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Answer for the clue "Spot aim that's developed in painting technique ", 7 letters:
impasto

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n. In painting, the use of a thick-bodied paint to create sizable peaks and crests in an image.

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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, ...

Usage examples of impasto.

The seething color field in which the street was painted, the impasto from which his features had been carved, and of course that detail Ted had been so proud to point out to Harry in the gallery: the foot, the heel, the snake writhing as it was trodden lifeless.

Behind it, Johnnie Bulb appeared, a shadow, a monochrome, a flat and coloured impasto, and finally the vivid man, standing beside the furnace.

No impasto here: "long" paint, everything put there more than real could ever be.

Above them, the sky was deepening, color impastoed onto the undersides of clouds as the sun swung lower in the sky.