Tight Drawing

[flubber]

Can anyone please explain what the term "tight drawing" actually means? I keep reading this description with Renoir and other Impressionist painters.

[Buenchico]

On a scale of drawing accuracy, 'rough sketch' would be at one end and 'tight drawing' would be at the other. When an artist executes a tight drawing, every line is carefully placed and controlled (in terms of thickness, pressure, etc) to accurately represent the subject (within the chosen style).

Some artists try to produce a tight drawing straight away but, for many others, a tight drawing is a final drawing after a series of refinements. (It's sometimes compared to an architectural blueprint).

Chris

[flubber]

Wow now that's what I call an explanation! Thank you so much, now I finally understand.

[Golden Shred]

An architectural blueprint is a photographic print of a technical drawing with white lines printed on a blue background or a similarly produced print with blue lines on a white background. The word bueprint on its own can also mean a plan of action or a guide to doing something.