preliminary drawing
Artist's rough draft
A preliminary drawing is a rough sketch or draft made before creating a finished artwork.
Artists use preliminary drawings to work out composition, proportions, and details: The museum displayed da Vinci's preliminary drawings alongside the completed painting.
Also called a study or preparatory sketch.
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- rough sketchUnfinished preliminary drawing
- roughUneven in surface
- draftPreliminary version of text
- first draftEarliest written version
outline · quick study · study · figure study · concept · pencil · pencil marks · charcoal · gesture · composition · underdrawing · thumbnail · layout · tracing · erasure · smudge · linework · shading
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