Hands on hips can be quite tough. There are a lot of different angles to get right on the hand and hips aren't always simple either. Breaking the forms down into simple geometric shapes can help, but remember to check your proportions. It also makes sense to familiarize yourself with the anatomy of human wrists and hands, because wrists are complex articulation points that contain several small bones. If you treat them like a simple ball and socket joint they will always look wrong. It's also important to understand the contours of the hip that the hand is resting on, if you get these right the hand and fingers should look right too. Try drawing the hips first, then sketching some contour lines onto them to define their volume and then use these lines as a guide for the placement of the hand (you can erase them when you're done). Finally, also think about weight and the directional force of the hand, usually when you place your hands on your hips you are resting them there and the majority of the weight is on the heel of the hand rather than the fingers. This will affect their placement and orientation:)
I have a REALLY hard time drawing hands on hips!!
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Hands on hips can be quite tough. There are a lot of different angles to get right on the hand and hips aren't always simple either. Breaking the forms down into simple geometric shapes can help, but remember to check your proportions. It also makes sense to familiarize yourself with the anatomy of human wrists and hands, because wrists are complex articulation points that contain several small bones. If you treat them like a simple ball and socket joint they will always look wrong. It's also important to understand the contours of the hip that the hand is resting on, if you get these right the hand and fingers should look right too. Try drawing the hips first, then sketching some contour lines onto them to define their volume and then use these lines as a guide for the placement of the hand (you can erase them when you're done). Finally, also think about weight and the directional force of the hand, usually when you place your hands on your hips you are resting them there and the majority of the weight is on the heel of the hand rather than the fingers. This will affect their placement and orientation:)