Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A slight, rough sketch which can easily be erased for correction.
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- noun art, theater A rough
sketch .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Here then was the explanation of Armour's seeming curious lack of output, and plain denial of the supposition that he spent the whole of his time in doing the little wooden 'pochade' things whose sweetness and delicacy had so feasted our eyes elsewhere.
The Pool in the Desert Sara Jeannette Duncan
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After reading the comments here I was inspired to write up my reviews of the outdoor painting products we used: umbrellas, pochade boxes, panels, and camp chairs.
Hudson River Fellowship James Gurney 2009
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Unless the umbrella is very small, I wouldn't attach it to the pochade.
Hudson River Fellowship James Gurney 2009
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The rock I used last week needed to be considerably larger to keep the pochade tripod stable.
Hudson River Fellowship James Gurney 2009
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My umbrella is too short for me to stand under if it's poked into the ground, and tips the pochade and tripod over if it's attached to them.
Hudson River Fellowship James Gurney 2009
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Another very detailed post on "Lines and Colors" about pochade boxes.
Hudson River Fellowship James Gurney 2009
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Personally I think this is a better idea if your going to use an umbrella as those pochade boxes tend to be a little top heavy and adding more variables too help with the laws of physics is a good thing to avoid.
Hudson River Fellowship James Gurney 2009
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Phong, I think it's a Judson's Guerilla Painter pochade box.
Hudson River Fellowship James Gurney 2009
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Cristy, I already told the good folks at Open Box M pochade easels about the video, and they loved it.
Unicycle Painter James Gurney 2009
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Today, whils cursing my Julien half box for having all the hingescrews come loose and destroy the wood, I decided to investigate the pochade market.
Pochade Boxes James Gurney 2008
qms commented on the word pochade
The definitions provided are inadequate. They give the misleading impression that a pochade could be a sketch in pencil or charcoal (a croquis). A pochade is a preliminary sketch for a painting executed in a pigmented medium - oil, watercolrs or acrylic. See Wikipedia.
His painterly pose was facade
For ladies on their promenade.
His prating of pigment
Was only a figment.
The man couldn't paint a pochade.
April 3, 2016