- present participle of paint.
painting
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They were a painting titled "Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano" and a depiction of a woman at a well called "Young Woman at the Well".
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Makenzy Beard discovered her talent for painting during the Covid lockdown after she decided to try out her mother's old paint brushes in the garden shed.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
“There’s no way to just keep painting over this and hiding the problem,” Sawitskas says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Many of the Mull fans interviewed are still with us—Steve Martin, for instance, a solidly kindred spirit and a major supporter of Mull’s painting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
“Then I have to start painting for real.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The paintings were hidden behind a solid cinder-block wall and concealed so well that they were discovered only during a second search.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
The two paintings were "in relatively good condition", although "the two works showed signs of damage," Bessone said, speaking alongside the head of France's national judicial police, Christian Sainte.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
"The paintings were hidden behind a solid cinderblock wall. They were completely undetectable," Bessone said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
The local mayor praised authorities for recovering the paintings and said the news gave immense joy and profound relief.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
The people and things in Leonardo’s paintings have no edges, because Leonardo doesn’t outline anything.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
