Bernhard's Whooping Cough Face

About this work

This sketch shows a young person in profile, looking slightly downward. The lines are loose and quick, with heavy shading around the face and neck. The collar of a jacket and a tie are visible, but the rest of the body is barely suggested. The artist used lots of crisscrossed lines to build up shadows—this is called cross-hatching. It gives the drawing texture and depth without filling in solid black. Try looking up cross-hatching to see how it works in other drawings.