mercredi 7 mai 2014

Notes on usage: Picture

Painting - Drawing - Portrait - Print - Sketch

 

These are all words for a scene, person or thing that has been represented on paper by drawing, painting, etc.

 

Picture a scene, person or thing that has been represented on paper using a pencil, a pen or paint: The children were drawing pictures of their pets.
Painting a picture that has been made using paint: A collection of paintings by American artists.
Drawing a picture that has been made using a pencil or pen, not paint: a pencil/charcoal drawing.
Portrait a painting, drawing or photograph of a person, especially of the head and shoulders: Vermeer's ‘Portrait of the artist in his studio’. | A self-portrait (=a painting that you do of yourself).
Print a picture that has been copied from a painting using photography: A Renoir print.
Sketch a simple picture that is drawn quickly and does not have many details: I usually do a few very rough sketches before I start on a painting.

 

PATTERNS
*to draw a picture/portrait/sketch
*to paint a picture/portrait
*to make a painting/drawing/portrait/print/sketch
*to do a painting/drawing/portrait/sketch

 

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See also:

Common Phrasal Verbs Irregular Verbs List
Common Sentences Errors Frequently confused words
Common Clichés Thematic list of Idioms
Common misspellings Phrasal Verbs Particles list
Common Preposition Lista de Términos Gramaticales

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