brushwork

brushwork
/brush"werrk'/, n.
1. the use of a brush as a tool, as in painting.
2. Fine Arts. the surface quality of a painting produced by the distribution of pigment with a brush.
3. work for which a brush is used, as painting.
[1865-70; BRUSH1 + WORK]

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