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That is why I deliberately allow early coatings of paint to show through as I continually build color.
In order to cut down on the cost of paint, consider mixing sample pots of colours with white paint.
It was later given two coats of paint in appropriate colours.
Carpenters were now putting a fresh coating of paint on the house, making it look almost as though it had just been built.
The door was metal with no handle, and painted with white paint now flaking off.
The top ones were drawn on cartridge paper and then painted in watercolour using sepia colour paint, and the bottom ones were painted straight onto watercolour paper using light red.
No artificial paint or any colouring agent is coated on the surface.
A zinc rich paint coating protects the interior of the pipe.
He is fond of thin paint and frequently layers a dark blue or black wash over phosphorescent pastel hues.
Yet even when, as here, he captures the light with such sensitivity, Cameron does not use paint for its vivid colour, but as a means of expressing tonal change.
Look at the picture at top; imagine it on an enormous canvas, in thick paint, colours saturated and glowing.
Mix up pots of poster paint, and give your children a pot of paint in each colour, a couple of brushes and a glass of water.
A car comes rattling down the street, thick smoke pouring out the back, every door a different colour of blistered paint.
Watered-down paint soaks into the porous concrete so it won't flake or peel like surface paint does.
A demonstration is given on how to paint using black watercolor or slightly thinned tempera paint.
The only function of plaster on walls and ceilings, unless it is itself elaborately decorative, is to serve as a smooth surface on which to place decorative paper or paint.
For the third coat, which you will sponge onto the wall, you can pick either a colour glaze paint or a ready-made colour wash.
In general, graffiti is removed by using paint in a colour which has the closest match to the actual colour of the tree trunk.
We did test some acrylic paint on tiles and it was just totally unsatisfactory so we chose what, I guess, was the appropriate paint for the surface.
Finally, rub down the wood to remove the splinters, give it a thin wash of acrylic paint and brush on the clear preservative.
transitive verb
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Art
(portrait/landscape)pintar
these flowers were painted in by a later hand—estas flores se agregaron posteriormente
In 1995, he commissioned a Chinese artist to paint him together with his wife, son and daughter.
The Impressionists insisted they wanted to paint directly what they saw in nature.
Dietz began painting World War I aviation scenes, but his body of World War II art has made him famous.
My best holiday was with Leo, the artist who'd painted me, and his wife Gemma one summer.
The artist returned to the Arlé sienne in 1958, painting her in the person of Jacqueline, his companion at the time.
On several occasions, Monet painted the same view covered in a blanket of snow.
So, instead of painting the desert or the mountains, I painted hotels covered with lots of lush greenery, using a lovely shade of green called veridian.
‘In these pictures I have painted people who go to Bridge House and being a part of my pictures gives them confidence in their own abilities’.
Icons were painted by faithful painters - usually monks - in monastic seclusion.
She started with representational works, painting some of the lovely scenes that can be seen from the island, and the colours and styles that abound there.
Showing their jest for life, some children painted Walt Disney characters on their greetings.
Saskia Van Uylenburgh was the daughter of an impoverished though respected burgomaster and Rembrandt drew and painted her over and over again.
Bailey Doogan paints clouds the way she paints skin.
When the Irish portraitist, Nathaniel Hone painted her in 1765, she was at the height of her popularity.
Jan's sense of self-confidence is what makes artists want to paint her, she said.
He admired the truthfulness of landscapes painted by an unschooled artist, who became his first teacher.
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(apply paint to)
(door/wall/house)pintar
I painted the kitchen pink—pinté la cocina de rosa
the door's freshly painted—la puerta está recién pintada
I'll draw the outline and you paint it in—yo dibujo el contorno y tú lo coloreas / pintas
to paint sth out—pintar encima de algo
to paint over sth—pintar encima de algo
to paint iodine on a wound—aplicar yodo a una herida
to paint a wound with iodine—aplicar yodo a una herida
Rockets of early manufacture are painted battleship gray or dark green; later rockets are olive drab.
Back down toward the river, in contrast to the splendor of much of the Castle complex, Golden Lane is formed by numerous brightly painted shoe-box sized peasant houses.
The roof was made from sand paper cut and painted to resemble slates.
The brightly painted yellow walls, together with tea lights atop dark wooden tables, give the place a warm feeling.
Young's Airframe Repair did the skins and when a new set was completed, Mike would prime and paint the skins so that they would be ready for installation.
The brightly painted front door from an age gone by gleams in the morning Sun.
These parts are being anodized or plated, and will be painted or powder-coated prior to assembly.
Similarly, painting the ceiling a darker color than the walls tends to create a more intimate feeling.
The popular effect of splashbacks is achieved when one side of a glass panel is painted then adhered to surfaces either behind cooktops, or as a feature panel in a bathroom.
The keys themselves are formed from translucent plastic and then painted to match the PowerBook's aluminium shell.
Here the walls have been plastered in a textured way and the room is painted dark red.
Jared was spray painting one of the walls that was surprisingly still bare.
It was noted that the railings of the Clodiagh Bridge had been freshly painted and that the river name signs looked well.
The walls were painted a dark blue with gold lining on the ceiling and floor.
Two panels of the shelving are painted a dark brick red to give accent, and three others are in beech plywood for the same reason.
Today hundreds of brightly painted gondolas line the canalside and can be hired out by the hour or half-hour.
The new refrigerator and dishwasher were disguised with wood fronts painted to match the cabinets.
Think of a plaster ceiling, painted a sky blue, perhaps with puffy clouds skipping across it.
With freshly painted nails and jewelry to match, she carries an additional accessory item that speaks for itself.
Far down the line of brightly painted longboats I saw a fisherman who owned just one net, which he had draped on a tepee of bamboo stalks to dry in the sun.
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(describe)
pintar
The author paints a clear and useful description of the science of color.
The allegations of a partnership, vulnerable as they are for these reasons, are, moreover, only part of the picture painted by the proceedings.
Boston is a city that often gets painted by outsiders with a broad brush, much the way Philly does.
You might argue that these young writers are painting us a damning portrait of ourselves.
The space concerns and planting conditions are probably less than ideal for most, but the pictures paint a different story.
Extensive use of maps and photographs helped paint a vivid picture of human misery and squalor.
The picture that Garrow paints seems a fair one to me, given accounts from some other Supreme Court clerks.
Hate speech always uses the racial and cultural characteristics of the victim, who is painted as an abominable, dangerous creature.
Bettman wants certain high-profile owners to be vocal about small markets and paint a doom-and-gloom financial picture.
In the Seattle Times, meanwhile, sportswriter Percy Allen paints a different money picture.
The remake of Casino Royale, the first Bond novel, will concentrate instead on the character of the spy, painted by Ian Fleming in the book as a suave, coldly aggressive seducer.
This picture is very similar to the picture of urban ghettos painted by urban sociologists during the last decade.
The carbon copies left at stations of origin paint a comprehensive picture of small-scale trade along the railway.
Thousands of soft-bodied animal fossils paint us a picture of Cambrian marine life.
And indeed, Elisabetta's plight in Don Carlo is painted with a broad brush.
Some prisoners refused to be identified, but all painted a similar picture of their treatment.
In Bowling Alone, Putnam painted us the picture of American social institutions 30 years in decline.
Storey paints a picture short on romance and rainbows and high on mud, sweat, and naked ambition - in short, he describes perfectly the world of professional rugby.
Without identifying them, paint me some pictures of some of the issues which have come up for you in terms of who ends up with primary care for the child.
Though the mystical element is rather missing from his character here, Adès paints Prospero as a wonderfully vengeful mage.
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(make up)
to paint one's face—pintarse
to paint one's lips/nails—pintarse los labios/las uñas
intransitive verb
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pintar
to paint in oils/watercolors—pintar al óleo/a la acuarela