1. applying paint or pigment thickly to a surface, especially in painting, so that brushstrokes or palette-knife marks are visible
Usage: art/painting technique; present participle of 'impaste'

Examples

• The artist was impasting bold strokes of color across the canvas.
• By impasting the paint, she created a textured, three-dimensional effect.
• The technique of impasting allows viewers to see the artist's hand in every mark.
• He preferred impasting to glazing for its dramatic visual impact.
• The painting's surface showed evidence of vigorous impasting with a palette knife.