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A '''painting knife''' is an artist's tool |
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> |
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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" /> |
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It has a pointed tip, lowered or "cranked" like a [[trowel]], suited for painting on canvas. |
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The blade can be of different lengths and shapes : triangular, rectangular or more diamond like. |
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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. |
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[[Image:Sample of painting knife usage.jpg|thumb|Mixing paints on the palette]] |
[[Image:Sample of painting knife usage.jpg|thumb|Mixing paints on the palette]] |
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==Knife painters== |
==Knife painters== |
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Famous knife painters are: [[Titian]], [[John Constable]], [[Bill Alexander (painter)|Bill Alexander]], [[Frans Hals]], [[Rembrandt]], [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard|Fragonard]], [[Courbet]], [[Nicolas de Staël]], [[Marcelle Ferron]], and [[Jean-Paul 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]]. |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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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]
Knife painters
[edit]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.