Study for a Three-Quarter-Length Portrait of a Gentleman (recto), Study of a Clothed Figure and a Foot (verso)

Mario Balassi · 1605–67

What you practise here

Drapery: the logic of folds, light and shadow on fabric

Squint until you see only three values. Draw the shadow shapes as flat patterns first, then soften.

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

Other artworks to study

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen Christ in Gethsemane Kneeling Bearded Old Man (recto); Section of a Draped Limb and Sketches (verso) Study for Saint Gervasius Allegorical Figure of Purity with a Unicorn (recto); Study for Drapery (verso) Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels