painted designs

Brushwork on surfaces

Painted designs are decorative patterns or images applied to a surface using paint.

The phrase appears in descriptions of pottery, textiles, furniture, and architectural elements: The vase featured traditional painted designs in blue and white.

Unlike carved or woven designs, painted designs sit on the surface rather than being worked into the material itself.

Related

stencils · frescoes · ornamental · decorative · floral · geometric · folk art · ceramics · pottery · tiles · textiles · henna · henna tattoo · body art · scrollwork · art nouveau · embellished · handpainted

Opposites
application method

painted designsetched designs

Patterns cut into material

decals · transfers · engraved designs · woven designs · woven patterns

surface relationship

painted designsrelief carvings

Sculpted images with depth

engraved designs · bas-relief · intaglio

origin type

painted designsdigital prints

Electronically produced images

vinyl stickers · decoupage

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G