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Painting (pān'tīng) in art, is the practice of applying color to a surface (support base) such as, e.g. paper, canvas, wood, glass, lacquer or concrete. When used in artistic terms, "painting" means also the use of this arts activity in combination with drawing, composition and other aesthetic means in order to manifest the expressive and conceptual intention of the practitioner. Painting is a mode of capturing, documenting and expressing the varied creative intents, as numerous as there are... full article at wikipedia
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by faye Oct 3, 2008
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