brushwork

[ bruhsh-wurk ]

noun
  1. the use of a brush as a tool, as in painting.

  2. Fine Arts. the surface quality of a painting produced by the distribution of pigment with a brush.

  1. work for which a brush is used, as painting.

Origin of brushwork

1
First recorded in 1865–70; brush1 + work

Words Nearby brushwork

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How to use brushwork in a sentence

  • It is as indifferent to the kind of brushwork used by the painter, as to the variety of chisel handled by the sculptor.

    Art Principles | Ernest Govett
  • His brushwork was so rapid and decisive that in scarcely any of his designs is there evidence of deliberation.

    Art Principles | Ernest Govett

British Dictionary definitions for brushwork

brushwork

/ (ˈbrʌʃˌwɜːk) /


noun
  1. a characteristic manner of applying paint with a brush: that is not Rembrandt's brushwork

  2. work done with a brush

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