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abstract |
When a painting or sculpture is abstract, you can't tell what it is. It has shapes and maybe color, but it's not a clear picture of anything. The artist may be trying to suggest a feeling or idea or maybe even people and things, but the artist is not trying to show those people and things as they are in reality. [1/3 definitions] |
aesthetic |
having to do with beauty or art, including literature, dance, music, painting, drawing, and sculpture. |
art |
the field of visual works such as painting and drawing. [1/4 definitions] |
artist |
a person who is good at painting, music, writing, or any other art. [1/2 definitions] |
art room |
In some schools, there is a room called an art room. It is a kind of classroom, and teachers teach students things like painting and drawing there. Things like brushes, paint, clay, glue, scissors, and paper are kept in an art room. |
brush1 |
a tool made of stiff hairs or bristles that have been fastened to a handle. A brush is used for grooming, painting, or scrubbing. [1/6 definitions] |
by |
If a painting is by your mother, it means that her work created that painting. If a book is by a certain author, it means that this author wrote that book. [1/9 definitions] |
canvas |
a piece of this material used as the surface for an oil painting. [1/2 definitions] |
depict |
to show, describe, or portray in a painting, sculpture, or written work. |
detail |
A detail is a small bit or part of something. It can be something like a tiny thing in a painting or a small piece of information in a story. When you tell every detail of your vacation, you tell everything that happened, even the smallest things. [1/3 definitions] |
drama |
If something like a painting, book, or movie creates drama, it causes a feeling of excitement or great interest. [1/4 definitions] |
easel |
An easel is a stand for holding up a flat thing like an artist's painting, a blackboard, or a sign. An artist uses an easel when he or she is standing up to paint. |
explain |
When you explain something, like a word, a sentence, a painting, or a poem, you tell what the thing means or why it may be important. [1/4 definitions] |
express |
When you express a feeling, you do something to let others know you have that feeling. You let that feeling out in some way. If you're happy inside, maybe you'll tell other people about it, or maybe just smile a lot. When you express an idea, you tell that idea to others, usually in words, but sometimes in something like a drawing or painting or film. [2/4 definitions] |
finish |
When you finish something, you come to the end of it, or you come to the end of what you are doing with it. When you finish a book, you come to the end of the book. When you have finished your painting, it means that you have stopped working on it and it is done. [1/4 definitions] |
graphic |
of or related to pictures or writing such as photography, painting, and printing. [1/3 definitions] |
landscape |
A landscape is a painting that shows all the land that one can see from a particular point. A landscape often shows things like fields, trees, water, mountains, and hills. [1/3 definitions] |
likeness |
A likeness is a drawing or painting of a person, animal, or thing that is supposed to look like them A portrait is a likeness. [1/2 definitions] |
medium |
a way or method of communicating or expressing, such as painting, music, or language. [1/6 definitions] |
on |
When someone looks on as you paint a picture, it means that they look towards you as you are painting. They don't do anything, though. They just watch. [1/17 definitions] |
ordinary |
When we say "the ordinary," we mean the usual way things are or the normal way of doing things. If a painting is nothing out of the ordinary, it means that the painting has nothing special about it. [1/2 definitions] |
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