スケッチsuketchi

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbsketch; sketching
   次郎じろうは富士山ふじやまをスケッチした。↗

   Jiro made a sketch of Mt. Fuji.

• Synonym素描そびょうWrittenA formal Sino-Japanese art term for a line drawing; it can also mean an outline or summary of a text. 「スケッチ」 is more colloquial and centers on quick sketching from life.
• SynonymデッサンNeutralA French loanword for a drawing that studies form through line and shading; it leans toward art training, while 「スケッチ」 centers on quick sketching from life.
• Related下書きしたがきNeutralA draft or rough copy made before the clean final version; applies to writing and other work as well as pictures, while 「スケッチ」 is a quick sketch itself.
• RelatedエスキスNeutralA French loanword for a design sketch; specialist jargon in architecture and art, not the everyday word for sketching outdoors.
• Related画稿がこうWrittenA rare, formal word for the preliminary draft or trial version of a painting; it does not mean sketching from life like 「スケッチ」.
• Related下描きしたがきNeutralA light pencil underdrawing used as a guide for the finished picture; unlike 「スケッチ」, it is not a work in its own right.
• Antonym本画NeutralThe finished, formal version of a painting, standing at the opposite end from a rough 「スケッチ」.
• Antonym完成図NeutralA completed drawing or diagram, the counterpart of a rough 「スケッチ」.

Use 「スケッチ」 for quick sketching from life, as in 「風景をスケッチする」 or 「スケッチブック」. For formal art training in line and shading say 「デッサン」; for a draft before the final version say 「下書き」. The opposite is the finished work.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 物もののおおまかな線せんを写生しゃせいすること。
2. 情景じょうけいや思おもったことを短みじかい文章ぶんしょうで書かくこと。
3. 主題しゅだいや思おもったことを作曲さっきょくすること。