Landscape with a Cottage; Profile of Boy, Profile of Man, Two Women in a Landscape, and Five Other Studies [verso]
1886
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
![Landscape with a Cottage; Profile of Boy, Profile of Man, Two Women in a Landscape, and Five Other Studies [verso]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/ddd62bebceef23ee/full.webp)
1886
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
This sketchbook page shows quick, loose drawings in brown ink. On the right, there’s a close-up of a boy’s face in profile, with heavy lines crisscrossing his hair. Below, five small figures—some standing, some bending—are drawn in a similar hurried style. The left page has a tall tree, a simple cottage, and a few scattered lines suggesting a path or fence. The crisscrossed lines on the boy’s head are a technique called cross-hatching. It builds up dark tones by layering intersecting strokes. Try looking up cross-hatching to see how artists use it to create depth.
![Trees; Sketch of Breton Boy [verso]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/ffac7faa10ac7e52/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)
![Monkey and Cottage; Little Breton Boy [recto]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/b3a09959c238ad80/thumb.webp)
![Two Heads; Studies of Sheep [recto]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/d045b25e15a504f5/thumb.webp)
![Little Breton Boy; A Pig and a Washerwoman [recto]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/e104e07b475c372e/thumb.webp)
![Breton Boy Tending Geese; Cows and a Figure Leaning on a Ledge [verso]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/cfc57715ceb582d8/thumb.webp)
![A Breton Boy with a Jug; Five Animal Forms [verso]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/6c7ccd6ec6ab04ac/thumb.webp)
![Eye and Part of Face; A Breton Woman and Two Men [recto]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/81c9125f35b9b9e6/thumb.webp)
![A Breton Woman Walking; Sketch with Stairs [verso]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/5957dfa28320cc03/thumb.webp)
![A Breton Woman and a Standing Man; Head and Hand of a Monkey [recto]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/e35c46eb8cb6c297/thumb.webp)
