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What does underdrawing mean?

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Noun
  1. (art) A sketch done on the ground of a painting before paint is applied
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Most artists apply watercolor over a pencil drawing, but many of O'Keeffe's watercolors have no underdrawing.
These often show white underdrawing, probably white chalk, or outlines sketched in thin oil paint, either in white or a slightly darker shade of the ground colour.
In removing the uppermost layer of painted plaster from the cut-out chunk of wall, conservators discovered an underlying sinopia or underdrawing.
The elements are painted over a ground of thinly whitewashed underdrawing.
An examination of sample panels from two earlier Cologne workshops yielded one detailed underdrawing but otherwise only limited outline markings for the figures.
Most artists apply watercolor over a pencil drawing, but many of his watercolors have no underdrawing.

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