Hatching is an artistic technique used to create tonal or shading effects by drawing closely spaced parallel lines. When lines are placed at an angle to one another, it is called cross-hatching. Hatching is especially important in essentially linear media, such as drawing, and many forms of printmaking, such as engraving, etching, and woodcut. The technique is mostly used to create a full range of value, and the placement of values within the work leads to the illusion of the form of the subject as well as the illusion of a defined light source. Hatching and cross-hatching can be used to create texture, value, and the illusion of form and light. The closer the hatched lines are together, the darker the area will appear, and the more space there is between the hatched lines, the lighter the area will appear. Hatching is a style of shading technique in which parallel lines are used to create tonal or shading effects. Hatching is a fun way to draw in shading, and lines can be used in different directions to create different textures. Cross-hatching is a technique of using line to shade and create value.