- Painting Tools:
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- Painting Knives (shapes &
sizes)
- There are many shapes of
painting knives as you can see here on the left. All of them
will give similar and yet different results due to blade length
and knife shape. In my work, I like to use the two knives seen
third and fourth from the right. Below is a closeup of my two
favorite knives.
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- My Favorite Painting Knives
- The two knives shown at the
left are my favorite sizes and shapes. These are the only two
knives used in this exercise. I
use the larger, tear-shaped knife for about 80% of the painting
and the smaller diamond shaped knife for smaller areas and detail
work.
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- Other Tools & Equipment:
- One of the great things about knife painting
is that you do not need to use any noxious thinners or mediums.
You usually use the paint in its thickest viscosity. The only
time I add oil to the paint is if one color is greatly thicker
than the others. You will need a palette to mix your paint on,
some paper towels or a cloth to wipe the knives clean, a small
bottle of artist's linseed oil, a stretched canvas at what ever
size you select (the original of this painting, which is from
my book "Knife Painting" in the Artist's Library Series
published by Walter Foster, is small and measures 11" x
14" but of course you can paint it larger if you wish) We
have painted this one as large as 18" x 24" in workshops..
- Palette of Colors Needed:
- The palette of colors for this exercise is
actually quite a small one. The colors are Ultramarine Blue,
Pthalo Green, Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Yellow
Light, Yellow ocher, Burnt Umber and Titanium White.
- ©1995 William F. Powell
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