Painting Techniques

 Impasto is a painting technique where parts of the painting are layered with thick paint. This gives it some texture and makes it stand out. An example of an impasto painting is Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh-

Layering in watercolours is where the painter slowly builds up the watercolour in their artwork until they are happy with it. They add another layer once the previous layer has dried. Another name for this technique is called glazing. This is an artwork that uses layering in watercolour by Claude Monet -

Sgraffito is Italian for scratched and this painting technique involves adding paint to a base then scratching parts of it out in patterns so that parts of the colour underneath it becomes visible. This artwork titled Series Part 1 by Faith Dance Art is an example of the sgraffito technique being used-

Stitching into artworks (also known as embroidery) is a technique of painting that doesn't use paints but still gives the same outcome similar to that of a painting. As the name suggests, stitches are snitched into a canvas to create lines that look like paintbrush strokes. This is repeated until an image is made. Sophia Narrett is an artist that uses stitching into artworks and this is an example of an artwork she's made-

Monoprinting is a form of printing making in which the artwork can only be created once and cannot be copied, unlike other original artworks. For this technique, an impression is printed and allows for other media to also be used. Rosemary Mortimer created an artwork called Paper On Paper: A Dialogue (Blue Version)-