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About this work

This sketch shows a few simple shapes: a bird flying over a tree, a sailboat on wavy water, and a crescent moon in the sky. The lines are loose and quick, like a quick doodle. The paper has a light, almost yellowish color. The artist used thin, repeated lines to fill in the sailboat’s shadow—this is called cross-hatching. It makes the dark shape pop against the light background. Look up cross-hatching next to see how artists use lines to create depth.