Seated Man
1857
gouache
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1857
gouache
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
You see a simple drawing of a man sitting in a chair. He's drawn with basic lines and shading. The artist used graphite and a bit of white gouache to create this image, which is interesting because gouache is a type of paint that's usually opaque, but here it's used to add subtle highlights. You can learn more about this technique by looking into the use of gouache.
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