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Home | Exhibitions | Barocci: A lesson in drawing | Barocci Drawings: Types of drawingsOnce Barocci’s initial idea had become a concrete project, he would spend some time exploring and experimenting with different proportions, and observing the relationships between the figures as well as checking other crucial details in the composition. Compositional drawings would also serve as ‘modelli’ (demonstration drawings) to show patrons the ideas for the composition. This type of drawing is usually more elaborate and closer to the final composition than sketches as they are executed at a more advanced stage of the production of the painting.