How to Use painting in a Sentence

painting

noun

• The room is ready for painting.
• They hung the painting in the living room.
• She wants to devote all her time to painting.
• The woman in that painting is my grandmother.
• I like painting more than sculpture.
• He is studying abstract painting.
• In Shang’s home, there is a painting gifted by a fan who is deaf and mute from years ago.
  — Billboard China, Billboard, 16 Aug. 2023
• In 1956, the painting was hit by a rock and acid, which led the museum to put it behind glass.
  — Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2024
• This may sound like an insult, and in fact many of the finest Mason paintings are very close to the third-rate ones.
  — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2024
• The outcome isn’t shown, even though the freeze-frame of the boxers was turned into a LeRoy Neiman painting.
  — Vulture, 4 Feb. 2024
• The opening shot of the film, which is a close-up of Scarlett’s behind, was based on a painting, right?
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2023
• The first shot was a bird's eye view of the mom and daughter’s feet, complete with a cute painting nails emoji.
  — Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 30 July 2023
• The stamp art will feature a digital painting of Aaron as a member of the Braves.
  — Lucia Suarez Sang, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024
• Among the paintings lost when the gallery was destroyed was an N.C. Wyeth winter scene from 1936 of a man on a sled pulled by oxen.
  — Ralph Blumenthal, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2023
• Tile painting can be done from 2:30 to 4 p.m. at the Discovery Center.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2023
• The painting, poetry, etc. – the creative aspect of you – where did that come from?
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 16 Oct. 2023
• Start by carving the eyes and the face (with or without making holes), and then tap into your painting skills.
  — Taylor Murphy, House Beautiful, 7 June 2023
• The blue carpet and the velvet, fringed ottoman warm up the room, while the landscape painting clearly alludes to the outdoors.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
• Residents hope the colorful paintings will inspire drivers to pump the brakes and take in the sights.
  — Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
• From across a room, Manet’s vivid, high-contrast paintings look suave, self-possessed and a little tart, like a plum just short of ripeness.
  — Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
• In the picture, Schreck poses in a white sundress of Neugebauer’s, a painting by Neugebauer’s aunt in the background.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
• Tapestries and paintings of monsters and nude women hung on the adobe brick walls.
  — Jessica Testa, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
• These seven paintings and sculptures hug the gallery perimeter, leaving the center of the room a wide-open arena.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
• The event will include swag, games, face painting, crafts, food trucks, speakers and a cappella group MaskEra.
  — Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 2 June 2023
• In recent years, Kane has taken to painting and shared much of his work on Instagram.
  — Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 22 June 2023
• The gridded painting on the left is Kenro Matsuki’s ode to Agnes Martin.
  — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 25 Jan. 2024
• Born in a suburb of Paris in 1921, Gilot developed an interest in painting as a child.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 June 2023
• In late 2020, the Menil Collection received the gift of four drawings and one painting from the artist’s grandson, Len Sobel.
  — Chadd Scott, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
• Blanc refers to his projects as living paintings or vegetal walls.
  — Deb Wiley, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2024
• An artist who grew up in the D.C. region saw a doll there that inspired her to create paintings that were shown as part of an exhibit in New York.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 21 June 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024