Paintings ˈpeɪntɪŋ Collection American Artists Drawing Pictures Noun

• a collection of paintings by american artists
• cave paintings
• the children were drawing pictures of their pets.
• a collection of paintings by american artists

painting

1. a picture that has been painted
• see also oil painting
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• a collection of paintings by American artists
• cave paintings
• The children were drawing pictures of their pets.
• a collection of paintings by American artists
• a pencil/charcoal drawing
• Vermeer’s ‘Portrait of the artist in his studio’
• a self-portrait (= a painting that you do of yourself)
• a Renoir print
• I usually do a few very rough sketches before I start on a painting.
2. the act or art of using paint to produce pictures
• Her hobbies include music and painting.
3. the act of putting paint onto the surface of objects, walls, etc.
• painting and decorating

Extra Examples

• Degas did several paintings of ballet dancers.
• He studied traditional Japanese painting at the Kano school.
• He went to Europe to study painting.
• His early paintings were light, expressive compositions.
• His most famous paintings hang in the Louvre.
• His paintings reflect the joy and beauty in all he saw around him.
• I’ll do some painting this afternoon.
• Rauch’s paintings evoke memories of a bygone era.
• She collects paintings by 19th-century Australian artists.
• The design is based on an original painting by Matisse.
• The firm specializes in painting and decorating.
• The woman in the painting is the artist’s mistress.
• When she retired she took up painting.
• a fine painting in oils
• a painting by Gauguin
• paintings of flowers