wash drawing
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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It is a sumi-e image, an ink wash drawing on silk, in which a few, deft, calligraphic strokes capture a giant sequoia battered by wind and precipitation, perhaps rain, or snow.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2020
The 1990 wash drawing “In the Temple of My Familiar” is both a tribute to the American writer Alice Walker and a reminder that uli was, and is, a female tradition.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2013
Both produced gridded works on paper, but while his look like engineering designs, hers have an exquisite sensuality, as in a 1966 wash drawing of rows of concentric circles in delicate shades of gray.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2011
Children mill about, some of them skipping rope, while their parents do the weekend wash, drawing water from streetside cold-water spigots.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was one thing which, to King's observant eyes, stood out plainly from the little wash drawing.
From Red Pepper's Patients With an Account of Anne Linton's Case in Particular by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)
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