下笔的英文：
begin to write or paint

After he finished his exercise, he put down his pen.
他做完练习，就放下笔。

Brown, almond shaped, medium size, dark eyes preferred in all colors except reds; obliquely set in skull.
褐色,杏仁状,中等大小,黑眼睛的首选,在所有的颜色盖过除外;下笔定头盖骨.

Zhang's calligraphy is as unpredictable as his brushstrokes and character structures are unfathomable.
张旭的字如"游云千万朵"，变幻莫测，下笔结体，都不易捉摸。

Don't nibble at your picture if you want to be a painter.
如果你想成为一名画家，你就不要缩手缩脚地不敢下笔。

The announcer, with rich dramatic doom in his voice, spoke words that arrested her pen
广播员的洪亮清晰和富有感情的声音，使她不由得停下笔。

She put down her brush and turned with a smile to offer the visitor a seat.
"见他进来,宝钗才放下笔,转过身来,满面堆笑让:""周姐姐坐."

The banning of his play decided him to write about censorship.
他的戏剧被禁演，这促使他下定决心就审查制度的问题下笔。

It is beginning to dew.
在结露水了。

The scrambling begins.
混乱开始了。

The days are beginning to shorten.
白天开始变短了。

By writing you learn to write
从写作中学写作

legible writing
字迹清楚的书写

Start out to write/with the intention of writing a novel
动笔[想]写一部长篇小说.

This is a painting of figure.
这是一幅人体画。

To paint the lily
画蛇添足

They are laying green paint on the wall and white paint on the ceilling.
他们正在墙上涂绿漆，在天花板上涂白漆。