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- A sketch is a rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines.
- Sketches usually serve quickly to record ideas for later use. Sketches are inexpensive and allow the artist to try out different ideas and establish a composition before committing to an expensive and time consuming painting or fresco.
- Sketching sharpens an artist's ability to focus and has often been a prescribed part of artistic development for student.
- Dry media such as pencil or pastel are often preferred due to time constraints, but a quickly done watercolor study or even quickly modeled clay or soft wax can also be considered a 'sketch' in the broader sense of the term.
- The ability to quickly record impressions through sketching has found varied purposes in today's culture.
- Courtroom artists are usually sketchers.
- Sketches drawn to help authorities find or identify wanted people are called forensic sketches.
- Street performers in popular tourist areas often include artists who sketch portraits within minutes.
