another nude study. the advantage to using photo reference from the fifties is that the models all have real bodies and rather varied looks. a disadvantage, however, may be the tendency toward the weird sucked-in stomach thing that was popular in posing...
this pose was challenging; the position of the sholder, the lack of a visable neck, capturing the appropriate negative space around her limbs. it is also interesting to take a pose out of context. without the background, she looks a bit as if she's doing an interpretive dance in homage of the flamingo. she was actually stand-leaning against an enormous knarled tree, which i did not draw because, well, i hate doing backgrounds.
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