Studies for the Libyan Sibyl (recto); Studies for the Libyan Sibyl and a small Sketch for a Seated Figure (verso)

Michelangelo Buonarroti · ca. 1510–11

What you practise here

Academic nude: torso, limbs, weight and line of action

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

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

Other artworks to study

Figure Studies for the Sistine Ceiling (verso) Study for the Nude Youth over the Prophet Daniel (recto); Figure Studies for the Sistine Ceiling (verso) Study for the Nude Youth over the Prophet Daniel (recto) Anatomical Studies of a Leg (recto); Study of a Leg (verso) The muscles of the left leg, seen from the front, and the bones and muscles of the right leg seen in right profile, and between them, a patella. Drawing by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Ascending Male Nude