Head studies

Wenceslaus Hollar · 1645

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.

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

Other artworks to study

Naked male torso seen from behind Ecorche head of a man in profile to left Male head in profile to left with muscles exposed Hands and arms Head of a man with serious expression Head of a Young Black Boy in Profile to Right