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sketches

  • plural
    of sketch.
    sketch
    noun
    a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
  • present tense form
    of sketch (3rd person singular).
    sketch
    noun
    a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.

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Playing divorced designer Elizabeth James, Richardson has an on-screen boudoir that is a sanctuary for the working creative mother: charcoal sketches; wire-framed reading glasses; ’90s white cordless landline; creamy thank-you roses on the nightstand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

The rock art which the Lost Land Bridge Project has uncovered includes engravings on the cave walls, paintings in ochre and charcoal and line sketches indented into clay and earth by fingertips.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

With millions of online views across sketches and stand-up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Ullom has a few silly sketches on YouTube, and even scored a partial investment from a subscriber, but he hasn’t posted on the platform in more than five years.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

Coal knew what Door thought about every one of his sketches, but Door never asked about Coal’s influences or ever wanted to talk about art in general.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste