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What is another word for preliminary drawing?

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Noun
A drawing or painting, typically freehand and rough or unfinished
sketch
drawing
picture
illustration
representation
portrait
outline
delineation
diagram
painting
portrayal
figure
likeness
rendering
portraiture
layout
vignette
tracing
cartoon
lineaments
doodle
figuration
underdrawing
croquis
esquisse
maquette
ébauche
précis
adumbration
thumbnail sketch
character sketch
rough
wireframe
image
depiction
artwork
photograph
reproduction
design
canvas
icon
model
art
impression
simulacrum
visual
composition
study
work of art
effigy
oil
ikon
statuette
plan
print
statue
artist's impression
rendition
bust
silhouette
sculpture
mural
profile
figurine
art work
plate
interpretation
graphic
presentment
miniature
resemblance
engraving
draftUS
photo
canvass
blueprint
landscape
frontispiece
draughtUK
spitting image
map
chart
watercolourUK
watercolorUS
acrylics
visual aid
oils
line drawing
graphic design
oil painting
still life
fine art
water color
emblem
lookalike
characterization
caricature
piece
imagery
paste-up
panorama
tableau
embodiment
exemplification
self-portrait
collage
oeuvre
creation
kit-cat portrait
rough draft
squiggle
photogravure
duotone
halftone
tailpiece
demonstration
artistic work
symbol
scrawl
adaptation
sign
photography
etching
execution
comp
cover art
storyboard
graphics
idol
fetish
doll
carving
delivery
shape
form
replica
facade
façade
slant
realizationUS
contour
configuration
self-portraiture
commercial art
scribble
talisman
avatar
impersonation
copy
duplicate
personification
imitation
portrait making
portrait painting
realisationUK
framework
frame
black and white
pencil drawing
pen-and-ink
circumference
skeleton
line
semblance
air
aura
aspect
look
shadow
perimeter
conformation
lineament
lines
contours
preliminary form
outline sketch
cityscape
watercoloursUK
watercolorsUS
seascape
fresco
abstract design
eclogue
idyll
pastoral
“In the fine arts, the cartoon is a full-sized preliminary drawing for a work to be executed afterward in fresco, oil, mosaic, stained glass, or tapestry.”
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