Nude Woman Standing
1906
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1906
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
This sketch shows a simple figure of a standing woman. Her body is drawn in light brown lines, with no extra details. The paper is plain, and the lines are loose and quick. The artist focused on the shape of the body, not the details. This kind of drawing was often used to study how light and shadow work on the human form. Look up chiaroscuro to see how artists use light and shadow like this.
