abstraction - an abstract painting

cityscape - painting depicting a city or urban area

daub - an unskillful painting

distemper - a painting created by distemper

finger-painting - a painting produced by spreading paint with the fingers

graphic art - the arts of drawing or painting or printmaking

ikon, icon - a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church

landscape - painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery

miniature, illumination - painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)

monochrome - painting done in a range of tones of a single color

mural, wall painting - a painting that is applied to a wall surface

nude, nude painting - a painting of a naked figure

oil painting - a picture painted with oil paints

pentimento - the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age)

portrait - a painting of a person's face

sand painting - a painting done by Amerindians (especially Navaho); made of fine colored sands on a neutral background

seascape - a painting of the sea

semi-abstraction - a semi-abstract painting

still life - a painting of inanimate objects such as fruit or flowers

tanka - a Tibetan religious painting on fabric

trompe l'oeil - a painting rendered in such great detail as to deceive the viewer concerning its reality

watercolor, watercolour - a painting produced with watercolors

artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"

distemper - a method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder; used for painting posters or murals or stage scenery

fresco - a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster

impasto - painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible

oil painting - the act of painting with oil paints

beaux arts, fine arts - the study and creation of visual works of art

application, coating, covering - the work of applying something; "the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine"; "a complete bleach requires several applications"; "the surface was ready for a coating of paint";

spray painting - applying paint with a sprayer

splashing, splattering, spatter, spattering, splash - the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface

finger-painting - painting by using the fingers to spread the paint

craft, trade - the skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his trade as an apprentice"

construction, building - the commercial activity involved in constructing buildings; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades"