Word Finder - canvases

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A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.

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A piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint.

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A basis for creative work.

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The author takes rural midwestern life as a canvas for a series of tightly woven character studies.

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A region on which graphics can be rendered.

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Sails in general.

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A tent.

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He spent the night under canvas.

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A painting, or a picture on canvas.

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A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; especially one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make.

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Alternative spelling of canvass.

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To cover an area or object with canvas.

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Alternative spelling of canvass.

Jackson surveyed the room; there were canvases everywhere.

Among his most important canvases must be reckoned "The Pilot Cutter" in 1866, "The Salmon Poachers" in 1869, "The Lifeboat" in 1876, "Highland Pastures" in 1878, "The Beached Margent of the Sea" in 1880, "The Newhaven Packet" (bought by the Birmingham Corporation), and "Catspaws off the Land" (bought by the Chantrey Fund trustees); in 1885, "Mount's Bay" (bought by the Manchester Corporation) in 1886, "Nearing the Needles" in 1888, "Machrihanish Bay, Cantyre," in 1892, "Hove-to for a Pilot" in 1893, and "Glen Orchy," a landscape, in 1895.

Brozik is known for his historical canvases, among them " John Hus before the Council of Constance," while others worth mention are the marine painter Knuepfer, the landscape painters Slavicek and Hudecek, and Preisler and Svabinsky as painters of portraits and allegorical subjects.

The war of 1870-7r found Boudin impecunious but great, for then there had well begun the series of freshly and vigorously conceived canvases and panels, which record the impressions of a precursor of the Impressionists in presence of the Channel waters, and of those autumn skies, or skies of summer, now radiant, now uncertain, which hung over the small ports and the rocky or chalk-cliff coasts, over the watering-places, Trouville, Dieppe, and over those larger harbours, with port and avant-port and bassin, of Dunkirk, of Havre.

His work is in constant dialog with the Russian avant-garde; his early paintings are visibly influenced by the supremacist canvases of Kasimir Malevich.

Their dazzling canvases provided a dramatic opening chapter to the revolutionary progress of 20th century avant-garde art.

This major exhibition offers the first opportunity to view John Constable's seminal six-foot exhibition canvases together.

Available mounted and framed, or glicee printed onto large chunky canvases which are best when grouped together.

It is a triptych piece consisting of two 16x20 inch canvases and one 16x16 inch canvas.

As the canvases were not representational, figurative works, there could be no comparison with other treatments of a " subject " .

Used on all our canvases, tension wedges keep the canvas taut over time.

Doing excellent things continually through all the 'seventies, when he was in late middle age - gaining scope in colour, having now so many notes - faithful no longer wholly to his amazing range of subtle greys, now blithe and silvery, now nobly deep - sending to the Salon great canvases, and to the few enlightened people who would buy them of him the toile or panel of most moderate size on which he best of all expressed himself - Boudin was yet not acceptable to the public or to the fashionable dealer.

As the canvases were not representational, figurative works, there could be no comparison with other treatments of a " subject ".

Our canvases are printed in UV resistant ink and varnished for further enhanced durability and look great on a wall !

Great interior design ideas come from clean canvases.

All you need to do is visit your local art supply or arts and crafts store and pick up a few paint colors, brushes and canvases.

Artist's canvases displayed on walls or easels will emphasize the imaginative theme.

As body art and modification continues to evolve, more and more women are discovering new ways to use their bodies as artful canvases.

The following inspirations work well on women opting for full canvases.

However, the less-expensive cotton fabric canvases have become more popular in recent years.

Oil paints are traditionally applied to linen canvases, but they are sometimes used on wooden panels, pressed word, cardboard, or linoleum for a more modern look.

Cotton fabric canvases are becoming increasingly popular as well.

Sophia's designs show a strong Asian influence, and many of her painted canvases have traditional Asian subject matter and motifs.

Sophia uses colors of moderate strength and favors the cool side of the spectrum with blues, purples, and greens for her Chinese- and Japanese-influenced canvases.

Most of Sophia's canvases are fairly small, typically 9.5" x 9.5", 10" x 8", or 7"x7".

You can purchase the canvases through online retail merchants.

Here are some online shops where you can buy Sophia Needlepoint canvases.

Painted canvases feature exceptional detail and harmonious and soothing colors.

Debbie, who has a degree in commercial art, started in needlepoint design with needlepoint canvases for customers at the shop where she worked.

After a successful showing at the store's "Christmas in July" event, Debbie began her own line of canvases.

Painted Pony Needlepoint Canvases are sold through both brick and mortar stores and online retail outlets.

It is may be hard to find 12 Days of Christmas needlepoint stocking canvases; however, there are ways to create canvases for this popular theme.

It is possible to find needlepoint canvases with a 12 Days of Christmas theme on the Internet; however, most of the canvases are not in the shape of a Christmas stocking.

A 12 Days of Christmas needlepoint stocking canvas may be hard to find, and large painted canvases are expensive.

One option is to use smaller needle point canvases and apply them to stockings made of other fabric.

One option is 4-inch round canvases that could be applied to a fabric stocking after you have completed the needlework.

Each of the twelve canvases represents one of the 12 days of Christmas.

The Needle Nook of La Jolla has needlepoint canvases for ornaments for some of the 12 days.

The web site Wooly Dreams Design provides an excellent tutorial on painting your own canvases.

Most needlepoint shops and many on-line sites offer custom design services for painted needle work canvases.

Despite few 12 Days of Christmas stocking-shaped needlepoint canvases, there are several options for creating these stockings.

If your budget is limited and you have the skill, you may want to paint your own canvases; the cost will be the materials and your time.

These camis make perfect canvases for whatever your heart desires.

The merchant princes and social leaders of the time are painted with elaborate show of luxury in the canvases of Copley.

Mucha has won a name abroad for decorative work and historical canvases.