Two Head Studies and a Crouching Nude Woman; Two Women's Heads and a Head of Child [recto]
1886
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
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1886
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
This sketchbook page shows three quick drawings. On the left, two faces—one older with a bald head, the other younger with soft features. On the right, a woman wearing a hat and a small sketch of a crouching woman. The lines are loose and shaky, like fast notes. The artist used a technique called cross-hatching to add shading. Tiny crisscrossed lines build up dark areas, especially in the older man’s hair and the woman’s hat. Next, check out cross-hatching to see how artists create depth with just pen and paper.
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