Quick Sketch

Sketch, Quick

an improvised sketch of varying degrees of completion. The term “quick sketch” is generally applied to graphic art. The most commonly seen examples are pen drawings and etchings. Quick sketches are often found in the margins of hand-written books and the manuscripts of writers and scholars (for example, the manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci and A. S. Pushkin).

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