hatching
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- noun
- /ˈhæʧɪŋ/
- Specialized
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trazado
- In her illustration, she demonstrated hatching to show shading and texture effectively.
- lines and hatching
- cross-hatching
And plus the fact of all of that detail and cross hatching.
- And plus the fact of all of that detail and cross hatching.
Examples
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Many of these highly commoditized prints display the salient features of linear perspective, chiaroscuro, and cross-hatching generally seen in European copperplate prints.
Academic text (2014) -
Vertical green hatching formed on the left and strode across the screen to the right.
Fiction book (1992) -
I thought of all those hours he'd spent teaching me about cross-hatching and structure.
Fiction book (2000) -
The feathers were rendered in a distinctive cross-hatching of colors.
Fiction book (1995) -
The top and bottom of the right sepal are also modeled in delicate parallel hatching in a way similar to that of the painting.
Academic text (1995) -
Crossing letters, or cross-hatching, was a popular form of epistolary economy in the nineteenth century.
Academic text (2017) -
The feathers of the wing and breast were rendered in a cross-hatching of brown, black, yellow, and red that shone like a dark mahogany.
Fiction book (1995) -
The artist created depth in his drawing using hatching techniques with multiple parallel lines.
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By practicing different styles of hatching, the students enhanced their drawing skills significantly.
Synonyms
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3.1
Marks made in a drawing to show light and shadow and make it look three-dimensional
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7.7
Lines used in drawing to show light and dark
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7.3
A pattern of crossing lines used to show shadow or texture
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6.4
A drawing method using crossed lines to make shading and texture
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9.9
A way of shading using many short parallel or crossed lines to show slope and depth
How Subtle
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hatching in drawing is a helpful image: it comes from making many small 'hatch' marks — simple parallel lines you place close together, and you can also see this idea in the word crosshatch. So hatching means building shade and texture by filling an area with these lines.