Aside from the tools and other information, one important element in creating your drawing is learning the different hand positions. Hand position will depend greatly from different factors, such as the requirement of your drawing, be it for detailing or for shading, also on the way your paper rests, whether it lays flat or angle steeply. At first it will not be easy to adapt to the different hand positions. Most likely, your hand is already comfortable with the standard way of holding a pencil when drawing, same way your hold a pen when writing. This won’t be a problem, most artist hold the pencil the same way the hold a pen. But by drawing in the same hand position all throughout your drawings will limit you to the same mark that that position makes on your drawing. Variety is a very important part of any artwork, and in drawing, the best way to create variety is to learn the different types of hand positions to make a variety of marks on your drawing helping it achieve depth. Now let us see the different type of hand positions and their applications.