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2. Oil pastel - Wikipedia

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   Oil pastels are considered a fast medium because they are easy to paint with and convenient to carry; for this reason they are often used for sketching, but can also be used for sustained works. Because oil pastels never dry out completely, they need to be protected somehow, often by applying a special fixative to the painting or placing the ...

3. After the Bath, Woman Drying Herself - Wikipedia

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   Degas applied numerous pastel layers in After the Bath, Woman Drying Herself, making the woman appear somewhat translucent. [3] The heavily worked pastel creates deep textures and blurred contours, emphasizing the figure's movement. The work depicts a woman sitting on white towels spread over a wicker chair, with her back to the viewer. Her ...

4. 30 Hand-Drawn Sketches That Vary From Absolutely Stunning To ...

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   Image credits: u/Coccy6 On the other hand, some view sketching as an art technique that prioritizes the expression of ideas rather than realism and detail. Even this art form can be split into ...

5. La Scapigliata - Wikipedia

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   The art historian Carmen Bambach suggests that it should be described as a "brush drawing", or as a "painted sketch". [5] The painting is executed on a small [n 2] 24.6 cm × 21.0 cm (9.7 in × 8.3 in) poplar wood panel with oil, umber, and white lead pigments. [13]

6. John Russell (English painter) - Wikipedia

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   Russell's large and highly detailed pastel drawing of The Face of the Moon (1793–1797) is "the most faithful early representation of the lunar sphere". Some of his best portraits were of the era's acclaimed scientists, such as his friend William Herschel , who he depicted holding a stellar chart showing his discovery of Uranus .

7. Sketch (drawing) - Wikipedia

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   A sketch (ultimately from Greek σχέδιος – schedios, "done extempore" [1] [2] [3]) is a rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not usually intended as a finished work. [4] A sketch may serve a number of purposes: it might record something that the artist sees, it might record or develop an idea for later use or it might be used as a ...