light strokes
Soft brush movements
Light strokes are gentle, delicate touches or movements—whether of a brush, pen, hand, or implement.
An artist builds texture with light strokes of the brush.
A massage therapist begins with light strokes before deeper pressure.
The phrase often implies care or tenderness: She calmed the cat with light strokes along its back.
- brushstrokesMarks left by painting
- featheringAdjusting blade pitch horizontally
- dabbingLight, repeated pressing
- dry brushingExfoliating with stiff bristles
- gentleSoft and kind
soft · caress · whisper · butterfly kisses · tickle · petting · sketch · fine lines · hatching · delicate · sweep · glide · flutter · touch · skim · graze · wisp · tenderness