Short wooden handle drawing knives

Drawing knives in different profiles, short wooden handle with metal blade, comes randomly from the variety in stock. You can write a preferred profile in the order notes and if it is in stock we will provide it to you. A painting knife, also called a spatula or painter's spatula, is used for various techniques, creating different textures and effects in oil and acrylic painting.

Painting knives for oil paints and acrylic paints

A drawing knife is an important tool for the painter. At first it was used for color mixing only, and only in the 19th century did it become a popular painting tool similar to a brush. For mixing colors the knife is preferable to the brush, since paint may remain on the brush that can soil the braces and painting. The knife is easy to mix colors, does a clean job and cleans easily.

The French painter Gustave Courbet was one of the first artists to start using a knife for the painting itself and not just for mixing. Courbet used a knife to lay down layers of paint in his landscape paintings, and many artists adopted the technique in his wake. Another innovation was mixing the paint with the knife directly on top of the painting. The knife allows placing a large amount of paint on the canvas, more than the brush allows. With the help of the knife you can design and sculpt fresh paint and create a three-dimensional texture. In addition, the knife can be used to remove unnecessary paint from the drawing surface, with the help of its thin side you can create thin and straight lines, with paint or engraving.

Artists known for using the knife as a means of coloring, especially under the influence of Courbet, are Camus Pissarro, Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall and Henri Matisse.

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