Female Pose Reference Pack: 40 Printable Figure Templates + 6 Drawing Guides

Forty printable female pose templates to trace, copy and draw from, plus six guide pages that explain how a pose works. Every figure is clothed and drawn in clean, light pencil outlines, with women of different ages, shapes and hairstyles, so you can practise drawing real people rather than one idealised figure.

WHAT'S INSIDE

40 pose templates in six groups, each on its own page:

Standing (8): front, three-quarter, side and back views, contrapposto, hands on hips, arms crossed, and a hand in her hair

Sitting (7): upright on a chair, leaning back, cross-legged on the floor, side-saddle on the floor, hugging her knees, perched on a stool, and legs crossed on a chair

Movement (8): walking, walking in three-quarter view, running, jumping, a dance arabesque, a twirl, stretching up, and reaching

Kneeling, lying and crouching (6): kneeling upright, sitting back on the heels, reclining on one elbow, lying on the front, crouching, and a lunge

Everyday moments (6): holding a mug, reading, carrying a bag, looking over the shoulder, leaning on a wall, and a wind-blown dress

Showpieces (5): a flowing dress twirl, seated with drapery, a dancer's leap, hair in the wind, and a two-figure dance

6 GUIDE PAGES

The eight-head figure: the head used as a ruler, with the landmarks marked from the top of the head to the soles of the feet

The line of action: the one flowing curve to draw first, with the shoulder and hip tilt labelled

Weight shift (contrapposto): the supporting leg, relaxed leg, hip and shoulder tilt and the plumb line, labelled

Build the figure from simple shapes: head, ribcage, pelvis and limb cylinders, labelled

Sitting, the pelvis on the seat: how a seated figure balances on the seat, labelled

How to use these templates: three ways to draw from the pages, plus a 3-week practice plan (ten minutes a day)

YOU WILL RECEIVE 4 FILES

Female Pose Reference Pack (PDF, A4): 49 pages (cover, contents, the 40 templates, the 6 guides and a thank-you page)

Female Pose Reference Pack (PDF, US Letter): the same 49 pages sized for US Letter paper

PNG files, part 1 of 2 (ZIP): templates 1 to 23 as separate high-resolution PNGs

PNG files, part 2 of 2 (ZIP): templates 24 to 40 and the 6 guide pages as separate high-resolution PNGs

The pages are line drawings. The coloured twirl in the photos is an example of what you could do with a template; it isn't a page in the pack.

HOW TO USE

Print at 100% ("actual size"). Trace a pose to feel how it flows, prop it beside your sketchbook and copy it by eye, or study it for a minute and draw it from memory. In Procreate or any drawing app, import a PNG as a layer, lower its opacity and draw on a new layer above it.

If you've downloaded my free female pose reference pages, this is the full pack: 40 poses and 6 guides.

PERFECT FOR

Figure drawing practice, character and fashion sketching, sketchbook warm-ups, artists who want to draw people with more confidence, and anyone who'd like a gentle daily drawing habit.

Personal use and small handmade crafts are both welcome. Please don't resell or share the files themselves.

HOW THESE ARE MADE

Every drawing in this set is my original concept, created in my signature style using AI-assisted illustration tools, then checked page by page before release.