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Mabdel
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Dear collegues.
Hope you �re doing well. I need your help again.Am little bit confused.
Do we say :
" To paint paintings or drawings which noun goes with paint "
Dance in or at the party.
Shop in at the supermarket.
Thanks a lot in advance. I do really appreciate your help. |
6 Sep 2010
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Lina Ladybird
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Hi, dear Mabdel! :))
I �m giving you my opinion, but I �m sure our natives will have some other suggestions, too. ;)
You paint a picture.
You dance at a party.
You do your shopping at the supermarket.
Best wishes - Silke
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6 Sep 2010
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5puravida5
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Hi Mabdel,
I �m one of the "natives" that Lina referred to and I agree with her. But a person could also "paint" a drawing. Usually, a drawing is made by pencil or charcoal. But one could then "paint" the drawing. Likewise one could "draw" a painting. Frequently, art students are asked to go to the museum and "draw" or "sketch" well known paintings. I hope this doesn �t confuse the issue. :)
Cheryl
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6 Sep 2010
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yanogator
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Silke �s answers are excellent. I �ll add that you can "make" a painting or a drawing.
Bruce |
6 Sep 2010
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SueThom
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Paintings usually refer to pictures that are made with oils, pigments, etc. You can also paint with watercolors. They �re different than drawings, which are usually created with pencil, chalk, ink, etc. I don �t know why this is, it just is. I �m sure some of my artist friends could explain this better.
You can "paint a painting" and you �ll find a few examples of that in a corpus, but the repetition sounds a little awkward. Usually when I hear someone talk about painting something, they �re more specific, e.g. paint a portrait, paint a landscape.
If you tell me you are drawing a painting, it sounds to me like you �re making a drawing (maybe with a pencil) of a painting--you �re copying a work already produced in another medium.
Hope this isn �t too picky or confusing.
Sue
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6 Sep 2010
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