Study of a Cloud Mass
A red-chalk study of billowing clouds in the upper corner of the leaf
A red-chalk study of a billowing cloud mass fills the upper-right quarter of an otherwise blank leaf. The forms are built up with dense diagonal hatching for the shadowed underside and left in reserve for the rounded, sunlit tops. The caption identifies the subject simply as clouds.
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Study of a cloud mass
Rounded, cauliflower-like cloud tops are outlined along the upper edge, while the body of the cloud is shaded with vigorous diagonal red-chalk strokes suggesting its shadowed underside. The remainder of the leaf is left blank.