draftsmanship

noun

drafts·​man·​ship -ˌship 

plural -s

: the art or practice of drawing or drafting

the forms of his earliest documents show that the clerks of his chapel included men trained in English conventions of draftsmanship

—F. M. Stenton

though the subjects of these paintings are different …, they are similar in their free draftsmanship and their decorative motifs

—Technical Studies

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