Learning how to draw hands can be a real challenge. Even experienced artists have to study the skill with dedication to master it because the human hand is a very complex piece of anatomy.

Work as if you were carving the hand out of wood, making straight cuts to rough out the form of your subject before carving in the detail. Maintaining your simple marks, draw the triangular wedges ...

Holy cards are still easy to find in Catholic countries on taxi ... Devotees are less likely to hand them out, and families less likely to commission them to commemorate rites of passage.