quick sketch; literary sketch
Meanings
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quick sketch; rapid drawing
An art technique involving quick drawings that capture the essential features of a subject with simple lines. Fundamental training for fine arts students.
In art class, the teacher asked us to practice figure sketching.
He did a quick sketch of the model in just ten minutes.
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Quick sketching is fundamental training for developing observational and modeling skills.
noun
literary sketch; reportage; news brief
A concise literary genre that briefly describes people or events and reports them to readers in a timely manner. Often used in journalism and literary reportage.
This literary sketch vividly portrays the lives of teachers in mountain areas.
The journalist wrote a news brief about the disaster relief scene.
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His collection of sketches records the history of urban transformation.