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How to Paint with a Palette Knife
by Marion Boddy-Evans 01 of 06 CHOOSING A KNIFE Shanna Baker/Photographer's Choice RF/Getty Images Painting with a knife is a bit like putting butter or jam on bread and it produces quite a different result to a brush. Painting knives are excellent for producing a range of effects, from textured impasto work to sweeping areas of flat color, even tiny shapes of color. A painting knife and a palette knife are very similar and many people use the terms interchangeably. However, there is a difference between the two knives. WHAT IS A PALETTE KNIFE? Strictly speaking, a palette knife is a long, straight blade...