Reclining male figure

Once I get the angle of the shoulders which is a downward angle from the left shoulder to the right one I start sketching the right arm which is what I'm interested in here.

The folds of the skin is what I'm sketching in now and it is best if you can get them in rather loosely as with all the sketch, otherwise the sketch can to look tight and wooden. The angle of his breasts are the same as the angle of his shoulders here.

Sketching is about thinking in shapes and making sure they are all related and it is good to keep holding up your pencil either to your live model or your photograph to make sure these shapes are correct. For example hold your pencil up horizontally on the right arm (Looking at the sketch) where the crease of the arm is and observe that the left elbow is somewhat above this horizontal. Similarly hold your pencil vertically to the left arm pit and you will see that the right side of the left leg nearly comes to this vertical. In this way you can construct your figure and make sure everything is correct.
 

Shading is added here and it is a good idea to only use shading on a figure if it helps the sketch, I instinctively new that I wanted some shading on the right arm because this arm is resting slightly backward and the ball joint of the shoulder is coming slightly towards us so some shading here helps in this area. This also describes where the light is coming from which is from the left so with this it was a good idea to carry this shading on down to the bottom of the torso.

Dark accents are added to bring out the sketch, observe where these dark accents are which bring out the most important parts of this pose.

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