Painting is the present participle of the verb paint.
Painting. but paint is a present tense. To paint. It's the present. Painting is the verb. Painted is the past tense
What painting?
painting
Pointillism (dot painting) is another method of painting. It is a style popular (famous?) with some past and present artists.
The word painting can be a noun as in a piece of art. It can also be a verb where it is the present participle of paint.
They present an unparalleled convergence of cultures.
Picasso was present at an exhibition of his pictures. A man approached him, pointed at a painting and said : "What on earth is this painting about?" Picasso answered: "About 300,000 francs, my friend".
Painting is a gerund, a verb acting as a noun.
M. Seuphor has written: 'Abstract painting from Kandinsky to the present'
Looff's carvings are in the public domain, but if the painting was made later (between 1923 and the present), it would have its own copyright.
Yes, the present participle of a verb (the -ing form) functions as a noun called a gerund. Examples: Dancing is my favorite form of exercise. (subject of the sentence) I paid a lot of money for the painting. (object of the preposition) The present participle of a verb also functions as an adjective (dancing shoes, painting contractor).
Peignant as a present participle and peinture as a noun are French equivalents of the English word "painting." The respective pronunciations will be "peh-nyaw" and "peh-tyoor" in French.