"When reason has a force that predominates, each line and each brushstroke is calculated," he says. From Wordnik.com. [A Million Meanings: The Art Of Raul Lopez Garcia] Reference
Some of that may be rather "brushstroke" in interpretive value, as we are all individuals. From Wordnik.com. [Patient Anonymous: Just Another Head Case] Reference
Ditto pan fried trout, but Tim wasn't so keen on the "brushstroke" of squid ink and surprise chicken skin "crisp" which accompanied it. From Wordnik.com. [Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Is it a canvas awaiting a brushstroke, a plinth awaiting a statue?. From Wordnik.com. [Dog days of autumn] Reference
Click to zoom in on the brushstroke-like purple blush on the ones above. From Wordnik.com. [Steamed Artichokes with Lime Butter, Nectarines and Shallots] Reference
He would often accomplish this with one accurately placed deft brushstroke. From Wordnik.com. [Subsurface Scattering II] Reference
Damned if she'd paint with Ulysses describing her every brushstroke out loud. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
Time is the great brushstroke the jutting brush hairs details of the illusion. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-09-01] Reference
It was just one more small brushstroke on what Bosch felt was an emerging picture. From Wordnik.com. [The Closers]
"Socialist" is a thin unproven brushstroke applicable at best only to Barrack Obama. From Wordnik.com. [The Advent of President Obama: And they were Astonished with Great Astonishment] Reference
Why would you paint a whole group with one fell brushstroke into one thing Wilson did?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » DOJ official reportedly clears torture architects John Yoo and Jay Bybee.] Reference
For centuries, these jagged hills provided inspiration for Chinese brushstroke paintings. From Wordnik.com. [Gateway to Classic Peaks] Reference
Frank Auerbach could not possibly have been bored when each brushstroke mattered so much. From Wordnik.com. [James Elkins: Are Artists Bored by Their Work?] Reference
Never before or since, have I felt as inspired, my heart and soul went into every brushstroke. From Wordnik.com. [The art of Javier Zaragoza, Lake Chapala artist] Reference
The taint of foreignness and terrorism continues to brushstroke American Muslim as "the other.". From Wordnik.com. [John L. Esposito: GOP Candidates' Viral Fear Mongering] Reference
If you look at Menzel's paintings, you can find his drawing-skills in every single brushstroke. From Wordnik.com. [Menzel: Beyond Appearances] Reference
Expressions: un coup de pinceau = brushstroke s'emmêler les pinceaux = to mix up/confuse things. From Wordnik.com. [French Word-A-Day:] Reference
The slightest wrong color note or eyecatching brushstroke would jump out and shatter the effect. From Wordnik.com. [James Perry Wilson’s Dioramas, Part 1] Reference
With some of my patrons, every brushstroke is like lifting immense rocks, or tunneling a coal mine. From Wordnik.com. [Captives Of The Night]
His leaf is a double swirl of louche colour, a wild brushstroke enclosed in a battered wooden frame. From Wordnik.com. [Howard Hodgkin - the last English romantic painter] Reference
Meanwhile silver medallist Emma Green matches Vlasic's beauty-counter face, brushstroke for brushstroke. From Wordnik.com. [How female high-jumpers raised the fashion bar] Reference
And she comments on every brushstroke, explaining what she would do if she were the one painting the picture. From Wordnik.com. [Slightly Married]
If my eyes are closed, I can see the simplicity of your shadow, just one small, brushstroke beneath my breath. From Wordnik.com. [breakthedark Diary Entry] Reference
This single wide brushstroke, doubled up on itself in a bulbous curve, produces the tapering form of a laurel leaf. From Wordnik.com. [Howard Hodgkin - the last English romantic painter] Reference
A spontaneous brushstroke or a single line placed in just the right spot might turn out to be an artist's greatest work. From Wordnik.com. [Stand Up for Flyfishing... Win a Trip.] Reference
He did them all with a confidence in drawing and a deftness of brushstroke not seen again until Manet in the late 19th century. From Wordnik.com. [Talent Pool] Reference
The doors whispered open and a purple arrow glowed to life in the matte-blue carpet of the elevator lobby, fine as a brushstroke. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
Even though Mr. Boser has produced a captivating portrait of the world's biggest unsolved art theft, that's a brushstroke too far. From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing Point] Reference
The brushstroke landscape and caJ-jjpgraphy she earlier put on his walls had over the years been ween until they were all but invisible. From Wordnik.com. [The Boat of a Million Years]
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