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Hatching

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Source: Oxford University Press

Method of suggesting relief by shading in closely set parallel lines. It is used in linear styles of drawing, engraving and etching, and sometimes in painting. In egg tempera, the paint was sometimes applied in hatched single strokes so that it did not blend with the layer below. Crosshatching consists of two layers of parallel lines, crossing at an angle .

Rupert Featherstone
From Grove Art Online

© 2009 Oxford University Press

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