painting

noun

surface artistically covered with paint, work of art, picture or portrait made with paint
as done in profession as part of construction, skilled but non-artistic paint on a surface
practice of applying paint, pigment/color, or other medium by using painting tools on a surface
act/process of practicing the art of painting, creating pictures or works of art with paint
act/process of depicting, describing, portraying with words

Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪn.tɪŋ/ / /ˈpeɪ.nɪŋ/

Etymology: By surface analysis, paint + -ing.

An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint.
“The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings.”
“"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…]."”
The action of applying paint to a surface.
“The outside of the old house would benefit from some painting.”
The same activity as an art form.
“Some artists, like Michelangelo, excel in both painting and sculpture.”
“The mother, Ekaterina Pavlovna, who at one time had been handsome, but now, asthmatic, depressed, vague, and over-feeble for her years, tried to entertain me with conversation about painting. Having heard from her daughter that I might come to Shelkovka, she had hurriedly recalled two or three of my landscapes which she had seen in exhibitions in Moscow, and now asked what I meant to express by them.”

Etymology: By surface analysis, paint + -ing.