Impasto Introduction There was a time when painters didn't want to show brush marks. They applied paint in thin layers, even to the point, near the end, applying thin transparent subtle layers of color called glazes. Vincent Van Gogh applied paint in the opposite fashion. One of his self portraits shows him holding a palette in his left hand together with a handful of same size somewhat small brushes. As you loo...
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