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Heads of Tahitian Women, Frontal and Profile Views

Paul Gauguin · 1891/93

Heads of Tahitian Women, Frontal and Profile Views — Paul Gauguin
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.

Draw this — free, no account Museum source

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

Other artworks to study

Tahitian Faces (Frontal View and Profiles) Tahitian Faces (Frontal View and Profiles) Head of a Tahitian Woman Head of a Tahitian Woman Paul Gauguin, Heads of a Boy and a Man (Self-Portrait?) (verso), 1884-1888, NGA 74212 Paul Gauguin, Heads of a Boy and a Man (Self-Portrait?) (verso), 1884-1888, NGA 74212 Study of Tahitian Heads Study of Tahitian Heads Sketches of Standing Figures and Animals Sketches of Standing Figures and Animals Gauguin - Trois études de mains et d'avant-bras, RF 29877.23, Verso Gauguin - Trois études de mains et d'avant-bras, RF 29877.23, Verso