Phrase Hound found 56 phrases and 18 compound words that contain painting. The most common are listed below. Open painting in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 56
- oil paintingA painting done with oil paints.
- face paintingThe application of decorative paint to the face.
- cave paintingThe activity of applying pigments to the interior surfaces of caves to create images, especially when carried out in prehistoric times.
- painting by numbersA recreation in which a board containing a picture to be painted is made up of numbered areas, each number corresponding to a color of paint to be applied.
- body paintingThe application of paint to the body as a form of body art.
- action paintingA genre of modern art in which the paint is dribbled, splashed or poured onto the canvas to obtain a spontaneous and totally abstract image.
- painting the tapeSynonym of tape painting: The practice by one or more traders of buying and selling the same financial instruments in order to create artificial market activity, making the instruments appear in demand; wash trading.
- painting the townpresent participle and gerund of paint the town
- word paintingA visually evocative poem or other piece of writing.
- light paintingThe artistic technique of moving a light source to selectively illuminate parts of the subject or scene a camera is recording (at a slow shutter speed), or to shine directly into the camera and in this way sketch.
- wall-paintingA work of art created directly on a wall, ceiling, etc.
- portrait paintingA painted portrait.
- dot paintingA style of Australian Aboriginal painting using coloured dots.
- dry paintingAlternative form of drypainting: Sandpainting.
- glass paintingThe art of producing pictures on glass by means of chemical staining.
- history paintingA kind of painting that depicts a moment in a narrative story, often from classical mythology or the Bible.
- matter paintingA 1950s art style using impasto paint with everyday materials such as mud or shells added to it.
- negative paintingThe technique of painting a dark background so that the remaining lighter color forms the main design.
- panel paintingA painting created on a rigid support, most commonly a flat, prepared wooden board, as opposed to flexible canvas or wall surfaces; its stable, smooth base is ideal for detailed work with tempera or oil paints, and was the primary method …
- speed paintingAlternative form of speedpainting: The act of doing a speedpaint.
- text paintingProgram music, or the process of composing it.
- reverse paintingThe application of paint to a sheet of glass to create a picture to be viewed through the glass from the other side.
- tone paintingProgram music, or the process of composing it.
- pen paintingA painting technique in which the artist first grounds a canvas with white oil paint before drawing on it with blue India ink.
- sand paintingAlternative form of sandpainting: The art of shaping crushed, colored sands, minerals, and pigments on a flat surface to make a temporary or permanent picture.
Compound words 18
- paintingnessThe quality of being painterly.
- underpaintingAn initial layer of paint, often monochromatic, applied to a ground as a base for subsequent layers.
- drypaintingSandpainting.
- electropaintingelectrophoretic painting
- housepaintingThe painting of houses, the trade of a housepainter.
- sandpaintingThe art of shaping crushed, colored sands, minerals, and pigments on a flat surface to make a temporary or permanent picture.
- soundpaintingA visual impression produced using sound alone.
- bodypaintingAlternative spelling of body painting: The application of paint to the body as a form of body art.
- paintinglikeResembling a painting
- fingerpaintingpresent participle and gerund of fingerpaint