painter
Brush-wielding professional
A painter is someone who paints—either an artist who creates pictures with paint or a worker who applies paint to surfaces like walls and buildings.
The contexts rarely overlap: She studied the Dutch painters versus We hired a painter to do the exterior.
Separately, a painter is a rope at the bow of a boat used for tying up.
Mark left by painter's tool
- easelUpright frame for paintings
- paletteSurface for mixing pigments
- studioCreative professional's workspace
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
masterpiece · gallery · commission · exhibition · atelier · smock · oils · acrylics
Heavy woven cloth
- brushBristled cleaning tool
- pigmentColor-imparting material
- gessoAbsorbent primer for canvases
- stretcherPortable frame for casualties
linen · cotton · easel · thinner · medium · fixative · sizing · priming
Rotating cylindrical tool
- brushBristled cleaning tool
- primerPreparatory coat or guide
- ladderPortable climbing frame
- dropclothProtective floor covering
tape · caulk · sanding · trim · baseboard · wallpaper · stain · latex
Visual similarity or representation
- sitterTemporary child caretaker
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- poseDeliberate bodily arrangement
- profileSide-facing outline
bust · gaze · subject · realism · chiaroscuro · sitting · self-portrait · miniature
Wet plaster painting technique
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- graffitiIllegal surface markings
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- large-scaleOf great size
outdoor · community · urban · allegory · iconography · underpass · wall · tableau
Painting outdoors, on location
- sceneryVisible natural surroundings
- vistaPleasing distant scene
- panoramaUnobstructed wide-angle view
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
pastoral · naturalism · countryside · seascape · skyline · foreground · background · atmosphere
Style prioritizing perception
- expressionismDistorting reality for emotion
- realismAccepting things as they are
- surrealismIrrational, dreamlike aesthetic
- cubismGeometric, fragmented visual style
abstract · minimalism · modernism · figurative · gestural · conceptual · avant-garde · postmodernism
brushstroke
Mark left by painter's tool
- easelUpright frame for paintings
- paletteSurface for mixing pigments
- studioCreative professional's workspace
canvas · masterpiece · gallery · commission · exhibition · atelier · smock · oils · acrylics · watercolors
canvas
Heavy woven cloth
stretcher · linen · cotton · easel · thinner · medium · fixative · sizing · priming · bristle
roller
Rotating cylindrical tool
dropcloth · tape · caulk · sanding · trim · baseboard · wallpaper · stain · latex · enamel
likeness
Visual similarity or representation
- sitterTemporary child caretaker
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- poseDeliberate bodily arrangement
profile · bust · gaze · subject · realism · chiaroscuro · sitting · self-portrait · miniature · flattery
fresco
Wet plaster painting technique
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- graffitiIllegal surface markings
- commissionPayment for services rendered
large-scale · outdoor · community · urban · allegory · iconography · underpass · wall · tableau · restoration
plein-air
Painting outdoors, on location
horizon · pastoral · naturalism · countryside · seascape · skyline · foreground · background · atmosphere · composition
impressionism
Style prioritizing perception
- expressionismDistorting reality for emotion
- realismAccepting things as they are
- surrealismIrrational, dreamlike aesthetic
cubism · abstract · minimalism · modernism · figurative · gestural · conceptual · avant-garde · postmodernism · nonrepresentational
- jobsdoctor, administrator, lawyer, teacher, nurse
- occupationsdoctor, teacher, baker, lawyer, nurse
- creatorsartist, author, composer, designer, inventor
- worker typesteacher, doctor, nurse, lawyer, chef
- art worldartist, sculpture, sculptures, gallery, galleries
- artistsPablo Picasso, artist, illustrators, Leonardo da Vinci, cartoonists
paintersculptor
Artist shaping solid materials
photographer · printmaker · ceramicist · weaver · glassblower
painterpaint stripper
Chemical that dissolves finishes
sandblaster · eraser · vandal · whitewasher
painterart critic
Evaluator of visual works
art collector · museum curator · art dealer · viewer · patron
- spray paintAerosolized coating in cans
- finger paintingArt using digits directly
- oil paintingArt made with linseed-bound pigments
- painting the townCelebrating extravagantly around town
- fresh paintRecently applied pigment
- poster paintsOpaque water-based pigments
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