Getting to grips with using impasto painting
Whether the artist wanted to paint expressive portraits, landscapes or abstract works, they’ve often found the texture of paint is a crucial part of the painting experience. Painters found that this effect could be utilised to show form and texture and, by the nineteenth century had developed it further into the technique now known as impasto. As the nineteenth century progressed, artists began to use this technique for it’s own sake, creating works using this method alone. (more…)