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I hope to actually get back to painting someday... soon. I sort of transitioned into cartooning from painting.
Max Cannon

Meaning of "painting" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PAINTING

painting  [ˈpeɪntɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PAINTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Painting is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PAINTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

painting

Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface. The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and airbrushes, can be used. Paintings may have for their support such surfaces as walls, paper, canvas, wood, glass, lacquer, clay, leaf, copper or concrete, and may incorporate multiple other materials including sand, clay, paper, gold leaf as well as objects. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, the term is also used outside of art as a common trade among craftsmen and builders. Painting is a mode of creative expression, and the forms are numerous. Drawing, composition or abstraction, among other aesthetics, may serve to manifest the expressive and conceptual intention of the practitioner. Paintings can be naturalistic and representational, photographic, abstract, be loaded with narrative content, symbolism, emotion or be political in nature.

Definition of painting in the English dictionary

The first definition of painting in the dictionary is the art or process of applying paints to a surface such as canvas, to make a picture or other artistic composition. Other definition of painting is a composition or picture made in this way. Painting is also the act of applying paint to a surface with a brush.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PAINTING


accounting
əˈkaʊntɪŋ
anointing
əˈnɔɪntɪŋ
counting
ˈkaʊntɪŋ
disappointing
ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ
hinting
ˈhɪntɪŋ
hunting
ˈhʌntɪŋ
imprinting
ɪmˈprɪntɪŋ
linting
ˈlɪntɪŋ
malimprinting
ˌmælɪmˈprɪntɪŋ
mounting
ˈmaʊntɪŋ
parenting
ˈpɛərəntɪŋ
planting
ˈplɑːntɪŋ
pointing
ˈpɔɪntɪŋ
printing
ˈprɪntɪŋ
repointing
ˌriːˈpɔɪntɪŋ
underpainting
ˈʌndəˌpeɪntɪŋ
undisappointing
ˌʌnˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ
unstinting
ʌnˈstɪntɪŋ
untainting
ʌnˈteɪntɪŋ
wanting
ˈwɒntɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PAINTING

paintballing
paintbox
paintbrush
painted
Painted Desert
painted hunting dog
painted lady
painted woman
painter
painter and decorator
painter´s colic
painterliness
painterly
paintiness
painting and decorating
paintpot
paintress
painture
paintwork
painty

WORDS THAT END LIKE PAINTING

acting
banting
bunting
business accounting
business-accounting
chanting
consenting
daunting
dissenting
face painting
financial accounting
haunting
house-hunting
not counting
offset printing
oil painting
panting
ranting
screen printing
unrelenting
venting

Synonyms and antonyms of painting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PAINTING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «painting» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of painting

Translation of «painting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PAINTING

Find out the translation of painting to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of painting from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «painting» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

绘画
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cuadro
570 millions of speakers

English

painting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पेंटिंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لَوْحَةٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

живопись
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quadro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চিত্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tableau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lukisan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gemälde
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

絵画
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

그림
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lukisan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bức hoạ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஓவியம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चित्रकला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

boyama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dipinto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

malarstwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

картина
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tablou
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πίνακας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skildery
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

målning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

maleri
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of painting

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PAINTING»

The term «painting» is very widely used and occupies the 3.887 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PAINTING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about painting

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10 QUOTES WITH «PAINTING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word painting.
1
Diora Baird
I've done everything from cater, wait tables, pre-school teacher, painting, to being Cinderella, Elmo, a clown, nanny, selling hair... I would do kid's parties and entertain and do magic and paint faces and balloon animals. The highlight of my life.
2
J. G. Ballard
My room is dominated by the huge painting, which is a copy of 'The Violation' by the Belgian surrealist Paul Delvaux. The original was destroyed during the Blitz in 1940, and I commissioned an artist I know, Brigid Marlin, to make a copy from a photograph. I never stop looking at this painting and its mysterious and beautiful women.
3
Balthus
Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible.
4
Balthus
Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
5
John Berger
Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an interpretation of its subject, but actually a trace of it. No painting or drawing, however naturalist, belongs to its subject in the way that a photograph does.
6
Berkeley Breathed
It was a huge challenge to learn digital painting well enough so that computers don't pop into mind when one sees one.
7
Kevin Brownlow
Some directors were brilliant in the silent era but never felt at home in sound. It's like a sculptor being forced to take up painting.
8
Max Cannon
I hope to actually get back to painting someday... soon. I sort of transitioned into cartooning from painting.
9
Truman Capote
Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.
10
Sante D'Orazio
Over the years I always did some water colors, and I did a series of pictures of drawings. I always did it during a period of time that was slow in the photo business, but in essence it was always frustrating because I'd get started, and then it would be time to get back to work and I wouldn't get anywhere with the painting.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PAINTING»

Discover the use of painting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to painting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Donna Dewberry's Complete Book of One-Stroke Painting
Introduces decorative painting techniques, demonstrates the brushstrokes used to create flowers, leaves, branches, vines, grass, moss, bows, and ribbons, and suggests a variety of projects
Donna Dewberry, 1998
2
Digital Painting Techniques
"User level: intermediate to advanced 2D artists, concept artists, illustrators and matte painters"--P. [4] of cover.
‎2009
3
On Painting
Artist, architect, poet and philosopher, Leon Battista Alberti revolutionized the history of art with his theories of perspective in On Painting (1435).
Leon Alberti, 2005
4
Oil Painting Techniques and Materials
Speed also provides expert analysis of works by Velasquez, Reynolds, Gainsborough, Hals, Rembrandt, and others. 64 photos. 5 line drawings.
Harold Speed, 1987
5
Digital Painting Techniques: Masters Collection
Beginner and intermediate digital artists will be inspired by the gallery style collection of the finest examples of digital painting from world renowned digital artists.
3dtotal.Com,, 2012
6
Painting Do-It-Yourself For Dummies
Generously illustrated, this practical handbook shows you how to jazz up rooms with step-by-step, professional-level instructions that help you master the art of painting and faux finishing without spending a whole lot of time, effort, or ...
Katharine Kaye McMillan, Patricia Hart McMillan, 2011
7
Acrylic Painting: A Complete Guide
Comprehensive and richly illustrated survey discusses painting surfaces and their preparation, lists tools and their performance, provides step-by-step instructions for major methods and more. 125 halftones, 32 color illustrations.
Wendon Blake, 1997
8
A Manual of Oil Painting
This republication of the third edition (1889) of John Collier's classic text offers a fascinating and informative glimpse into the academic oil painting tradition of the late nineteenth century.
John Collier, 2006
9
Fabric Painting With Donna Dewberry: 40 Stylish Pr0Jects For ...
For painters of all skill levels, this how-to guide, enhanced with a collection of forty different design demonstrations and 350 color photos, offers straightforward instructions and tips for painting beautiful designs on all types of ...
Donna Dewberry, 2008
10
Digital Painting Tricks & Techniques: 100 Ways to Improve ...
This book provides all the advice artists need to transform their digital painting--from brush, lighting and color basics to special effects, working with layers, and speed and matte painting.
Gary Tonge, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PAINTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term painting is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A slow journey back to painting for Louis Briel
Louis Briel pauses from painting as he talks with visitors to his home in Richmond, VA Thursday, July 9, 2015. Briel, a well-known portrait artist ... «Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jul 15»
2
Good Life | Participants learn quilt block painting during workshop
Marjorie Korman has never painted, at least artistically, but she was sure that by the end of the one-evening, two-day quilt block painting ... «Centre Daily Times, Jul 15»
3
Body painting draws crowd at St. Ann's Italian Festival
At a fair filled with the standard food vendors, carnival games and rides, a small body painting booth drew the attention of the crowd at St. Ann's ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
4
Painting the town
The PPG Color Work Station makes viewing paint colors an interactive experience with results easily emailed right to your inbox helping to ... «Highlands Today, Jul 15»
5
Louisiana Art & Science Museum hosts paintings, prints never …
Advocate staff photo by ROBIN MILLER -- Byron Browne's 1959 painting 'Still Life With Teapot.' Advocate staff photo by ROBIN MILLER ... «The Advocate, Jul 15»
6
French painting of a naked woman who looks EXACTLY like Davina …
Or so it seems after a painting in France popped up that features a topless woman who looks the spitting image of the TV presenter. Davina ... «Metro, Jul 15»
7
Painting by Camp Perry POW on display at Ottawa County Museum
Ed Lynch with his grandson, Jean-Luc Schmeltz, of Brooklyn, NY, with the Prisoner of War painting donated to the Ottawa County Museum. «The Beacon, Jul 15»
8
Artist sells unique Liverpool painting to raise money for Hillsborough …
A unique painting showcasing a word-famous Liverpool street was auctioned for tens of thousands of pounds in aid of Hillsborough families. «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»
9
Summer canvas painting fundraiser to help...
Let's Gogh Art's Paint beCAUSE service hosts painting fundraisers and events for restaurants, bars, cafes, community groups, corporations, ... «Leominster Champion, Jul 15»
10
Painting of QCT Bix 7 logo is a Friday night tradition
Solbrig, 50, is an art teacher at Bettendorf High School and for more than two decades has been tasked with painting the logo at the starting ... «Quad City Times, Jul 15»

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