Impasto

This article is about the painting technique. For the pottery type, see Impasto (pottery).
Still Life: Vase with Pink Roses (1890) is an oil painting by Van Gogh which makes extensive use of the impasto technique.

Impasto is a technique used in painting, where paint is laid on an area of the surface thickly,[1] usually thick enough that the brush or painting-knife strokes are visible. Paint can also be mixed right on the canvas. When dry, impasto provides texture; the paint appears to be coming out of the canvas.

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