Impasto - OR Texture on Paintings

Hello Everyone:

Okay, yes, I am a real Geek.  I read and research everything.  I am having a blast this summer reading Art History and color therapy.  I am learning so many things that I have to pass on some of this knowledge to others.  For instance, I learned a new word it is Impasto.  

It means according to Wikipedia: Impasto is a technique used in painting, 

where paint is laid on an area of the surface very thickly, 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.


Okay, they had me at texture.  I Googled the Impasto process and found videos on it including how to make homemade texture paste as impasto means paste.  Well, I shopped my stash and found most of the ingredients.  I made a video to chronicle the process and stills of the result.  My challenge was could I use it with watercolor.

According Caftsy (2016), The impasto technique is mostly used with thicker, opaque paints like oils, acrylics, gouache and tempera. While impasto is technically possible with some watercolors, it is rarely seen in that medium. Let’s take a look at some examples of impasto at work.  I smell a challenge here!

Do you see the texture through brush work-texture?

The texture here stands off the page-- up, literally


Of course, I got started with these ingredients found in my stash... I used a combination of cornstarch, flour, elmer's glue, a little H20 (water), and white craft paint.

These are ingredients I found at home

This painting is a watercolor and added yellow watercolor to the white texture (impasto medium-home made) then I applied with a knife (could not find my palette knife) to the sun only and waited a couple of hours for it to dry.  I hesitated to use the heat gun...didn't want the flour to and cornstarch to bake.

See the video for the process and the results.



References:

1. Impasto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impasto

2.  http://www.craftsy.com/blog/2013/06/impasto-painting/

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=Impasto