This is how to think about the face when you're painting it. Frederic Fiebig - Facial planes example I am interested by the geometric shapes and brushstrokes that are simple and abstract by themselves but when together create a recognizable portrait.
Les Oreades by William Adolphe Bouguereau A sea of nymphs with satyrs looking on at not a very safe distance. The Sea of Nymphs Les Oreades by William Adolphe Bouguereau
Caravaggio "The Conversion on the Way to Damascus (Conversione di San Paolo)" is a masterpiece, painted for the Cerasi Chapel of the church of Santa Maria del Popolo, in Rome. / Oil on canvas / 1601
Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez) (Spanish, Juan de Pareja (born about died The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. This is a picture of a juan de pareja.