Wide-Knee SitPose Reference
Camera angles
Wide-Knee Sit leans the wooden mannequin back on straight arms while both bent knees fall open to the sides and the turned-out feet stay flat.
Tags: sittingfigure drawingfull bodyknees uphands behind
How to draw the Wide-Knee Sit pose
three-quarter view 
side view 
back view 
high-angle view
Three things hold the figure up: the pelvis on the floor, two flat feet in front of it, and two straight arms planted beside and slightly behind the hips. Because the knees open wide, the thighs fan out at roughly forty-five degrees from the centre line and the shins drop back to feet that point outward like clock hands at ten to two. The torso tilts back only a little, enough to load the palms, and the head rolls gently toward one shoulder.
Read the wide knee sitting pose as a diamond: hip, knee, foot, opposite foot and opposite knee frame an open space in front of the pelvis. The front and low views show that diamond flat on; the three-quarter view lays the near thigh across the far shin, which is the hardest passage to draw cleanly. The side view from the figure's left shows each arm as a straight prop behind the trunk and makes clear how far back the hands sit. From behind, the arms and shoulders form a wide A shape around the back.
More on angles and common mistakes
Watch the elbows: if they bend, the lean collapses and the shoulders creep up toward the ears. Keep the feet flat, because lifted heels change the sit into a crouch. Also resist pressing the knees all the way down, which belongs to a butterfly stretch and loses the two raised triangles of the legs. The mannequin sits on nothing visible, so the ground plane is implied only by its shadows and contact points.
It makes a good base for resting after a run, sitting on a beach or lawn, watching a match from the grass, or the front row of a casual group picture. In Edit this pose, bring one knee in toward the chest and leave the other open; the asymmetry instantly reads as a looser, more conversational sit.
Free to use (CC0). The pose images on this page are released under CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication). Use them for drawing practice, commercial illustration, reference sheets or AI image generation; no attribution is required. A credit to PoseMaker is appreciated but optional.
Wide-Knee Sit pose prompt
Copy a prompt for your AI image generator. Pair it with the OpenPose skeleton in ControlNet so the generated character matches this exact pose.
General prompt
A person sits on the floor with both knees bent up and opened wide to the sides, feet flat and turned out in front of the hips. They lean back slightly on straight arms, palms flat beside and just behind the hips, with the head tilted gently to one side. Plain background.
Midjourney
full body person sitting on floor, knees bent and spread wide, feet flat and turned out, leaning back on straight arms, palms behind hips, head tilted to one side, relaxed resting posture, plain neutral background --ar 3:2 --style raw
Stable Diffusion
1person, full body, sitting on floor, knees up, knees apart, feet flat, feet turned out, leaning back, straight arms, arms behind, hands on floor, head tilt, relaxed, front view, plain background, simple background, visible hands, visible feet
Negative prompt
nsfw, knees together, butterfly stretch, bent supporting elbows, heels lifted, lying down, crossed legs, floating hands, extra legs, fused fingers, missing feet, distorted pelvis, cropped body, chair
OpenPose skeleton for ControlNet
Load the PNG into a ControlNet OpenPose unit (preprocessor: none), or import the JSON into an OpenPose editor.
Have a photo of the pose you want?
Upload it to Photo to Pose. We detect the pose in your browser and put it on the mannequin, ready to adjust.