Usage Note
Bleistiftzeichnung is a drawing made with a graphite pencil. It is the most fundamental drawing medium, used for studies, portraits, and finished works alike. Tonal gradations in Bleistiftzeichnungen are achieved through hatching and shading.
Examples
"Die Bleistiftzeichnung war das einzige Porträt, das von ihr erhalten geblieben war."
Natural Translation
The pencil drawing was the only portrait of her that had survived.
Literal Translation
The pencil-drawing was the only portrait, that of her preserved remained.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
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