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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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The simplest explanation for all this is that the artist did not paint in front of the motif but from sketches and memories—but there is more to it than that.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Ignacio grew up in East L.A., and showed esparza a big manila envelope stuffed with incredible sketches and drawings by Glugio “Gronk” Nicandro.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

“What’s most gratifying to me is to take sketches or ideas and create a living company employing thousands of people—and creating new industries,” he told Businessweek in 1999.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Expect them both to be in more sketches this season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Softened into crayon sketches, they did better, for the likenesses were good, and Amy’s hair, Jo’s nose, Meg’s mouth, and Laurie’s eyes were pronounced ‘wonderfully fine’.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott