Heavy load

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Oh, please don’t take the title for a wisecrack about her butt! More like the sway in her back that implies she’s hefting some major groceries. Or a bowling ball, I don’t recall.

This is one of the sketches I ought to tack to the wall next to my drawing table; the entire torso and the way she twists is something I need to keep in clear memory when drawing without a model. My figure drawing tends to become sort of stiff if I don’t try to recall the way people actually look.