underdraw
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of underdraw
Example Sentences
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They lack underdrawing, and no preliminary sketches survive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
To guide her strokes, she constantly looked down at her cellphone screen, following Vasari’s preparatory underdrawing, which had been obtained by electronic scans.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2016
Viewers may notice that the penciled underdrawing is exposed here and there, and that the bands of gold fleurs-de-lis near the bottom edge of the cans are irregularly stamped, not painted.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2015
That technique revealed what lies beneath the paint: the underdrawing, the first thoughts of the painter as the work was planned.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 15, 2010
Infrared images of the underdrawing done for his research by the Met's conservation department convinced him still further that, at the very least, Michelangelo drew the composition.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 14, 2010
Palmer’s Em, meanwhile, is a ball of energy and hustle and is equally compelling, though, again, slightly underdrawn.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 20, 2022
Veronica Falcón plays Perry’s lover, Lupe, a tough, business-minded aviator and one of several intriguing but underdrawn female characters.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2020
The possibilities are intriguing, but the characters are underdrawn, and the pacing lags.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2017
The character felt underdrawn to me, too willing to be a victim.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 24, 2015
The hall is now divided into two rooms, lined with good Jacobean panelling, and its fifteenth-century roof underdrawn by plaster ceilings.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph)
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