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.

Why do artists use cross hatching in their work?

Using crosshatching builds the illusion of darker tones with fewer lines and is very common in ink drawing. ... This technique also uses more curved lines than in hatching, and the lines can even be squiggly. Scumbling is a common exercise in art classes.

Why we use hatching in drawing?

The purpose of showing the hatching lines is to tell the observer as to where exactly the imaginary cutting plane cuts the material of the object, as it slices/passes through the object.