The Drawing Lesson (Berthe Morisot Drawing with Her Daughter)

Berthe Morisot

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a pencil drawing on off-white paper. Two young females sit on a low couch or sofa. The female on the left sits with her body at a right diagonal; she faces forward with her left arm bent at the elbow and her left hand holds a pencil and rests on her lap. Her right arm encircles the shoulders of the female on the right. The female on the right leans into the female on the left and faces down and slightly right; her right arm rests on the arm of the sofa. The background shows a wall and what appears to be a hanging piece of fabric, both sketched with heavy diagonal and horizontal scribbles.