Painting: dipinto (i)

1 A painting is a picture which someone has painted.
...a large oil-painting of Queen Victoria.
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2 Painting is the activity of painting pictures.
...two hobbies she really enjoyed, painting and gardening.
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3 Painting is the activity of painting doors, walls, and some other parts of buildings. tinteggiare
...painting and decorating.

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• painting on canvas and paper (pittura/dipinto su tela, su carta)
• paintings in oil and acrylic (pitture/dipinti/quadri ad olio, ad acrilico)
• oil-painting: pittura a olio [sostantivo con valore aggettivale vuole il trattino: vedi Pay-per-view]
• oil painting, oil paintings: dipinto(i) a olio, An oil painting is a picture which has been painted using oil paints.
EX. Several magnificent oil paintings adorn the walls.

NOTA BENE:
• oils (plurale): colori a olio oppure oil paints (=colori ad olio, non dipinti a olio);
Ex: When she paints in oils she always uses the same range of colours
When an artist paints in oils, he or she uses oil paints.

• acrylics (plurale): colori acrilici oppure acrylic resin paints (colori acrilici)
Ex. He painted the picture in acrylics not in oils: dipinse il quadro in colori acrilici non oli.

Oil paint is a thick paint used by artists. It is made from coloured powder and linseed oil
Acrylic material is artificial and is manufactured by a chemical process.

Watercolour: acquarello
Drawing: disegno
Gouaches: tecnica del guazzo