Five Studies of Heads; A Boy in Profile with Studies of Hands and Feet [verso]
1886
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
![Five Studies of Heads; A Boy in Profile with Studies of Hands and Feet [verso]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/71c9c87fde7c63ab/full.webp)
1886
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
This sheet shows quick, loose sketches of faces, hands, and feet. The drawings are in brown ink and pencil on light paper. Some faces are seen from the front, others in profile, and a few hands and feet are scattered around. The lines are simple but full of movement. Notice how the artist used light shading to show shapes without heavy detail. These sketches feel like practice—maybe for a bigger work. Try looking up cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with lines.
![Trees; Sketch of Breton Boy [verso]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/ffac7faa10ac7e52/thumb.webp)
![Two Heads; Studies of Sheep [recto]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/d045b25e15a504f5/thumb.webp)
![Boy's Face; Two Sheep [verso]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/dc41a7e795977a82/thumb.webp)
![Five Sheep; Head of a Woman and Head of a Bearded Man [recto]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/b52e1d9f193e7f08/thumb.webp)
![Five Sheep; Four Head Studies [verso]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/c7b13148bfdbb0ae/thumb.webp)
![Eye and Part of Face; A Breton Woman and Two Men [recto]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/81c9125f35b9b9e6/thumb.webp)
![Two Head Studies and a Crouching Nude Woman; Two Women's Heads and a Head of Child [recto]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/fe3fee334eaa34d1/thumb.webp)
![Head of a Man with a Study of His Back; Various Sketches with a Peasant Woman and a Goose [recto]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/2fa4d0cd45c52509/thumb.webp)
![Two Studies of a Child's Head; Two Studies of a Child's Head, a Woman in Profile, and a Man Wrestling an Animal [recto]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/6667f6008af9d50c/thumb.webp)
![A Grazing Cow; Head of a Woman with Her Hand on Her Cheek, and Head of a Man with His Hand on His Ear [verso]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/634600a51135ea0b/thumb.webp)
![Three Studies of Men's Heads, One with Spectacles; Dogs, Children, and Two Bearded Men in Profile [verso]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/5397d62ca5c9a48b/thumb.webp)
