Speed Drawing Both Hands Same Time ! Theportraitart

definitely one of my most difficult project... at first i had the idea of just drawing with my left hand, i figured that would be challenging enough.. but then a friends jokingly suggested that I should use both hands at the same time..... a sane person would laugh it off, a sane person...

the idea was just too interesting to not give it a try
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the approach

Since it is next to impossible to focus on two things simultenously, it is however, possible to always keep both hands moving...

I make sure one hand knows how and where to move for the next few strokes while I focus on the other hand, hence the constant attention switching. Sometimes when one of my hand is about to draw something difficult like a specific curve, i would move my other hand to draw something simple like filling an area with shade that needs repetitive strokes. This way I manage to keep both hands moving while alternating focusing on each hand in rapid succession. (for example when i was drawing Morgan freeman's mouth with my left, i move my right hand to draw the Tim's hair since it requires much less attention so i can better focus on left hand, in fact for most the video when one hand is doing something defining the other is doing shading )

This approach allow me to finish two portraits in way less time than the time I would spent drawing two consecutive portraits with my dominate hand... and it is cool to look at, just kinda tiring when making it, after a hour of constantly switching attention I do feel a little crazy haha.