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Italian vocabulary lesson: Learn about [media] /(Drawing and painting) with 16 words and 4 verbs with English translation.

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  • Charcoal = il carboncino.
  • Crayon = il pastello; il gessetto.
  • Drawing = il disegno.
  • Easel = il cavalletto.

  • Landscape = il paesaggio.
  • Oil painting = la pittura a olio.
  • Paintbrush = il pennello.
  • Painting, picture = il quadro, il dipinto.

  • Paints = i colori.
  • Pastels = i pastelli.
  • Picture frame = la cornice.
  • Portrait = il ritratto.

  • Sketch = lo schizzo; il bozzetto.
  • Still life = la natura morta.
  • Varnish = la vernice.
  • Watercolour = l’acquarello.

Verbs:

  • To design; to draw = disegnare.
  • To engrave = cesellare.
  • To paint = dipingere.
  • To sketch = abbozzare.