Why free-hand sketching is important

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1. Meaning of free-hand sketching
2. Why free-hand sketching is important
3. Principles of free-hand sketching
4. Proportion in free-hand sketches
5. Sketching lines free-hand
6. Box method of free-hand sketching
7. Centre-line method of free-hand sketching
8. Hand-compass method of free-hand sketching
9. Sketching 2D shapes and simple objects
10. Hatching, stippling, blending and why sketches matter