![P1020493 Skeleton drawings](http://www.pauldoeman.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/P1020493-150x150.jpg)
![P1020490 Back view of a skeleton.](http://www.pauldoeman.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/P10204901-150x150.jpg)
I’ve spent the last two weeks drawing two skeletons. One has a flexible spine, the other a rigid back.
The flexible skeleton has produced more interesting and naturalistic drawings, I can put more energy into the work.
The human skeleton is either a collection of objects (bones) or, in the form I am drawing it, a single object in its own right.
Drawing a skeleton like this allows me to approach a figurative subject in a way that should bypass superficial characteristics like skin colour and to some extent gender.
We all have a skeleton and most of us have a complete skeleton, so you can imagine yourself in the various poses I’ve drawn.