Like all artists with an academic education, Leighton was an excellent draftsman. He left behind a huge number of drawings, among which the main place is occupied by sketches of a human figure.
Similar drawings played a decisive role in the work on each of the master paintings. Before taking up the brush, Leighton carefully worked out every detail in the drawings, making preliminary sketches of the entire composition and detailed sketches of each individual figure.
An example of this is the drawing “Three nude female figures for the painting” Captured Andromache “.” These drawings Leighton added sketches of the heads and hands of the characters of his future picture. The artist made most sketches for Andromache with chalk on colored paper.
You can find in Layton and individual drawings, not related to any paintings. He carefully collected and stored them, and then, on occasion, use them as “starting points” in work.
Étude pour la composition “Dance” – Frederick Leighton 
Captured Andromache by Fredekik Leighton 
Elisha, the resurrection of the Sunniman’s son by Frederick Leighton 
Flaming June by Frederick Leighton 
Nude Breed by Frederick Leighton 
The Garden of the Hesperides by Frederick Leighton 
The Return of Persephone by Frederick Leighton 
Music Lesson by Frederick Leighton