Sketches from a Tavern: Woman Standing and Two Men Seated
1638
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
This sketch shows three people in a rough, quick style. A woman stands on the left, wearing a loose dress and a hat. Two men sit on a bench to the right, both in simple clothes and caps. The lines are scratchy and uneven, like hurried notes. The artist used lots of crisscrossed lines to build up shadows and textures. This is called cross-hatching, and it gives the drawing a gritty, almost unfinished look. Next, check out cross-hatching to see how artists use lines to create depth.
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