Drawing and other visual arts

• Sketch (drawing), a drawing or other composition that is not intended as a finished work, but a preliminary exploration
• SketchUp, a 3D modeling program
• iSketch, an online drawing game
• Skencil, a vector-based graphics program formerly called Sketch and released under the GNU Free License
• Multi-sketch, unscripted improv sketching using a Tablet PC or digitizing tablet

Literature and entertainment

• Sketch (literature), a literary art form that flourished in the nineteenth century, often plotless, or sometimes a very brief short story of the type today called flash fiction
• Sketch comedy, a series of short comedic performances called sketches