Underdrawing

Quick meaning: Underdrawing is a noun meaning (art) A sketch done on the ground of a work of art before paint, pastel, ink, or other more permanent medium is applied.

Meaning

(art) A sketch done on the ground of a work of art before paint, pastel, ink, or other more permanent medium is applied.

More Meanings

1. An underdrawn cover or lining of the underside of a floor or roof with plasterwork, boarding, or similar.
2. (fashion design) An image of a figure that is slid under the page on which a designer draws a garment, so that the result conforms to the figure's proportions.

Example Sentences

You can use a croquis as an underdrawing for fashion drawing

Tongued and grooved boards ⅝ in. thick form the underdrawing for the roof.

When subjected to printing or photocopying, the blue underdrawing will disappear, leaving only the ink lines.

Used as a base or underdrawing, it can be slipped under a page in the sketchbook and worked off of from there.

Word Forms

• underdrawings

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include drawover, cartoon, pencilling, underprint, draft, underlay.

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