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Lettering :: Lettering (n.) The act or business of making, or marking with, letters, as by cutting or painting..

Amateur :: Amateur (n.) A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally..

Bloodroot :: Bloodroot (n.) A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria..

Tone :: Tone (n.) The general effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, together with color in the case of a painting; -- commonly used in a favorable sense; as, this picture has tone..

Mostick :: Mostick (n.) A painter's maul-stick.

Canvas :: Canvas (n.) Something for which canvas is used: (a) A sail, or a collection of sails. (b) A tent, or a collection of tents. (c) A painting, or a picture on canvas..

Stenoderm :: Stenciler (n.) One who paints or colors in figures by means of stencil.

Depiction :: Depiction (n.) A painting or depicting; a representation.

Check :: Check (v. i.) To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc..

Dead :: Dead (a.) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.

Altarpiece :: Altarpiece (n.) The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos.

Ochre :: Ochre (n.) A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay, usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied to clays of other colors..

Image :: Image (n.) An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a visible presentation; a copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance..

Sfumato :: Sfumato (a.) Having vague outlines, and colors and shades so mingled as to give a misty appearance; -- said of a painting..

Aureole :: Aureole (n.) The circle of rays, or halo of light, with which painters surround the figure and represent the glory of Christ, saints, and others held in special reverence..

Aquarellist :: Aquarellist (n.) A painter in thin transparent water colors.

Paint :: Paint (n.) The same prepared with a vehicle, as oil, water with gum, or the like, for application to a surface..

Warmth :: Warmth (n.) The glowing effect which arises from the use of warm colors; hence, any similar appearance or effect in a painting, or work of color..

Easel :: Easel (n.) A frame (commonly) of wood serving to hold a canvas upright, or nearly upright, for the painter's convenience or for exhibition..

Gondola :: Gondola (n.) A long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals of Venice. A gondola is usually propelled by one or two oarsmen who stand facing the prow, or by poling. A gondola for passengers has a small open cabin amidships, for their protection against the sun or rain. A sumptuary law of Venice required that gondolas should be painted black, and they are customarily so painted now..

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