Painting Knife

A painting knife is usually made from metal with a wooden handle. It has a large crank or a bend in the handle which helps to keep your knuckles out of the wet paint you have just applied. Painting knives come in various shapes- pear, diamond, trowel- and are used for painting instead of a brush.

Painting with a knife produces quite a different result to a brush. They are excellent for producing textured impasto work and sweeping areas of colour.

Of course, you can use a painting knife for mixing paint on your palette. It can be used with any paint that has got a relatively stiff consistency. If using acrylics you can add texture paste to thicken paint, such as our Golden Moulding Paste or Raphael Structure Gel.

Choose a shape and size from the images and drop down option on the left.