The Little Café au Bois
1894
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1894
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
This sketch shows a small outdoor café with a few people sitting at tables. The scene is loose and quick, drawn with rough lines and shading. Trees and a building frame the background, but the focus is on the figures and their chairs. The artist used a sketchy style, almost like a quick note—just enough to capture the scene. This was made as a lithograph, which means it was drawn on a flat stone and printed. Next, look up lithography to see how this technique works.
