Hatching art style — a drawing built from parallel lines that shade by density, so a curved form reads as bands of strokes growing closer together.
Cross-hatching is the sibling, not the synonym. Single-direction hatching caps how dark you can go; add a second set of strokes at an angle only when you need that last step of shadow.
- Value — how light or dark a patch reads — comes from density, not pressure; press harder and the lines just get muddier.
- Stroke direction does the describing: keep lines running with the form's curve and the eye reads a rounded surface, not a flat wash of marks.
- Stippling is the dot-based cousin; reach for hatching when the subject has direction and edges to follow.
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