0 the way in which something, especially paint, is put on to a surface with a brush: --
He then renders the subject matter with a densely thick layering of various brushstrokes.
To create the desired effects, he uses brushstrokes for texture and varnish for sheen.
In many parts of the painting, brush-strokes are applied over dried and hardened earlier layers of paint.
The colors within the portrait itself and the background were subdued, painted with delicate brushstrokes.
His work is of forceful landscapes defined with positive brushstrokes.
A personal artistic vocabulary of short, brisk brushstrokes was developed and his palette gradually lightened to take on a diffuse radiance.
The brush strokes range from large to small and thin to thick; the thin and smaller brushstrokes help give depth to the piece.
He is inclined towards thick brushstrokes for strong, sudden effect.
