painting

1. (noun) the occupation of a house painter; "house painting was the only craft he knew"
Synonyms: house painting
Related Words: craft, trade

2. (noun) the act of applying paint to a surface; "you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush"
Related Words: application, coating, covering, finger painting, spatter, spattering, splash, splashing, splattering, spray painting

3. (noun) making a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years"
Related Words: art, artistic creation, artistic production, fresco, impasto, oil painting

4. (noun) an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"
Synonyms: picture
Related Words: abstraction, daub, finger painting, graphic art, icon, ikon, illumination, landscape, miniature, monochrome, mural, nude, nude painting, oil painting, portrait, sand painting, seascape, semi-abstraction, still life, trompe l'oeil, wall painting, watercolor



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