Definition & Meaning | English word CROQUIS

Definitions of CROQUIS

1. (arts) A quick and sketchy drawing, often of a live model. Croquis drawings are usually made in a few minutes, after which the model changes pose and another croquis is drawn.

Examples of Using CROQUIS in a Sentence

• Due to the interest in this series, Serpieri has also published numerous sketchbooks, such as Obsession, Druuna X, Druuna X 2, Croquis, Serpieri Sketchbook, Serpieri Sketchbook 2 and The Sweet Smell of Woman.
• His compositions received attention in the context of a 70th-birthday portrait concert given at the Purcell Room in London by the ensemble Lontano in 2004, the release of an associated CD by the same group in early 2005, and most recently by the long-awaited release of a complete commercial recording of Croquis by NMC Recordings.
• Another result was Forbin's modestly titled account of the voyage, illustrated with lithographs from his drawings, Livre de croquis d'un voyageur ("Sketchbook of a Traveller").
• Erik Satie parodied this trend in his piano piece Españaña from the suite Croquis et agaceries d'un gros bonhomme en bois (1913).
• In 2006, he issued his first solo book, Carnet de croquis, archives de Féerie Tome I, illustration, texts and layout.
• San Bernardo (1913; first version of Españaña from Croquis et agaceries d'un gros bonhomme en bois, published in 2002).
• Craig Hanna, la Laurence Esnol Gallery rassemble dessins, croquis et textes de l'artiste issus de ses "sketch books" sur une période de plus de dix ans.
• Songe, sonates et croquis (including the Sonate pour violon seul, in three movements, dedicated to painter Paul Ambille), with Alexis Galpérine and Roger Boutry, L'algarade 2008.
• He is the founder & CEO of the Gamified Cohousing Oy, founder and Artistic Director of the "Cidadania" theatre+games group, a professional Musician at Homebound, the founder and Chairman of the World Music School Helsinki, a drawing teacher at Croquis Nights and a bestseller Graphic Novelist.
• Croquis et agaceries d'un gros bonhomme en bois, translated as Sketches and Exasperations of a Big Wooden Dummy, is a 1913 piano composition by Erik Satie.

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