A palette knife is a special tool for drawing with oil or decorative plaster.
Palette knives are: diamond-shaped, trapezoidal, teardrop-shaped, with a pointed or rounded blade. The different shape of the blade helps to achieve a different effect.
How to choose a palette knife?
1. Choose high-quality tools for your work
The steel of the palette knife should spring and bend well when bending, but not be too soft. The wooden handle should be smooth and comfortable in shape for the hand. Stainless steel palette knives with a wooden handle are convenient for work and will last a long time with proper operation.
2. Choose a palette knife of the desired shape and size.
In sculptural painting, the shape and size of the petals and leaves depend on the size of the working area of the palette knife.
For training and getting started, there are enough palette knives with a working area of 2, 3, 5 and 6 cm. It is these palette knives that are included in the set of materials for online courses. When expanding the skills in the technique, you can experiment with other types of palette knives.
For example, long and narrow ones are needed to create aster petals, and small and rounded ones are needed to create round leaves. A large and wide palette knife will help, if necessary, to transfer the entire flower at once.
