finger painting

noun

Definition of finger paintingnext
as in drawing

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Recent Examples of finger painting Sugar Club, the resort's kids' club, offers robust daily programming with activities like slime making, finger painting, treasure hunts, and coconut bowling. — Nneka M. Okona, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026 The artist combines finger painting and collaging on the surface of his canvases to evoke vivid colors, bold compositions, patterns and textures. — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026 Examples include finger painting, identifying toys in a sandbox, or playing with musical blocks. — Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2025 For toddlers and preschoolers, focus on tactile or sensory exploration activities like finger painting with mud, stamping with leaves, or drawing in the dirt with sticks. — Dr. Pooja Sarin Tandon, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for finger painting
Recent Examples of Synonyms for finger painting
  1. drawing
  2. portrait
  3. watercolor
  4. sketch
  5. silhouette
  6. representation
  7. etching
Noun
  • In another conversation, Marcee Gray brought up an online drawing showing Colt alongside the Columbine shooters and Parkland gunman Nikolas Cruz in the style of a Weezer album cover.
    — Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The Nazca Lines, ​enormous drawings and ⁠geometric figures etched into desert plains in the south of the country, are one of Peru’s main tourist destinations, attracting approximately ​100,000 annual visitors.
    — Joe Kottke, NBC news, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of drawing
Noun
  • The heartwarming family portrait captures a moment of togetherness before an important new chapter for the eldest, who is set to begin boarding school at Eton College this fall.
    — Mathilde Engelmann, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026
  • His new cinematic experience, for example, turns romantic ideas of the summer on their head to paint a contemporary portrait of longing for connection steeped in resignation.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
Definition of portrait
Noun
  • An initial grisaille watercolor features a gentleman fly-fisher—Homer’s ideal client—about to scoop a trout into his net.
    — Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 31 July 2026
  • There are also plenty of games and activities for sale in the hotel store, including watercolor kits, colorful punch balloons, activity books, knitting kits, pick-up sticks, puzzles, toys, and more.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026
Definition of watercolor
Noun
  • The garment’s design was based on old sketches and thumbnail images from a documentary.
    — Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Now, each artist has to read a prompt, sketch it, and surrender the sketch to Kaylin, who has 10 seconds to describe it to the performer, via what seems like a terrible, hard-to-hear phone connection.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 July 2026
Definition of sketch
Noun
  • During that time, daylight will fade, temperatures may fall, bright planets and stars will appear, and the corona will stretch around the black silhouette of the moon.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • In 2026, the preppy shoe got a refresh—the silhouette comes in pretty suede hues, or with sleek buckles and studs, and maximalists can even grab the flats in fun animal prints like snake and leopard.
    — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of silhouette
Noun
  • At a Black Girls Code summer day camp in Atlanta last month, roughly 50 girls built their own video games from scratch — part of a national push by the nonprofit to close a wide representation gap for Black women in the tech and gaming industries.
    — Carson Bonner, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Real-time indices, meanwhile, may suffer from inadequate representation across CPI categories.
    — David Zhang, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of representation
Noun
  • For deeper etching, a polishing compound and pad may restore the finish.
    — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 25 July 2026
  • Certain photos of those rehearsal dinner attendees showed guests clutching black velvet boxes with an etching of two Ts and a heart.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026
Definition of etching

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