The palette in the name suggests that this particular tool is used by the artists to mix acrylic or oil paints on the palette.
A Palette knife is particularly used for mixing the paint and applying the paint to the surface. Applying thick paste onto the surface with a palette knife also gives texture to the surface.
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DIFFERENT PALETTE KNIFE TECHNIQUES
- Creating broken lines
- Dragging one colour onto the other
- Multi-coloured palette strokes
- Dragging paint loosely over the underpainting
- Fill a thick amount of paint onto the knife tip and dab onto the paint.
HOW TO PALETTE KNIFE PAINTING
- Choose the palette knife you want to work with. Have a keen knowledge of all the different palette knives that are available.
- Take your canvas board which is large enough
- Take your palette and put on your required colours and load your knife properly.
- Use those different techniques mentioned before to generate different paint effects.
- Always use a cloth or paper towel to clean the knife before changing colours.