Painting Vocabulary
An outstanding work of art or craft. The greatest work of an artist.
masterpiece
Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci
This silkscreen painting by Andy Warhol contains 50 images of Marylin Monroe. The 25 images on the left side of the work are vividly colored while the 25 on the right are in black and white.
Marylin Diptych
Something with no content, upon which one can easily impose one's point of view.
blank canvas
A board, typically with a hole for the thumb, which an artist can hold while painting and on which colors are mixed.
palette
Sunflowers
Vincent van Gogh
This painting by Sandro Botticelli depicts the emergence of Goddess Venus from the sea as a beautiful woman.
The Birth of Venus
To go out and have an enjoyable time.
paint the town red
Process of painting with pigments that are mixed with water.
watercolour
The Kiss
Gustav Klimt
This painting by Piet Mondrian with thick black lines and different geometrical shapes is dominated by a large red rectangle.
Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow
Be such an involved or time-consuming improvement process that it never truly ends.
like painting the Forth Bridge
a particular method of using a brush, especially as indicated by the mark it leaves
brushstroke
Guernica
Pablo Picasso
This painting by Salvador Dali depicts a melting watch as a symbol of the relativity of space and time.
The Persistence of Memory
Be extremely boring.
like watching paint dry
A shade of a colour.
hue
The Night Watch
Rembrandt
This painting by Rene Magrittees shows his own self in a black suit, but with an apple instead of his face.
The Son of Man
To be physically unattractive.
Be no oil painting