Look & Learn Guide: Faces

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See how facial features can be formed with smoothly blended skin tones or built up with color patches and planes.

John Singleton Copley
Mrs. Joseph Hooper, c. 1767
This traditional 18th-century portrait "models" the face with light and shadow.
Guide (pdf) | Image (jpg, 1.6 mb)

Paul Cézanne
Portrait of Madame Cézanne, 1886-87
Paul Cézanne's image of his wife breaks the rules of traditional portraiture with its colorful patchy brushwork.
Guide (pdf) | Image (jpg, 2.3 mb)

Thomas Sully
Robert Gilmor, Jr., 1823
This traditional 19th-century portrait captures every texture with a masterful technique.
Guide (pdf) | Image (jpg, 1.6 mb)

Morgan Russell
Portrait of Cézanne, c. 1910
Morgan Russell shaped Cézanne's face with large, bold planes of color.
Guide (pdf) | Image (jpg, 1.2 mb)