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Antoine Watteau, Three Studies of a Woman's Head and a Study of Hands (recto), 1718-1719, NGA 47120

Antoine Watteau

Antoine Watteau, Three Studies of a Woman's Head and a Study of Hands (recto), 1718-1719, NGA 47120 — Antoine Watteau
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.

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