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draughtsmanship

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See draftsmanship.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The office, art, or work of a draughtsman.

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  • noun UK Alternative spelling of draftsmanship.

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Examples

  • He himself wished to be an artist - his gift for draughtsmanship is evident in his published works.

    Santiago Ramón y Cajal - Biography 1967

  • I have called draughtsmanship of this quality an inheritance -- I might have called it perhaps with better propriety a monument.

    First and Last Hilaire Belloc 1911

  • And to him more than any other painter is due the cultured draughtsmanship which is to-day the just pride of the French school.

    A Text-Book of the History of Painting John Charles Van Dyke 1894

  • Stanley Spencer for his paintings of allotments, David Hockney for his draughtsmanship, and baritone and conductor Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau for his attention to detail.

    Portrait of the artist: Thomas Allen, baritone 2012

  • Lawrence's genius first showed in his draughtsmanship.

    Thomas Lawrence: The new romantic – review Richard Holmes 2010

  • It's the place where draughtsmanship meets cartooning that I love.

    Plenty of Nothing: 2009

  • The cat is a product of particularly grand draughtsmanship, in which stripes and dots have been delicately assembled to produce a magnificently whiskered tabby.

    Paintings from the Lost Tomb of Nebamun Jan 2009

  • I am Brazilian and i found your work very interesting, you is excellent, i would like asking for a draughtsmanship of Hayley Willians and one of Amy Wynehouse. thank you for the attention.

    Say 'Hey'! Dean 2009

  • Just trying to absorb his draughtsmanship, his product designs, his paintings,sculpture and graphics!

    Mucha's Epic Vision James Gurney 2009

  • It's the place where draughtsmanship meets cartooning that I love.

    My New Hero, Jason Lutes 2009

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