palette knives
Artists' mixing tools
Palette knives are flat, flexible blades with handles, used in painting and cooking.
Artists use them to mix colors on a palette or apply paint directly to canvas in thick, textured strokes.
In the kitchen, palette knives spread frosting, lift delicate items, or smooth surfaces.
The blade is typically dull and rounded at the tip.
- impastoHeavily applied pigment technique
- thick paintDense, textured pigment application
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- pushForce something away
- textureSurface tactile quality
buttery texture · sgraffito · oil paint · oil painting · acrylic · canvas · offset · scrape · flat edge · edge · spatula · smear · wet-on-wet · painting · Bob Ross · blend · knife · strokes
- art studioseasels, canvases, brushes, paint, oil paints
- paintingoil painting, watercolor, acrylic paint, oils, oil paints
- paint brusheswatercolor brushes, fine tip
blade function
palette kniveschef's knives
Professional kitchen cutting implements
carving knives · paring knives · utility knives · scalpels · razors