hatching lines

Hatching lines should always follow (i.e. wrap around) the form.

His early technique was relatively crude, using long parallel hatching lines for shadows that took little account of the volumes of figures and space.

A small flat in which the tuft is splayed into a fan shape; used for texturing or painting irregular, parallel hatching lines.

Guercino's drawings are known for their fluent style in which "rapid, calligraphic pen strokes combined with dots, dashes, and parallel hatching lines describe the forms".

This is akin to Jacques Villon's drawings and prints of 1908 and 1909, notes Robbins, "where the hatching lines that create a shape do not stop at the contour, but continue beyond, taking on an independent life".

Areas intended to be printed in a solid colour were marked, and then hatching lines of various thickness were carved into the wood so that colours could be overprinted, creating a variety of hues and tones.