Example sentences of "took up painting " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seem to have been a lot of people who took up painting for a while and then dropped it : often enough , like the young Roger Vadim , to become a cineaste or a designer in the lively world of small theatres ( which are also extensively documented in the Pavillon des Arts . ) |
| 2 | It is only three years since she took up painting dogs as a profession , but in that short time she has been kept constantly in work . |
| 3 | When his own son was old enough to go to school , Alexia took up painting , working her way away from representational landscapes into suggestive abstracts based on the British countryside . |
| 4 | However , while reading for the bar , his health broke down and , following a period of recuperation in Italy and without formal art training , he took up painting and an art patron , Sir Coutts Lindsay , provided him with a studio in London . |
| 5 | We took up painting after we found out . |