The artist's stipplings gave the portrait a soft, textured depth that ink washes alone could not achieve.

The artist added delicate stipples to the portrait to create a soft texture.

She stippled the portrait with a fine-tipped pen to create subtle shading.

The artist stipples the portrait to create subtle texture and shading.

The stipple in his pen-and-ink drawings created subtle gradations of tone across the landscape.

The illustrator asked me to stipple the portrait's background to add subtle shading.

The stippling on the old map formed a repeating dotted pattern that guided the eye along the coastline.

She spent the afternoon stippling the old map to give it a weathered, textured look.