- Noun: Croquis
- a rough draft
- Synonyms: (Being a stolen French word in specialized use in the art world, not many English synonyms found)
- sketch
- line drawing
- cartoon???
- under-drawing
- Usage:
- “But what’s your ultimate goal, you’ll say. That goal will become clearer, will take shape slowly and surely, as the croquis becomes a sketch and the sketch a painting…”
- Encountered:
- While reading a didactic wall panel at the Beyond Van Gogh exhibit here is St. Louis
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