Palette Knife PaintingUsing a palette knife to paint with is an exciting experience when you first try it. Especially with oil paints because they have the soft, creamy texture and can be easily manipulated without trickling or running. When you try the palette knife to paint with you will be spreading the paint around on the canvas where you want it. You can use the edge of the knife to make straight line of paint and then pull the paint out away from the edge. (See graphic below for example)
There are several ways to use the palette knife.
Another way you can paint with the palette knife is you can scrape the paint around on your canvas. The palette knife comes in various sizes and shapes, here is a picture of some different types... 
Another thing you can do with the palette knife is mix your paints. I regularly use a palette knife to do this job. Another interesting thing about the knife is it leaves a smooth stroke of color which can reflect quiet alot of light.See example below... 
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With the picture at left, the paint is pulled away from the yellow block in the painting to show one way to use the palette knife.
