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About this work

This sketch shows a dark, shadowy figure standing in front of a staircase. The lines are rough and busy, with lots of crisscrossing marks. Light hits the figure’s side, leaving the rest in deep shadow. The artist used quick, overlapping strokes to build up the dark areas—almost like scribbling. It looks like they were working fast, capturing shapes more than details. Try looking up cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows this way.