brushmark

British

/ ˈbrʌʃˌmɑːk /

noun

the indented lines sometimes left by the bristles of a brush on a painted surface

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With the addition of bits of newspaper, the surface has a rich texture in which each individual brushmark can be clearly identified.

From Economist

The images are keyed to the scale of the single brushmark and yet seem immeasurably far away, out in deep space.

From Time Magazine Archive

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