that would be fun to re-create on paper.  My nails this time were a glittery black, which I obviously can't show in this black & white sketch (I had accent nails that were red with a gold foil over it that I sketched out too - that's why a couple of the nails are sketched differently)

5. I would not use my non-dominant hand for any artwork unless it was helping my dominant hand out.  I certainly would not sketch or try to create forms with it in any way.  I probably wouldn't even use it to cut with because I'd probably end up cutting myself.