The manner in which a painter applies paint with a brush.
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Work done with a brush; painting.
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A characteristic way of putting on paint with a brush.
Renoir's brushwork.
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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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Brushwork Sentence Examples
- In the kata-kiri-bori every line has its proper value in the pictorial design, and strength and directness become cardinal elements in the strokes of the burin just as they do in the brushwork of the picture-painter.
His work in black-and-white, his admirable illustrations in brushwork of Edinburgh and its neighbourhood, and also his pen-drawings, about which it has been declared that "his work contains all the subtleties and refinements of a most delicate etching," must also be noted.
I use oxides, pigments and colored slips on unfired clay, employing various techniques, which include brushwork, sponging and sgraffito.
A blousy pink blossom tree crowns a scene abundant with produce and flowers, painted with light, loose brushwork.
vigorous brushwork over textured areas may cause bubbles to form within the paint film.