Foot bone

Foot bone

H.G, Wetselaar

1970

From the collection of Leiden University Libraries

About this work

This drawing shows a single bone from the foot. The shape is simple but detailed—you can see the hollow spaces and rounded edges clearly. The artist used shading to make the bone look three-dimensional, with darker lines in the deeper areas. The focus is purely on the bone’s structure, with no background or extra details. It’s a quiet study, almost like a sketch for a science book. If you like this kind of precise drawing, look up cross-hatching next.

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