LESSON XXV
THE SITTING FIGURE
As the figure in this lesson is sitting, the horizontal part, which is resting on the bench, is lost in the height of the figure.
The legs join the body in the middle of the figure, but not in the middle of the drawing.
Let us divide the drawing into three equal parts. From the head to below the bust is one, to where the body bends is two, to the bottom of the foot is three.
Remember the figure bends where it sits and again at the knees, the leg flattening out slightly where it rests on the bench.
Do not draw the near side of the bench close to the under side of the knees.
Try sitting on a chair, observing how your knees extend past the edge. It is possible to sit far back, but one seldom does.
Study the sketch of the outside bent knee, the inside one being illustrated in the last lesson.
Draw the far leg through the near one as indicated by the dotted lines.
A figure may sit or recline quite differently from this, so draw sitting figures in
all positions. A sitting figure may be bent more than a standing one.