Want to be sure I understand the nuance of 払{はら}う

Question

払{はら}う has a number of meanings, but to summarize, it means to chase away or brush off. I often see it used in combinations like 追{お}い[払]{はら}う, "to chase off", or "to drive away".

I recently came across the term はらって描{か}きます in a book about drawing. The whole sentence I saw it in can be read here.

I assume this はらう is 払う and not 祓う, "to exorcise, to purify". But what exactly does it mean? I'm pretty sure it isn't "to chase away and draw".

I think it might mean "to draw out", in the sense of "to flesh out" - to fill the drawing out by progressively adding detail and adjusting lines to achieve a finished picture.

But I'm not totally confident in that because the dictionary doesn't include any definitions that support a "to fill out" or "to flesh out" definition.

So to confirm whether my guess is right or not, I'd simply like to ask, what exactly does はらって描{か}きます mean?

Answer 1

In your original question:

…などに注意{ちゅうい}をはらって描{か}きます。

I'm pretty sure it was referring to ～に注意を[払]{はら}う "pay attention to" rather than 払って[描]{か}きます.

I think I could try to write more about 払{はら}う, but that the Yahoo JE dictionary probably already does a better job of explaining than I would be able to.