Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other
medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium
is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such
as knives, sponges, and airbrushes, can be used.
In art, the term "painting" describes both the act and the result of the
action (the final work is called "a painting"). The support for
paintings includes such surfaces as walls, paper, canvas, wood, glass,
lacquer, pottery, leaf, copper and concrete, and the painting may
incorporate multiple other materials, including sand, clay, paper,
plaster, gold leaf, and even whole objects.
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