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La peinture
For the artists and art lovers out there, here’s some French vocabulary related to painting.
| un artiste une artiste |
artist | ||
| un peintre une peintre |
painter | ||
| abstrait | (adj) | abstract | |
| acrylique | (m) | acrylic painting | |
| art | (m) | art | |
| aquarelle | (f) | watercolor painting | |
| un cadre | frame | ||
| un chef d’œuvre | masterpiece | ||
| un chevalet | easel | ||
| la clarté | lightness | ||
| les couleurs à l’eau les couleurs pour l’aquarelle |
watercolor paint | ||
| encre | (m) | ink | |
| espace négatif | negative space | ||
| espace positif | positive space | ||
| figuratif | (adj) | figurative | |
| une fresque | fresco | ||
| naturaliste | (adj) | naturalistic | |
| une nature morte | still-life | ||
| une nuance | hue, shading | ||
| obscurité | (f) | darkness | |
| une œuvre d’art | work of art | ||
| une palette | palette | ||
| un paysage | landscape | ||
| une peinture | painting | ||
| la peinture acrylique | acrylic paint | ||
| la peinture à l’huile | oil paint, oil painting | ||
| la perspective | perspective | ||
| le pigment | pigment | ||
| un pinceau | paintbrush | ||
| le plein | positive space | ||
| un portrait | portrait | ||
| un tableau | painting | ||
| la teinte | hue | ||
| la teinture | tinting | ||
| la toile | canvas | ||
| le ton | shading | ||
| le vide | negative space | ||
| encadrer | to frame | ||
| faire des esquisses | to sketch | ||
| faire une trace | to smudge | ||
| peindre | to paint | ||
| teinter | to tint | ||
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