painting

painting
paint‧ing S3 W2 /ˈpeɪntɪŋ/ noun1. [countable] a painted picture that you put on a wall for people to see:
    a collection of valuable paintings
    painting of
    There was a large painting of his father on the wall.
    Can you help me hang this painting (=put it on a wall)? ⇨ oil painting
2. [uncountable] the act or skill of making a picture, using paints:
    Degas’ style of painting
    the Cubist school of painting (=a particular style used by a group of people)
3. [uncountable] the work of covering a wall, house etc with paint
    painting and decorating British English
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ picture shapes, lines etc painted or drawn on a surface, especially as a piece of art, and often showing what someone or something looks like: a picture of a horse | He painted the picture in 1890, just before he died.
   ▪ drawing a picture drawn with a pencil, pen etc: We had to do a drawing of a sunflower.
   ▪ sketch a picture that is drawn quickly: I made a quick sketch of the kind of room we wanted.
   ▪ painting a picture made using paint: The painting now hangs in the Museum of Modern Art. | Picasso did several paintings of her.
   ▪ portrait a picture of a person: The portrait was painted by Rembrandt.
   ▪ landscape a picture of a place, especially in the countryside or the mountains: Constable painted mainly landscapes.
   ▪ cartoon a funny drawing in a newspaper or magazine that tells a story or a joke: A cartoon in the New York Times showed the President talking to Osama Bin Laden.
   ▪ comic strip a series of pictures drawn inside boxes that tell a story: Charles Schultz was famous for his cartoon strip about Snoopy and Charlie Brown.
   ▪ caricature a funny drawing of someone that makes a part of someone’s face or body look bigger, worse etc than it really is, especially in a funny way: He is famous for his caricatures of politicans.
   ▪ illustration a picture in a book: The book has over 100 pages of illustrations, most of them in colour.
   ▪ poster a large picture printed on paper that you stick to a wall as decoration: old movie posters | There were lots of posters of pop bands on her bedroom wall.
   ▪ print a picture that is usually produced on a printing press, and is one of a series of copies of the same picture: a limited edition of lithographic prints by John Lennon
   ▪ image a picture – used especially when talking about what the picture is like, or the effect it has on you: He produced some memorable images. | a beautiful image | Some of the images are deeply disturbing.
   ▪ artwork pictures or photographs, especially ones that have been produced to be used in a book or magazine: We are still waiting for the artwork to come back from the printers.