Collocations for sketch - noun

lightning, quick
rough, simple
detailed
preliminary, preparatory
initial, original
the artist's original sketch

charcoal, ink, oil, pen-and-ink, pencil, watercolour/watercolor
composite (AmE)
Police released a composite sketch of the suspect.

do, draw, make

book (usually sketchbook), pad
map
plan (BrE)
They have submitted an alternative sketch plan to the council.

artist (esp. AmE)
The judge will ban sketch artists from the courtroom.

in a/the sketch
The family house appears in several of her sketches.

sketch by
a series of sketches by John Constable

sketch for
to make a sketch for an oil painting

sketch of
He did some rough sketches of the costumes.

brief, thumbnail
The talk began with a thumbnail sketch of the political situation at that time.

biographical, character
historical
He begins the tour with a brief historical sketch of the town.

give sb

sketch of
He gave us character sketches of all his relations.

short
comedy, comic, satirical
revue (esp. BrE)
The show sometimes feels like a university revue sketch.

do, perform
write

comedy
comedy show (AmE), show (BrE)
a one-hour TV sketch (comedy) show

writer (esp. BrE)
group (AmE)
I was in a sketch group for a couple of years.

sketch about
a comedy sketch about a dead parrot