line drawing

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Recent Examples of line drawing The suggestive line drawing of a woman with her hand down her underwear on his 2014 vintage, J’en veux!!! Eleanor Aldridge, AFAR Media, 31 July 2025 Forty-two line drawings and acrylic works on canvas — including some darkly amusing meditations on stupid humans moving through modern life — will be on view in Martin’s first solo exhibition. Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025 On the second floor of the prestigious Pace Gallery in Manhattan hung white-on-white abstract paintings and what appeared to be line drawings of rocks. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025 Thirteen different communities in the Canadian Arctic receive cruise passengers, departing from Iqaluit to Kinngait, known for its many sculptures and line drawing artists, and sailing through the Northwest Passage to Pond Inlet. Debbie Olsen, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2022 See All Example Sentences for line drawing
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Noun
  • Brandon builds a fire, loads the smoker with hot charcoal, puts the pig in, and then pulls the tenderloin only a few hours into the cooking process; Sieger puts the pig in first, then gently raises the temperature, and does not pull the tenderloin separately.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026
  • There are not a lot of options for those who prefer charcoal, graphite or pens.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art has the largest collection of Florida art, including 2,600 oil and watercolor paintings of the state.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Antonio Bustamante has kept a watercolor of labor leader César Chavez for more than 35 years, hanging it on the wall of his law office in Yuma, Arizona.
    Fernanda Figueroa, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The pale blue-violet hue is also a perfect pastel for spring.
    Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The trio wanted to speak to children directly, and using oil pastel was part of their approach.
    Kevin Giraud, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But like engraving, repairing musical instruments and many other skilled trades, creating and fitting garments to individual specifications hasn’t attracted enough entry-level workers over the years to replace the professionals retiring their pincushions after decades of performing their craft.
    Anne D'Innocenzio, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Detractors have also panned the engraving of Infantino’s name on the Club World Cup trophy.
    Sanat Pai Raikar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Shirahama’s detailed etching and line work make the manga feel like an old picture book come to life, and her paneling and layouts are astonishingly detailed and gorgeous.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Helium is used during the etching process, when material that’s been deposited on a wafer is scraped away to form transistor structures, said Jacob Feldgoise, an analyst at Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology.
    Kelvin Chan, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The three sketches, which show an artist's representation of the suspects based on witness information, depict three different men.
    Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Investor and strategic representation comes from Nikhil Bahel, managing partner at Elysian Park Ventures, and Thomas Tull, co-chairman of TWG Global.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Crew shares first images of Earth from capsule An image of Earth taken by Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman inside the Orion capsule on April 3, 2026.
    Mark Osborne, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • There’s nothing fancy about a big, square screen that sits upstage of the circular playing area, but the subtlety in which the images and mood flows through the screen greatly enhance the storytelling.
    David John Chávez, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • If an account is ever compromised, that data can act as a blueprint of your life, not just a camera feed.
    Adriana James-Rodil, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Pronger said the timing of a team’s cycle had roughly as much to do with its ability to make good on the opportunities that emerge from lean years as its blueprint, with fortune and design dovetailing in the most successful rebuilds.
    Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026

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“Line drawing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/line%20drawing. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.

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