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UK
/fɹˈiːhænd/
]
[ US /ˈfɹiˌhænd/ ]
[ US /ˈfɹiˌhænd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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done by hand without mechanical aids or devices
a freehand drawing
How To Use freehand In A Sentence
- We're going to work freehand as well as with a few stencils - we might try the idea in the book of using chalk dust, or we may just use the chalks as-is.
- But where normal graffiti is executed freehand and as a one-off, stencil graffiti combines the Pop Art ethos of multiples with an aesthetic that mimics the punchy signage favoured by authority.
- You can stencil, stamp, use an iron-on transfer or freehand a design.
- The work of this course will consist of freehand paper cutting, paper folding, cardboard construction leading toward book-making, weaving, work in raphia, and clay modelling. University of Virginia Record
- The intricate work, based on Victorian romantic decoration, was all done freehand using house paint.
- She took a piece of chalk, and drawing, freehand, she drew an almost perfect circle on the floor.
- Every issue has a cluster of stories that vary wildly in style and tone, from maundering musings to cold silence, from freehand swirls to suffocating realism.
- In Germany in the sixteenth century the Briefmaler, or print colorist, either used stencils to cover predetermined portions of a print or executed the coloring freehand.
- This was hardly what John wanted; but, not to be beaten, he facsimiled the master's freehand in a sort of engraver's stipple, which his habitual neatness helped him to do in perfection. The Life of John Ruskin
- The term refers to freehand brushwork in traditional Chinese painting characterized by vivid expression and bold outlines.