bold brushwork
Assertive painting technique
Bold brushwork describes a painting technique where individual brush strokes remain visible and expressive rather than blended smooth.
The strokes are typically large, confident, and energetic, conveying spontaneity and the artist's physical gesture.
Associated with Impressionism and Expressionism, bold brushwork prioritizes texture and movement over refined detail: Van Gogh's bold brushwork gives the sky a turbulent energy.
- ImpressionismArt movement emphasizing light
- impastoHeavily applied pigment technique
- thick paintDense, textured pigment application
- wet on wetPainting into fresh paint
- textureSurface tactile quality
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