1. red chalk or crayon used for drawing
Usage: art terminology
2. drawings made with red chalk or crayon
Usage: art terminology

Examples

• The artist’s collection included several beautiful sanguines from the Renaissance period.
• She preferred working with sanguines for portrait sketches because of their warm tone.
• The museum displayed a series of sanguines by famous masters.
• His sanguines captured the subtle shadows and highlights of the human face.
• The art student practiced figure drawing using sanguines on textured paper.
• These sanguines demonstrate the artist’s skill in capturing expression with minimal strokes.