Applying thick areas of paint on a canvas like this is known as ... Claude Monet used the impasto technique to describe the texture and light of his subjects. In his series of paintings of Rouen ...

Rather than accurately copying the appearance of their subject, many artists use texture ... oil on canvas (Peter Horree / Alamy Stock Photo) Applying thick areas of paint on a canvas like this ...

The paint has depth and texture, and artists will often use thick exaggerated layers, in a technique called impasto ... piece without having to waste a canvas. All that’s missing is a virtual ...