In my last life drawing class we had to focus on form. Our first exercise in this area was to wrap lines around the figure to help give a sense of dimension. This made me think of Henry Moore's sketches of figures in the London Underground. Amazingly enough, I managed to find the most perfect book based on Henry Moore's Shelter Sketches in the library. It mentions in the book that he never made sketches in the underground as it just wasn't possible: "It would have been like making sketches in the hold of a slave ship". He would write notes of what he saw and then make a sketch the next day.
He used many subtle marks that went around and followed the shape of the figure.
Even though some of these drawing are unclear showing an obvious figure, you can still tell that it is meant to be a person because of the shape
Source: Henry Moore, A Shelter Sketchbook - with a commentary by Frances Carey
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