A Standing Saint

About this work

This sketch shows a robed figure standing sideways, one arm bent at the elbow. The cloth drapes in loose, uneven folds, drawn with quick, slanted lines. The face is blurred, almost like a sketch left unfinished. The artist used heavy shading to show the weight of the fabric and the figure’s posture. It looks like they layered lines to build up dark areas—almost like scribbling over and over. Try looking up cross-hatching to see how this shading works.