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Impasto

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible wordnet
Verb
  1. 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 […]""

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian impasto.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian impasto.

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