Description

Metal Palette Painting Knife Set of 5 or 12 stainless steel palette knives with wooden handles. The set of 5 come in a hang sell package and the set of 12 come in two separate boxes. Also available a set of Derivan Plastic Painting Palette Knives.

A set of palette painting knives is used to mix paint, scrape palettes clean, and apply paint directly to canvas. Create thick impasto textures, crisp straight lines, and dynamic, unblended colour effects using the versatile metal blades. These feature angled handles and flexible spring steel.

Use a Metal Palette Painting Knife Set for:

• Mixing: Use the flat, trowel-like knives to scoop, fold, and mix thick paints or mediums on your palette.
• Impasto & Layering: Diamond and trowel-shaped blades load heavy paint to smear, drag, or build 3D raised surfaces on your canvas.
• Line Work & Details: Using the pointed diamond knives (trowels) on their edge creates sharp, crisp lines like blades of grass or tree branches.
• Scraping & Texture: Use the jagged or straight-edged knives for the sgraffito technique This involves scratching or carving into wet paint to reveal the layers beneath (creating effects like hair, fur, or waves).
• Palette Maintenance: Use the straight, stiff edges to efficiently scrape dried paint and muddy residues off your mixing palette.

A typical set comes with various shapes and sizes, each serving a distinct purpose in your artwork: