- work done with a brush; painting
- a characteristic way of putting on paint with a brush: Renoir's brushwork
brushwork
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brushwork
noun
- Work done with a brush.
- The manner in which a painter applies paint with a brush.
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Noun
(uncountable)
- The technique or realisation of the technique of applying and manipulating paint (usually oil or gouache) in a painting.
- The fake was easy to spot because of its inferior brushwork.
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