paint onto

paint (something) onto (something)

To use paint to create a particular, picture, pattern, or design on something or some surface. Can you paint a big dinosaur onto Timmy's wall? He loves dinosaurs. I'm going to paint a cool fire design onto the side of my car.
See also: paint
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

paint something onto something

 and paint something on
to apply a design or picture to something, using paint. Joel painted the portrait onto a large sheet of plywood. He painted on some leaves and flowers too.
See also: paint
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • paint (something) onto (something)
  • paint on
  • paint out
  • paint over
  • paint in
  • watch
  • plaster (something) onto (something)
  • plaster onto
  • brush against
  • brush against (someone or something)
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Students can roll ink or paint onto the gel plates, remove portions of the ink, then press with paper to create a monotype print.
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I stood abruptly and began rifling through Francis's paints and brushes, and picked up an old palette board and squirted globules of paint onto it.
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