I RECENTLY added two new videos about painting with palette knives to my Gumroad site (download for $9.95 each). I divided them to speed up download times. Here is a list of the 26 palette knives shown in the video (linked via my Amazon Associates links).
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- Ceramic loop used to scrape dried paint to prepare for a new layer of paint from the palette knife.
- Canvas scraper used to scrape paint from one area of the painting and to apply to another and also used to scratch into wet paint.
- Generic Plastic Paint Spatula used to add or subtract wet paint. It can be carved with a pocket knife to create a thinner blade.
- Canvas Scraper used to scrape dry paint or to scrape into wet paint. The point makes scratching lines a bit easier.
- Thin Square Tipped Palette Knife. It is used to create flat-ended strokes of color. Suitable for fence posts and telephone poles.
- Another Flat-Ended Palette Knife that has a subtle serration. It is useful for making calligraphic marks such as grass and weeds.
- Large Flat-Ended Palette Knife, for making larger square shapes.
- One of my favorite Pie-shaped Palette Knives by Holbein. It has excellent flex and practical shape that holds a lot of paint for its size.
- Another excellent Holbein Pie-shaped Palette knife with a slightly longer and narrower shape.
- A smaller pie-shaped palette knife that is excellent for smaller paintings.
- An even smaller pie-shaped palette knife that is also excellent for smaller paintings.
- A lozenge-shaped palette knife that is excellent for making thin strokes of color like branches and fence posts.
- A longer shaped palette knife that is good for laying down long lines of paint or making wider tree trunks and telephone poles.
- Another longer shaped palette knife that is slightly larger and good for laying down long lines of paint or making wider tree trunks and telephone poles.
- The largest Holbein pie-shaped palette knife. This is an excellent all-around knife that is preferred is you only have funds for one large knife.
- This is another great palette knife that has excellent flexibility and shape for blending.
- This is another great butter-knife palette knife that has slightly less flexibility but with an excellent shape for blending.
- This is another great butter-knife palette knife that has slightly less flexibility but with an excellent shape for blending.
- This is probably my most-used palette knife both in the studio and en plein air. It has a slightly stiff flex and a blunt end that makes it great for applying paint as well as blending — an excellent all-around knife.
- The ginkgo-leaf palette knife, another one of my must-have knives. This one is perfect for blending and has a broad end that can deliver a wide array of marks.
- Large pie-shaped palette knife that has a broad, less flexible blade. Perfect for applying lots of paint to a large canvas.
- A blunt-ended knife that is good for applying large amounts of paint as well as blending.
- A knife-shaped palette knife that is used by many reputable artists, although I rarely use it. It has multiple flat edges to make a variety of edges and shapes.
- Long-bladed palette knife. Another less flexible blade that is good for applying large blends with a loaded palette.
- A spade-shaped cement trowel that is great for blending and applying large amounts of paint. It has an inflexible blade.
- A flat-ended stiff palette knife (not pictured but mentioned n the video) that is perfect for getting paint out of paint cans. It can also be used for making large, square marks.
- Not pictured: 6″ drywall taping knife which is perfect for flattening texture as well as adding lines and texture.
- Ceramic loop used to scrape dried paint to prepare for a new layer of paint from the palette knife.
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Updated: 5th December 2024
