What do you think, a sketch - what is it? By whom, where and for what is it used? The answers to these questions are in our article.
Interpretation of the word "sketch" and its synonyms
There is an unwritten rule: when you are asked the meaning of a word, it is enough to name its synonyms so that everything becomes clear to the questioner. We will try to resort to such a universal recipe as well.
A sketch is a (sketch we take a couple of synonyms from a dictionary) sketch. And also in the dictionaries it is written that this word denotes an action from the verb "sketch". Well, now everything has become much clearer, isn't it? And from ourselves we add that the sketch is still different from the sketch, and the difference is in its greater detail.
Sketches of artists
In order to create a graphic or pictorial work, the master always makes preliminary sketches. For an artist, a sketch is his working material. The larger and more complex the picture is conceived, the more sketches and sketches are made to it.
Sketches, as a rule, are separate parts of the future creation, worked out in detail. Objects for detailed sketches can be, for example, individual parts of a floral bouquet for a still life with flowers, musical instruments and a plaster bust for a still life with attributes of art, weapons for "hunting" productions, etc.
A preliminary sketch from nature is very important for a portrait or genre composition, where human figures must be present in different angles. For example, Ilya Efimovich Repin, when he worked on the painting "Boyar Morozova," he made hundreds of sketches of faces, hands, gestures. These sheets of paper are carefully stored in the museum today. Looking at them, you can follow the path of creating a great work: from the original plan and pencil sketches to a grandiose colorful canvas.
Literary Sketches
Sketches from nature are necessary not only for artists, but also for writers and journalists. For masters of an artistic word, a sketch is an initial short sketch for a future story, story, etc., reflecting the main idea of the work.
Often a literary sketch can be born as a result of the writer’s impression of what has been taken away or felt. It can also outline a storyline. In journalism, the sketch is considered to be the younger sister of the essay - it also belongs to the journalistic genre, but it falls short of a full-fledged essay (not much imagery).