Usually means: Application of paint with brushes.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. brushwork: Merriam-Webster
  2. brushwork: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. brushwork: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. brushwork: Collins English Dictionary
  5. brushwork: Vocabulary.com
  6. brushwork: Wordnik
  7. brushwork: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. brushwork: Wiktionary
  9. brushwork: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. brushwork: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. brushwork: Dictionary.com
  12. brushwork: Rhymezone
  13. brushwork: FreeDictionary.org
  14. brushwork: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. brushwork: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. brushwork: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. brushwork: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. BRUSHWORK: Glossary of Art Terms

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▸ noun:  (painting) The technique or practice of applying and manipulating paint (usually oil or gouache) in a painting.

Similar:
wash, watercoloring, waterwork, round, watercolouring, brush, brush-making, linework, weight, brushmaking, more...

Opposite:
smoothness, flatness, evenness

Phrases:
free brushwork, more...

Adjectives:
free, loose, bold, fine, vigorous, broad, delicate, expressive, spontaneous, rapid, calligraphic

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Similar:
wash, watercoloring, waterwork, round, watercolouring, brush, brush-making, linework, weight, brushmaking, more...

Opposite:
smoothness, flatness, evenness

Phrases:
free brushwork, more...

Adjectives:
free, loose, bold, fine, vigorous, broad, delicate, expressive, spontaneous, rapid, calligraphic



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