Usually means: Applying paint over an existing layer.
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  1. overpainting: Merriam-Webster
  2. overpainting: Wiktionary
  3. Overpainting: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. Overpainting: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. overpainting: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

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  1. overpainting: Wordcraft Dictionary

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▸ noun:  Something painted over the top of something else.

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underpainting, inpainting, undercoating, undercolour, undercoater, basecoat, rough stuff, impression, precover, primer, more...

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underpainting, inpainting, undercoating, undercolour, undercoater, basecoat, rough stuff, impression, precover, primer, more...



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