What is on the nine sheets?

Three views of bare feet, three of feet in sneakers, heels and sandals, and three that build the foot from simple blocks before the finished drawing.

What is the difference between the three styles?

Graphite has soft shading in the hollows, pen and ink uses crosshatching that follows the form, and clean contour is outlines only with no shading.

Are these photographs?

No. Each sheet is a flat drawing on a plain white page with a margin all round.

Can I ask for a different kind of foot?

Yes. Type a direction such as baby feet or toe detail, and it is a request for that, not a promised result.

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Foot drawing reference: bare feet, feet in shoes, construction

Foot drawing references — a sheet of bare human feet from the front, side, back and sole, the arch, ankle bones and toe pads clearly drawn, a realistic graphite pencil study, firm contour lines with soft tonal shading in the hollows and under the forms

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Reading 1Bare feet

Reading 2Feet in shoes

Reading 3Construction

Feet are where figure drawings often go wrong. These sheets show bare feet from the front, side, back and sole, feet in shoes, and the foot built from a wedge, a heel block and a toe box. Each comes in graphite, pen and ink, and clean contour. Type another foot, such as baby feet or ballet feet, and the same readings carry it.

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Frequently asked questions

What is on the nine sheets?: Three views of bare feet, three of feet in sneakers, heels and sandals, and three that build the foot from simple blocks before the finished drawing.
What is the difference between the three styles?: Graphite has soft shading in the hollows, pen and ink uses crosshatching that follows the form, and clean contour is outlines only with no shading.
Are these photographs?: No. Each sheet is a flat drawing on a plain white page with a margin all round.
Can I ask for a different kind of foot?: Yes. Type a direction such as baby feet or toe detail, and it is a request for that, not a promised result.

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This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.