oil sketch

collocation in English

meaningsofoilandsketch

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oil
noun
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/ɔɪl/
petroleum (= the black oil obtained from under the earth's surface from which ...
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sketch
noun[C]
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/sketʃ/us
/sketʃ/
a simple, quickly-made drawing that does not have ...
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(Definition ofoilandsketchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Beautifully painted even at the preliminaryoilsketchstage.
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It is the analogue of the painter's cartoon, "modello",oilsketchor drawn sketch.
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The design then is transferred to larger, more detailedoilsketchfor the full-scale cartoon, which the weavers work from directly in weaving tapestry.
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Tiepolo typically madeoilsketchmodelli with varying degrees of finish to show his composition and, perhaps, submit it for approval to the client.
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The popularity of theoilsketchengendered the need to formulate distinctions.
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Eakins combined his studies into a finaloilsketchin 1884, which became the basis for the finished painting.
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Manet produced three large oil paintings, a smalleroilsketchand a lithograph of the same subject.
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The usual medium for "modelli" was the drawing, but anoilsketch, even if done in a limited range of colours, could better suggest the tone of the projected work.
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For complex compositions, the artist may first do a complete pencil, ink, charcoal, oroilsketchwhich is particularly useful if the sitter's available time is limited.
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For a painter with exceptional technique, the production of anoilsketchmay be as rapid as that of a drawing, and many practitioners had superb brush skills.
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He also painted more small-scale and colourful oil sketches and it is these works that are now most esteemed.
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A large number of his drawings, watercolors, pastels, and oil sketches became public only in the early 1980s.
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Her numerous expressive oil sketches and en plein air canvases of adobe dwellings and rugged landscapes caught the attention of art dealers.
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Dizianis celerity and technical assurance are evident from preparatory oil sketches, where color has been applied in rapid and spirited strokes.
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His landscapes are often heavy and gloomy, and his oil sketches of the megaliths were often monumental.
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He also made great use of oil sketches as preparatory studies.
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His most active period, though, came after 1920, when for more than a decade he did oil sketches of woods, meadows, and hills.
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The latter two are generally referred to as water colour sketches and oil sketches.
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During his stay he created hundreds of oil sketches mostly from life of the local flora, fauna and people.
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Rockwell would produce sketches in charcoal, then oil sketches, before painting the final image.
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