What does "impasto" mean?

The use of a thick-bodied paint to create peaks and crests that physically extend from the surface of a painting.

What is a synonym for "impasto"?

Common synonyms include: bread dough, coloring, daubing, dough, finger painting, illumination.

noun, verb

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Noun

1
The use of a thick-bodied paint to create peaks and crests that physically extend from the surface of a painting. countable, uncountable
"He was thinking, ʽGot to get a subject where a man can weight the impasto in light. Paint thin against light. Got to remember that.ʼ"
2
painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible wordnet

Verb

1
To paint in thick-bodied paint; to paint in impasto style.
""She looked tall to me, and slim, with delicate Semitic features, and a full mouth that she impastoed with red lipstick to play against her […]""

"He was thinking, ʽGot to get a subject where a man can weight the impasto in light. Paint thin against light. Got to remember that.ʼ"

Borrowed from Italian impasto.