draftsman
noun
a person employed in making mechanical drawings, as of machines, structures, etc.
draftsmanship
-
a word derived from
draftsman.
Example Sentences
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Christie’s will test Michelangelo’s draftsmanship by offering up his estimated $1.5 million preparatory drawing of a foot with ties to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
Garber’s style combined realism and fantasy, precise draftsmanship and decorative technique, emblazoning all in vibrant, shimmering colors.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 1, 2020
To call it a sketchbook doesn’t begin to do justice to Byrd’s draftsmanship, or to the otherworldly quality he brings to rendering his patients’ inner lives on the page.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2020
You see his gift for draftsmanship and knowledge of the tools of art, but he took them apart and put them together in unexpected combinations.
From National Geographic ● Apr. 14, 2018
Rembrandt’s draftsmanship is so forceful that it allows us to mentally trace the movements of the master’s hand with astonishing vividness.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
