Impasto is a popular painting technique usually employed with oil and acrylic paint. Artists use thick brushstrokes to imitate texture or create three-dimensional, almost sculptural effects in ...

In Noon (The Siesta, After Millet) (1890) he used thick application of oil paint in an expressive ... Claude Monet used the impasto technique to describe the texture and light of his subjects.

Impasto is a technique of layering paint such as oil or acrylic in thick, textured brush strokes. To enhance the effect, some artists mix sand, sawdust, and other materials into paint to thicken ...

Claude Monet used the impasto technique to describe ... Rouen Cathedral, Claude Monet, 1892, oil on canvas (Peter van Evert / Alamy Stock Photo) In the painting on the left (1893) paint is ...