noun
1 quick drawing
ADJECTIVE
▪ lightning , quick
▪ rough , simple
▪ detailed
▪ preliminary , preparatory
▪ initial , original
▪
the artist's original ~
▪ charcoal , ink , oil , pen-and-ink , pencil , watercolour/watercolor
▪ composite ( AmE )
▪
Police released a composite ~ of the suspect.
VERB + SKETCH
▪ do , draw , make
SKETCH + NOUN
▪ book (usually sketchbook ) , pad
▪ map
▪ plan ( BrE )
▪
They have submitted an alternative ~ plan to the council.
▪ artist ( esp. AmE )
▪
The judge will ban ~ artists from the courtroom.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
The family house appears in several of her ~es.
▪ ~ by
▪
a series of ~es by John Constable
▪ ~ for
▪
to make a ~ for an oil painting
▪ ~ of
▪
He did some rough ~es of the costumes.
2 short description
ADJECTIVE
▪ brief , thumbnail
▪
The talk began with a thumbnail ~ of the political situation at that time.
▪ biographical , character
▪ historical
▪
He begins the tour with a brief historical ~ of the town.
VERB + SKETCH
▪ give sb
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
He gave us character ~es of all his relations.
3 short comic scene
ADJECTIVE
▪ short
▪ comedy , comic , satirical
▪ revue ( esp. BrE )
▪
The show sometimes feels like a university revue ~.
VERB + SKETCH
▪ do , perform
▪ write
SKETCH + NOUN
▪ comedy
▪ comedy show ( AmE ), show ( BrE )
▪
a one-hour TV ~ (comedy) show
▪ writer ( esp. BrE )
▪ group ( AmE )
▪
I was in a ~ group for a couple of years.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ about
▪
a comedy ~ about a dead parrot