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underdrawing

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torching
The application of a lime mortar under the top edges of roof tiles or slates; in full torching the mortar is applied beneath the entire underside of slates between battens.


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Long lines of underdrawing left visible mark a horizon between a gorgeously flaming sky and a yellow-green sweep of prairie so intense that the eye almost flinches from it.
Where the silk embroidery thread has worn away, the viewer is able to see the smooth lines of the underdrawing, suggesting the deft hand of a court artist.
For example, Silver does not note the left-to-right hatching in the underdrawing of the Death of the Miser, clearly visible in an excellent illustration, or discuss how it relates to drawings accepted by Silver as authentic, but hatched in the opposite direction.
 
 
 
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