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The pictures added skill to the author's material (7)

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I believe the answer is:

artwork

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'the author's material' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'the pictures added skill' is the wordplay.
'the pictures' becomes 'art'.
'added skill' becomes 'work' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'art'+'work'='ARTWORK'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for artwork that I've seen before include "Illustrations and designs for printing" , "Illustrations in book" , "Illustrations prepared for a publication" , "Painting" , "Graphics" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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