As you begin a life-drawing session, whether with a group or working with a model individually, you will often begin the session with a few quick poses as a warm-up. Using a continuous line approach for these exercises is very useful to build hand-eye coordination and to begin to make quick decisions about the angles and rhythms we observe in a new pose. This sketch of a male torso (right) uses this method of drawing. The first marks made picked out the internal lines;
