Robert Besnard and His Donkey

etchingImpressionismportraitfiguredonkeyportraitchildanimalfoliage

★★★★★beginner friendly

Recreating this etching will help students understand how to build form and depth using hatching and cross-hatching techniques. It also provides practice in capturing the likeness of a subject using a limited tonal range.

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