brushwork
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- noun
- /ˈbrʌʃˌwɜrk/
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- Studying different artists' brushwork can reveal a lot about their individual techniques and inspirations.
- expressive brushwork
- color and brushwork
Well, it could be the reason you're not there yet is because you lack the skill in brushwork or shading or color theory or whatever else.
- Well, it could be the reason you're not there yet is because you lack the skill in brushwork or shading or color theory or whatever else.
Examples
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Van Gogh's expressive and emotional brushwork deeply influenced Monk, as did his use of colour.
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The artist's unique brushwork gives her paintings a signature style that everyone recognizes.
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We start to actually study the brushwork and learn how it was applied.
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Carol, your brushwork is absolutely lovely.
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Even then, a shade more brushwork may be indicated.
Academic text (2003) -
The guards marveled at the brilliance of his brushwork.
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A fine piece of calligraphy is valued as highly as a fine painting, and what is most prized in a picture is that the brushwork should be as personal to the artist as his handwriting.
Academic text (2013) -
The loose brushwork Sloan often employed echoes Courbet's emphasis on the materiality of paint.
Academic text (2011) -
Close looking reveals not a strokeless, gleaming Pop surface devoid of traces of the artist's hand, but fastidious brushwork, swirling, heavily wrought layers of primary paint.
Academic text (2005) -
Critics praised his brushwork for its delicate detail and emotional depth in each piece.
Synonyms
Visible brush marks and thick paint that make a picture look made by hand
How Painterly
- Specialized
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Brushwork comes from brush ('the tool you paint with') and work ('the way you do something'), so it literally means 'the work of a brush'. That's why brushwork describes an artist's special way of applying paint — the brush marks and strokes that give a painting its style.