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Pulling back a hood with both hands
Pulling back a hood with both hands. Study focus: How raised arms lift and gather a cloak at the shoulders.

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- Action or movement
- hood pull
- Camera angle
- Front three quarter view
- Primary study focus
- How raised arms lift and gather a cloak at the shoulders.
- 30-second exercise
- In 30 seconds, draw the triangle shapes of both raised arms and the head between them.
- 2-minute exercise
- In 2 minutes, compare the gathered folds at the shoulders with the straight hang of the cloak below the elbows.
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Foreshortening
- Mild
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