The art and practice of applying pigments suspended in water, oil, egg yolk, molten wax, or other liquid to a surface to create an expressive or communicative image. For the application of paint primarily to protect a surface or add a general color, use "painting (coating)."
Broader Terms
<painting and painting techniques> (1429)
Narrower Terms
cold painting (13)
Related Terms
painting (103),
paintings (4117),
<painting equipment> (7),
painters (43)
Alternative Terms painted
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