Kneeling, Hands UpPose Reference

The pelvis is pushed a little forward of the knees, so the thighs lean a touch backward from the knees and the lumbar spine answers with a clear arch. Above that the chest lifts and the chin stays level, which keeps the arch from reading as a backbend. Both upper arms rise out to the sides, the forearms fold back, and the palms settle against the back of the skull. Seen from the front, the arms build a broad diamond around the head that is the widest part of the whole silhouette.

Treat the elbows as the anchor points of the drawing. Place them first, level with the ears and well outside the shoulders, then hang the ribcage and pelvis below. In the front view the wrists disappear behind the head, so only the forearms frame the face. The back view is where the hands become legible, meeting behind the skull above squeezed shoulder blades. The side view, taken from the figure's left, compresses both arms into one fold beside the head and makes the forward hips and arched back easy to measure. A low camera stretches the elbows wide above a long thigh line; from high up the elbows and forearms foreshorten toward you.