Figure Drawing - Foreshortening

These 2 drawings are both 10 minute foreshortening drawings using a 4B graphite stick. The focus of these images is the foreshortening and oblique angles, which can been shown in this image. Because of foreshortening both drawings look compressed from the viewpoint and the effect of perspective causes distortion. Which is why these drawings have lightly drawn three-dimensional boxes around the skeletons which helps capture the 3D information to be drawn on a 2D plain. One good example as to why these are good foreshortening drawings is the fact that parts of the drawings get smaller as the distance increases from the observer.