Collocations for painting - noun
1. act of painting
ADJ.
acrylic, oil, watercolour | finger | miniature | abstract, decorative, figurative, genre, landscape, life, portrait, still-life, surrealist
VERB + PAINTING
do
I''ll do some painting this afternoon.
I''ll do some painting this afternoon.
take up
When she retired she took up painting.
When she retired she took up painting.
PAINTING + NOUN
style, technique | course
PHRASES
painting and decorating
The firm specializes in painting and decorating.
The firm specializes in painting and decorating.
2. picture
ADJ.
fine, good, great | famous, well-known | valuable | original
The design is based on an original painting by Matisse.
The design is based on an original painting by Matisse.
miniature | Cubist, Impressionist, Old Master, etc. | avant-garde | abstract, figurative, figure, genre, landscape, life, nude, still-life, surrealist | ceiling, fresco, wall | acrylic, gouache, oil, watercolour
QUANT.
series | collection, exhibition
VERB + PAINTING
do, execute, paint, work on
Degas did several paintings of ballet dancers.
Degas did several paintings of ballet dancers.
frame | hang, put up | display, exhibit, show | collect
She collects paintings by nineteenth-century Australian artists.
She collects paintings by nineteenth-century Australian artists.
clean, conserve, restore | copy, reproduce
PAINTING + VERB
depict sb/sth, portray sb/sth, show sb/sth | hang
His most famous paintings hang in the Tate Gallery.
His most famous paintings hang in the Tate Gallery.
PREP.
in a/the ~
The woman in the painting is the artist''s mistress.
The woman in the painting is the artist''s mistress.
~ by
a painting by Gauguin
a painting by Gauguin
~ in
a fine painting in oils
a fine painting in oils
~ of
paintings of flowers
paintings of flowers