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brushwork
/ ˈbrʌʃˌwɜːk /
noun
- a characteristic manner of applying paint with a brush
that is not Rembrandt's brushwork
- work done with a brush
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Word History and Origins
Origin of brushwork1
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Example Sentences
Now we can see the wonderful looseness of his brushwork as well.
The florid brushwork of a Constable gets hypertrophied in Freud, into a kind of gross exaggeration of what unleashed paint can do.
"Rejected Addresses," exhibited in 1870, has all Pettie's charm of colour and fluent brushwork.
Be it an ancient or modern episode, the story could be told in the tone and with well-nigh the brushwork of Van Dyck.
Vance is one of the few who unite gusto and patience, fancy and brushwork.
It is as indifferent to the kind of brushwork used by the painter, as to the variety of chisel handled by the sculptor.
His brushwork was so rapid and decisive that in scarcely any of his designs is there evidence of deliberation.
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