painting和drawing的区别主要在于含义及用法上。painting可作名词和动词，含义为“绘画”、“作画”、“刷油漆”、“用颜料画”、“把…描绘成”；drawing可作名词和动词，含义为“描画”、“使感兴趣”、“素描画”、“制图”。

一、painting意思及用法

painting主要用作名词和动词，译为绘画;油画;作画;涂漆;刷油漆；在…上刷油漆;用颜料画;把…描绘成。

例句：Her hobbies include music and painting.

她的爱好包括音乐和绘画。

She plans to show her paintings early next year.

她计划明年初展出自己的绘画作品。

I made painting the house my project for the summer.

把房子粉刷了一遍，这就是我的夏季工程。

A small amount of this paint goes a long way.

这种涂料用一点就可涂一大片。

These paintings will form the nucleus of a new collection.

这些画将构成新的收藏系列的基础。

His paintings had a strong influence on me as a student.

我当学生时，他的画对我产生过强烈的影响。

Death is often shown in paintings as a human skeleton.

在绘画作品中死神常以骷髅形式出现。

The artist combines different techniques in the same painting.

这位艺术家在同一幅画中把不同的画法结合在一起。

二、drawing的意思及用法

drawing可作名词和动词，译为绘画;画，描绘，描画;拖(动);拉(动);素描画;绘画(艺术);制图(技巧)。

例句：He did/made a drawing of the old farmhouse.

他画了一幅古老农舍的素描。

I'm not very good at drawing.

我不擅长绘画。

She did a drawing of me.

她给我画了张像。

It's just one of several projects on the drawing board.

这只是正在筹划的几个项目中的一个。

They had to draw lots to decide who would go.

他们只得抽签决定谁去。

It is possible to draw a parallel between their experience and ours.

在他们的经历和我们的经历之间找到相似点是可能的。

What conclusions did you draw from the report?

你从这个报告中得出了什么结论？