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Standing Poses

Standing poses offer beginners a good opportunity to practice basic figure drawing.  Standing poses generally do not require advance figure drawing techniques such as foreshortening or drawing hidden body parts.  Standing poses can vary a great deal but the common element which must be considered and represented in the drawing is equilibrium.  Key things to remember:

  • At lease one foot must be firmly planted on the ground.
  • The upper body must not be positioned at an extreme angle.
  • The neck, hips and feet must be realistically aligned at all times.

Below are a couple of sketches which demonstrate these guidelines for standing poses:

 

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Common pose
Standing poses
Reclining pose
Seated pose
Equilibrium

 

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