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noun a picture or design executed in paints.
the act, art, or work of a person who paints.
the works of art painted in a particular manner, place, or period: a book on Flemish painting.
an instance of covering a surface with paint.
Origin of painting Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; see origin at paint, -ing1
Words nearby painting painted woman, painter, painterly, painter's colic, paint horse, painting , paint oneself into a corner, paint pot, paint roller, paint stripper, paint the town red
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Example sentences from the Web for painting Inside, the houses were richly decorated with painting s, as well as sculptures of animals that burst out of the walls.
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There’s nothing unusual about Jean Jensen selling up to 30 pastel, watercolor or oil painting s a year.
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Jim specialized in painting houses, and house painting was in my DNA.
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On the other hand, here is an example of a very high-poly painting using Google Tilt Brush.
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When I paint just for painting s, I don’t have to worry about polys.
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There are limits to the painting of banditry and extortion as the legitimate raising of taxes.
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In “Sleigh Ride,” the narrator is painting a scene so perfect that it could be featured on an iconic Currier and Ives print.
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In one painting , framed as a split-panel comic between the two, Ramone simply asks Vicious, “Did you kill her?”
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It offers keen insights into Hitch's craft while painting an intimate and unsentimental picture of the man behind the camera.
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At times, it reads as if he is describing the backdrop of a Hieronymus Bosch painting .
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I gave my friend ten shillings for that painting ; just think, ten shillings, seven pounds of butter.
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All agree that the style of the painting is perfectly characteristic of the period.
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The portrait unlike all he has seen in painting or engraving: very pale, very thoughtful, very commanding, he says.
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The painting was of the chapel and the company assembled for the marriage.
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He now wrought a revolution in the art of painting in Paris, and established a new school.
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British Dictionary definitions for painting noun the art or process of applying paints to a surface such as canvas, to make a picture or other artistic composition
a composition or picture made in this way
the act of applying paint to a surface with a brush
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Words related to painting picture, sketch, art, canvas, depiction, portrait, composition, landscape, mural, oil painting, design, drawing, watercolor, portrayal, likeness, representation, cityscape, seascape, covering, coating