Exercise: draw your opposite hand with your opposite hand

Published on 10 January 2025

Exercise your creativity with a quick drawing challenge, set by Emyr Williams.

The challenge

RA Sketch Club tutor Emyr Williams challenges you to draw your opposite hand drawing, with that hand.

So if you’re right-handed, use your left hand to draw a picture of your left hand drawing.

Drawing with your opposite hand slows down your looking which in turn helps you absorb more visual information.

Emyr Williams

Now use your regular hand to draw your regular hand drawing, on the same drawing.

Less of the lunging and stretching and more of the painting, sculpture and sketching.

Find out how you can get creative at the RA this year.