Illustration: In a Japanese community art classroom, a learner draws a plaster bust positioned on a stool in front of them. Their paper shows the bust's recognizable outline, faint construction lines, several corrected contours and a partly shaded cheek; the lower half remains unfinished.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

デッサン

dessan

sketch, drawing study

Often refers to drawing practice or a preparatory sketch. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしたちはその少年しょうねんのデッサンのすばらしさに驚嘆きょうたんした。

    We were amazed at the excellence of the boy’s drawings.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 果物くだものをデッサンする

    to draw a sketch of fruit

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. また美術大学びじゅつだいがくの日本画科にほんがかの入学試験にゅうがくしけんは水彩絵具すいさいえのぐによる着彩ちゃくさい、または、まれに鉛筆えんぴつによるデッサンのみで行おこなわれる。

    Entrance exams for Japanese painting departments at art universities are also conducted solely through watercolor painting or, more rarely, pencil sketching.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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