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# brushwork

«brushwork» in Mova's school dictionary: **The way a painter uses a paintbrush, and the marks the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (brushwork — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

The way a painter uses a paintbrush, and the marks the brush leaves on a painting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brushwork/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In art lessons pupils look at brushwork to talk about a painting: thick, swirly brushwork (Van Gogh), tiny dots, smooth blending or quick dabs (Monet and the Impressionists). It tells the reader about the artist's style and skill. Phrases: «loose brushwork», «bold brushwork».

### examples

- Van Gogh's brushwork is thick and swirly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brushwork/#x1)
- Our teacher praised my careful brushwork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brushwork/#x2)
- You can see the brushwork up close on the canvas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brushwork/#x3)
- Monet used quick, loose brushwork to paint water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brushwork/#x4)
- Chinese brushwork uses ink and a soft brush. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brushwork/#x5)
- The brushwork made the sky look windy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brushwork/#x6)

### note

Uncountable: «brushwork», not «a brushwork». Written as one word: brush + work. It is about how the paint is put on, not about cleaning brushes.

### In the corpora

- [Loose brushwork, holding the brush further from the bristles, often makes paintings look more alive.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «brushwork» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brushwork/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.