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A '''painting knife''' is an artist's tool with a flexible [[steel]] blade used to apply paint to the canvas.
A '''painting knife''' is an artist's tool with a flexible [[steel]] blade used to apply and manipulate paint directly on the canvas. They are manufactured in a variety of styles and sizes. Blades can be long and thin, triangular, rectangular or diamond shaped. Handles are either straight or offset like a [[trowel]].<ref name="Mayer 1991">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/artistshandbooko0000maye|title=Mayer, Ralph. "The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques." London: Faber, 1991. p 546.}}</ref>


A painting knife differs from a [[palette knife]] which is used for mixing paint on a [[Palette (painting)|pallet]], sheet of glass or slab. Their slender and limber blades usually have either a tapered or rounded tip. Tangs are straight or angled to keep fingers from touching the paint.<ref name="Mayer 1991" />
It has a pointed tip, lowered or "cranked" like a [[trowel]], suited for painting on canvas.
The blade can be of different lengths and shapes : triangular, rectangular or more diamond like.
[[Image:Sample of painting knife usage.jpg|thumb|Mixing paints on the palette]]

A painting knife is different from a [[palette knife]] which has a straight wide blade and a rounded tip, better suited for mixing paints on the palette.
[[Image: Couteau à peindre.jpg|thumb|Painting knife]]
[[Image: Couteau à peindre.jpg|thumb|Painting knife]]
[[File:Still life with painting knife by Jules Grandgagnage.jpg|thumb|Still life with painting knife]]
[[File:Still life with painting knife by Jules Grandgagnage.jpg|thumb|Still life painted with painting knife]]

==Knife painters==
==Knife painters==
Famous knife painters are: [[Titian]], [[Bob Ross]], [[Frans Hals]], [[Rembrandt]], [[Fragonard]], [[Courbet]], [[Nicolas de Staël]], [[Marcelle Ferron]], and [[Jean-Paul Riopelle|Riopelle]].
Famous knife painters are: [[Titian]], [[John Constable]], [[Bill Alexander (painter)|Bill Alexander]], [[Bob Ross]], [[Frans Hals]], [[Rembrandt]], [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard|Fragonard]], [[Courbet]], [[Nicolas de Staël]], [[Marcelle Ferron]], and [[Jean-Paul Riopelle]].


== See also ==
== See also ==
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Painting knives

A painting knife is an artist's tool with a flexible steel blade used to apply and manipulate paint directly on the canvas. They are manufactured in a variety of styles and sizes. Blades can be long and thin, triangular, rectangular or diamond shaped. Handles are either straight or offset like a trowel.[1]

A painting knife differs from a palette knife which is used for mixing paint on a pallet, sheet of glass or slab. Their slender and limber blades usually have either a tapered or rounded tip. Tangs are straight or angled to keep fingers from touching the paint.[1]

Mixing paints on the palette
Painting knife
Still life painted with painting knife

Knife painters

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Famous knife painters are: Titian, John Constable, Bill Alexander, Bob Ross, Frans Hals, Rembrandt, Fragonard, Courbet, Nicolas de Staël, Marcelle Ferron, and Jean-Paul Riopelle.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Mayer, Ralph. "The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques." London: Faber, 1991. p 546".