cross-hatching
Intersecting parallel strokes
Cross-hatching is a shading technique using sets of parallel lines drawn at angles to each other.
The more layers of lines that intersect, the darker the area appears.
Artists use it in drawing, engraving, and printmaking to create tone and depth without solid fills: The etching's shadows were built up through careful cross-hatching.
The verb is cross-hatch.
Traditional writing medium
- etchingAcid-incised metal print
- engravingCarving into hard surfaces
- stipplingDot-based shading technique
- lineworkDrawn strokes in art
draftsmanship · rendering · contour · stroke · nib · pressure · angle · overlapping
Equidistant throughout their length
- valueImportance or price
- gradationIncremental transition between stages
- tonalityMusic organized around tonic
- chiaroscuroContrast technique in painting
shadow · depth · dimension · contrast · light · dark · highlight · midtone
Hasty informal drawing
- drawingMarks forming a picture
- printmakingProducing images through impression
- woodcutRelief print from timber
- linocutPrint from carved linoleum
copperplate · intaglio · drypoint · graphic novel · comic · editorial · medical illustration · botanical
pen and ink
Traditional writing medium
- etchingAcid-incised metal print
- engravingCarving into hard surfaces
- stipplingDot-based shading technique
linework · draftsmanship · rendering · contour · stroke · nib · pressure · angle · overlapping · perpendicular
parallel lines
Equidistant throughout their length
- valueImportance or price
- gradationIncremental transition between stages
- tonalityMusic organized around tonic
chiaroscuro · shadow · depth · dimension · contrast · light · dark · highlight · midtone · modeling
sketch
Hasty informal drawing
- drawingMarks forming a picture
- printmakingProducing images through impression
- woodcutRelief print from timber
linocut · copperplate · intaglio · drypoint · graphic novel · comic · editorial · medical illustration · botanical · architectural
grain
Cereal plant's harvest unit
- roughnessUneven surface quality
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- weaveInterlace strands into fabric
surface · visual texture · material · wood grain · cloth · metal · stone · fur · grass · foliage
- artfine art, Renaissance, painters, masterpieces, paint
- art techniquespainting, drawing, sketching, shading, blending
- coloringcoloring book, dye, colorize, coloring books, coloring page
- comic artcomic, comics, comic book, cartoon, manga
- drawing basicspencil sketching, basic shapes, line drawing, shading, shading techniques
- techniquessketching, drawing, painting, sculpting, carving
cross-hatchingblending
Combining into uniformity
wash · stippling · pointillism · flat color · continuous tone
cross-hatchingsolid color
Single unbroken hue
negative space · flat color · white space · unshaded · blank