THE ULTIMATE ART BATTLE - My left hand versus my right hand!
I've always wondered if my left hand could take over if my right hand got injured. It was about time to put this to the test!
I decided to go for an eye. It's a complicated subject, but one I've got quite a lot of experience with.
I painted the same eye twice, so it would be easy to compare my left and right hand. Both hands got 30 minutes time to paint this eye.
Which hand do you think won?
The minute I started painting with my left hand, I realized this was way harder than I had expected. I couldn't even draw a straight line! Why wouldn't my hand listen to my brain? My hands were like two children and the left one was definately the defiant one, "You wanna go left? No way! We're going up!"
And as with children, you just need to outsmart them, finding tricks to get them to do what you want. I knew I couldn't get my left hand to behave like the right one (perhaps with a lot of training), so I had to work with what I got. Since I couldn't draw long straight lines, I decided to try and get a decent result by using shorter lines and dabs.
It took a whole lot of energy to control my left hand, but I kinda like the result. It had me feeling that maybe my right hand could learn something from my left hand.
Progress of the left hand painting
When my left hand was done and taking a rest, it was time for my right hand to pick up the Wacom pen. With my right hand it feels like I don't even have to think while painting. BUT my right hand might also be too much of a perfectionist. Maybe the right hand painting is too neat and tidy.
I hope I can convince my right hand to learn from my left hand, but they mostly live seperate lives. Perhaps my brain can mediate ;)
Progress of the right hand painting
If you're interested you can watch a video of the painting process
Which eye is your favorite? Who do you think won? My left hand or my right hand?
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