[Self-Portrait with Christine and Yvonne Lerolle]

Edgar Degas · probably 1895–96

What you practise here

Real photography: facial planes and directional light

A photograph gives you honest values: map the darks first, keep the lights clean, and resist copying texture.

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

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