What poses are shown?

One row of legs standing, with the weight on one leg and mid-stride, one row of seated legs crossed, and one row of legs kneeling, squatting and lunging.

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 leg or outfit?

Yes. Type a direction such as muscular legs or with boots, and it is a request for that, not a promised result.

toile

/leg-drawing-references · illustration

Leg drawing reference: standing legs, crossed legs, bent legs

Leg drawing references — a row of legs standing straight, weight on one leg, and mid-stride, the knee and calf curves drawn from front and side, a realistic graphite pencil study, firm contour lines with soft tonal shading in the hollows and under the forms

Change this one

More like this

the whole catalog →

Action pose references9 samples · illustration

Alphabet stencils9 samples · illustration

Anatomy reference sheets9 samples · illustration

Animal characters9 samples · illustration

every sample — three subjects, three styles ↓

Reading 1Standing legs

Reading 2Crossed legs

Reading 3Bent legs

Legs carry weight, and the way they stand, cross and fold is hard to picture from memory. These sheets show legs standing with the weight on one side, legs crossed at the knee and ankle when seated, and legs kneeling, squatting and lunging with the calf pressed against the thigh. Each row comes in graphite, pen and ink, and clean contour. Type another pose or clothing, such as a skirt or boots, and the same rows carry it.

a figure drawing practice page
a study for a standing or walking pose
a reference for a seated character
a sketchbook page on the knee and calf

Frequently asked questions

What poses are shown?: One row of legs standing, with the weight on one leg and mid-stride, one row of seated legs crossed, and one row of legs kneeling, squatting and lunging.
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 leg or outfit?: Yes. Type a direction such as muscular legs or with boots, and it is a request for that, not a promised result.

About toile

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.