In this exercise we are required to draw a sequence of 6 different poses lasting 10 minutes each. My model here was a 5 years old girl, she was playing at the playground with a wooden standing bike toy. I found the toy as a very good and interesting addition to my drawings and  my model was quite willing to take and  change poses.  I was very engaged in this exercise because it was challenging to draw the poses exactly as they were taken by my model  and capture the curves and  her playful mood. The poses taken  were quite versatile and it was a great exercise to practise the Axis lines. I used HB pencils, an ink pen for a toy and  marker pens. I used ink pen to draw a toy to practise my linear drawing skills. On the drawings 2 and 4  I had to draw foreshortening for  model’s left arm. In order to capture the dynamic of each  pose I had to draw a vertical line from head to feet – axis –  which would reflect the angles of the posture, so I would allocate the head, the body, legs and arms around it,  using that line as a good  orientation tool. My axis lines were curved because  of the model’s poses – there was not any straight standing  pose.  Some poses  are characterised with “contraposto” – when model’s weight is placed  on one foot causing  the hip and shoulder lines to curve. While doing this exercise I found a good help from an article at mercy.typepad.com “Art II Figure Drawing Techniques  and Terms”.