デッサン

Japanese

Borrowed from French dessin (“a sketch, a drawing”).^[1]^[2]

デッサン • (dessan)

The terms スケッチ (suketchi), クロッキー (kurokkī), and 素描 (sobyō) refer to a drawing made in a relatively short period of time that roughs in the main points.
デッサン (dessan) often refers more specifically to a line drawing intended as a draft or study for a later picture, carving, sculpture, or other artwork.
素描 (sobyō) can also be used more figuratively to describe a rough overview of things in general.
下絵 (shitae, literally “under-picture”) refers to a draft for a drawing or painting.

デッサンする • (dessan suru) transitive suru (stem デッサンし (dessan shi), past デッサンした (dessan shita))

to sketch or draw something, especially as a study or draft for a later work
果(くだ)物(もの)をデッサンする
kudamono o dessan suru
to draw a sketch of fruit

The terms スケッチ (suketchi), クロッキー (kurokkī), and 素描 (sobyō) refer to a drawing made in a relatively short period of time that roughs in the main points.
デッサン (dessan) refers more specifically to a line drawing intended as a draft for a later picture, carving, sculpture, or other artwork.
素描 (sobyō) can also be used more figuratively to describe a rough overview of things in general.

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN