drybrush

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noun

A form of brushwork that involves stroking lightly with a minimally loaded brush to create a textured look.

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Meanings

noundrybrush (usually uncountable, plural drybrushes)

plural drybrushes

  1. uncountableusuallypaintingA form of brushwork that involves stroking lightly with a minimally loaded brush to create a textured look.

    Tube color diluted with acrylic medium lends itself especially well to drybrush painting.

    2012, Wendon Blake, Acrylic Watercolor Painting, →ISBN, page 125

    Synonyms: dry brushing

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA form of brushwork that involves stroking lightly with a minimally loaded brush to create a textured look.

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dry brushing
Also see
dry brushing

Origin

From dry + brush.

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Cite this entry
APA

drybrush. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drybrush

MLA

“drybrush.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drybrush. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drybrush,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drybrush.

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