Drawing and Portrait

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Drawing noun - A picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene.

Usage example: with an economy of lines, he created a vivid drawing of the tree

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Portrait is a synonym for drawing in picture topic. In some cases you can use "Portrait" instead a noun "Drawing".

Nearby Words: draw, drawn

Portrait noun - A vivid representation in words of someone or something.

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Drawing is a synonym for portrait in sketch topic. You can use "Drawing" instead a noun "Portrait", if it concerns topics such as painting.

Nearby Words: portraiture, portraitist

human	human drawing	human portrait
old	old drawing	old portrait
good	good drawing	good portrait
detailed	detailed drawing	detailed portrait
Other adjectives: accurate, single, simple, small, actual, ugly, beautiful, animated, new, last, different, realistic, creepy, framed, unflattering.

Double subverted later, as Kyle's mom does recognize his portrait, but then comments that the drawing "isn't very good".

Source: Fourth Wall Portrait
Terrible Artist: Porphy is bad at drawing, as evidenced by his drawings of Apollo and Mina, the latter of which is used as a portrait in a missing persons notice in episode 24.

Source: Anime / Porphy no Nagai Tabi
And yet another time, Ranma, Akane, and Ukyo try to pacify a rampaging (and ugly as sin) divine horse by drawing a flattering portrait of it .

Source: Playing Pictionary

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