Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725–1805), Child's Head. Red chalk, 13 x 10 5/8 in. (33.0 x 27.0 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931. Public domain (CC0).

Child's Head

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, . Red chalk.

Three-quarter view
Top light
Drawing

Head of a girl bowed and turned to the left, drawn in red chalk with the light from above leaving her eyes and the underside of her face in shadow.

Open in the value study maker

The image is free to use for any purpose: the museum has released it into the public domain.

Value studies

Child's Head as a study in 2 values — **Notan, 2 values.** Split at value 7.2: 35% of the picture is dark and 65% light.

Child's Head as a study in 3 values — **3 values.** 22% dark (values 0 to 6.2), 18% middle (6.2 to 7.7) and 60% light (7.7 to 10).

Child's Head as a study in 5 values — **5 values.** From darkest to lightest: 14%, 15%, 11%, 24% and 37% of the picture.

Split at the picture's natural breaks between light and dark, with Simplify at 5, as in the value study maker. Values run from 0 (black) to 10 (white).

Palette

#EFDBC2Value 8.8, warm
57%
#E0BEA5Value 7.9, warm
8%
#CBA58EValue 7.1, warm
7%
#B68E79Value 6.2, warm
7%
#A27A67Value 5.5, warm
7%
#8F6857Value 4.8, warm
7%
#7D574AValue 4.1, warm
5%

The 7 main colors run from value 4.1 to 8.8: 7 warm. See warm and cool colors for how the labels are worked out.

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