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Studies of a Standing Woman Holding a Spindle and a Woman’s Head in Profile to the Right

Antoine Watteau · ca. 1714–18

Studies of a Standing Woman Holding a Spindle and a Woman’s Head in Profile to the Right — Antoine Watteau
Human figure ★★☆ Intermediate

What you practise here

Watteau: sanguine studies from life, gesture and detail

Find the line of action first, then the tilt of shoulders and hips. Block the big masses in head-heights before drawing any contour.

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

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