You may have seen the word"Impasto" on acrylic medium products, but impasto is not a material, even though some brands call it that. The word "impasto" is derived from the Italian word for dough or paste. Historically, impasto work was done with oil paints, but now it can be done with high viscosity acrylics and/or acrylic mediums, such as the one I'm using here. Impasto is all about using the thickness of the paint to create texture, and depth in the work. This allows the artist to bring anothe