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hobbies and interests woodworkingWhat is the purpose of cross hatching?
Crosshatching is the drawing of two layers of hatching at right-angles to create a mesh-like pattern. Multiple layers in varying directions can be used to create textures. Crosshatching is often used to create tonal effects, by varying the spacing of lines or by adding additional layers of lines.
Beside this, what is cross hatching used for?
Hatching (hachure in French) is an artistic technique used to create tonal or shading effects by drawing (or painting or scribing) closely spaced parallel lines. When lines are placed at an angle to one another, it is called cross-hatching.
Also asked, who invented cross hatching?
The technique was also adapted to other forms of art as demonstrated by a unidentified German engraver, goldsmith and printmaker credited as "Master E.S." or "Master of 1466." E.S., the name with which the printmaker signed the work, used the hatching technique to provide shading effects to engravings and carvings.
Crosshatching is often used to create tonal effects, by varying the spacing of lines or by adding additional layers of lines. Crosshatching is used in pencil drawing, but is particularly useful with pen and ink drawing, to create the impression of areas of tone, since the pen can only create a solid black line.