Woman Having Her Hair Combed

Edgar Degas · ca. 1886–88

What you practise here

Head construction: axes, planes and facial proportions

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.

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