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painting vocab

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acrylic paint peinture acrylique
an altar piece un retable
an easel un chevalet
an icon une icône
an outline un contour
chiaroscuro clair-obscur
colourless sans couleur, terne
disqieting dérangeant
dull, drab terne
foreshortening raccourci
full-length en pied
gaudy, garish tapageur, criard
glossy brillant
half-length en buste
light and shade effects effets d'ombre et de lumière
mat paint peinture mate
oil on canvas huile sur toile
provocative provocateur
puzzling intriguant
small dots of colour petite touche de couleur
taste goût
tasteless mauvais goût
the composition la composition
the subject matter le sujet
the treatment of perspective le traitement de la perspective
the vanishing point le point de fuite
to stand out against ressortir, se détacher sur
to contrast with contraster avec
a brushstroke un coup de pinceau
a canvas une toile
a cityscape un paysage urbain
a darker shade of ... un ... plus sombre
a diptych un diptique
a frame un cadre
a fresco une fresque
a full-length portrait un portrait en pied
a head-and-shoulders portrait un buste
a hue, a shade une nuance, une teinte
a life-size picture un tableau grandeur nature
a limited palette une palette réduite
a monochrome painting une peinture monochrome
a mural un fresque peinte directement sur le mur
a nude un nu
a paintbox, a box of paint un boîte, une malette de peinture
a painting knife un couteau
a rough sketch un brouillon, une esquisse
a seascape une marine
a selfportrait un auto-portrait
a sitter un modèle
a sitting une séance de pose
a still life une nature morte
a triptych un triptyque
a vanishing line une ligne de fuite
a vanitas, vanity vanité (représente la vie)
to frame encadrer
to paint from life peindre d'après nature
a watercolour une aquarelle
to portray somebody faire le portrait de quelqu'un
to pose, to sit for poser pour
to soften down, to tone down adoucir, estomper
to throw into relief mettre en relief
untitled sans titre
varnish vernis
vivid vif, éclatant
Created by: maeva.frt
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