To sign 'paint', hold your non-dominant hand flat in front of you with the palm facing your dominant side, representing a canvas or wall. Take your dominant hand, also flat with fingers together, and brush the fingertips up and down against the palm of your non-dominant hand. The motion should resemble a paintbrush applying paint to a surface.
Sign 'I', 'want', 'paint', 'my', 'room'. Use the smooth up-and-down brushing motion for 'paint' to clearly show the action of painting a wall.
Point to the person for 'she', sign 'love', then 'paint'. The steady brushing motion conveys the artistic activity perfectly.
Sign 'we', 'need', 'more', 'blue', then 'paint'. This sign works seamlessly for both the action of painting and the physical noun 'paint' itself.
Sign 'I', 'want', 'paint', 'my', 'room'. Use the smooth up-and-down brushing motion for 'paint' to clearly show the action of painting a wall.
Point to the person for 'she', sign 'love', then 'paint'. The steady brushing motion conveys the artistic activity perfectly.
Sign 'we', 'need', 'more', 'blue', then 'paint'. This sign works seamlessly for both the action of painting and the physical noun 'paint' itself.
To sign 'painter', you first sign 'paint' and then add the 'person' ending (moving both flat hands downward parallel to each other). This shows it is a person who paints.
Yes! You can use this exact same sign whether you are talking about the physical bucket of paint (the noun) or the action of painting a wall or canvas (the verb).
Absolutely. If you are painting a large wall, you can make the up-and-down strokes larger. If you are doing delicate watercolor painting, you might use smaller, more precise strokes.
