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Antoine Watteau, Study of a Woman's Head (1710s)

Jean-Antoine Watteau

Antoine Watteau, Study of a Woman's Head (1710s) — Jean-Antoine Watteau
Face & Portrait ★★☆ Intermediate

What you practise here

Head construction: axes, planes and facial proportions

Start from the skull as a ball, place the brow line and the centre line, then check the thirds of the face before any detail. Compare angles, not features.

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Public-domain artwork from a museum collection, reproduced for study. 100% real art — 0% AI.

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