How many kinds of oil painting knives are there?

In painting tools, oil painting knife is also commonly used tools. The blades are mostly steel, but also plastic, generally without a sharp blade. Oil painting knives have many different shapes, as shown in Picture 11. The shape of the blade may be round, square, pointed, or even serrated. However, no matter how the knife type changes, its function can be divided into three types: color knife, painting knife and scraper. But in the process of use, each oil painting knife has multiple functions. (1) Palette knife. Used to adjust and oil paints on a palette or flat panel. Generally long body, round head, straight handle, moderate hardness and elasticity. The knife surface is smooth and smooth for wiping. The design of the round tip blade is an important feature. When mixing the paint, the paint can be quickly removed and the color can be scraped without damaging the base plate. (2) Drawing knife. Painting knife blade thin, delicate, elastic. A curved metal rod is connected between the blade face and handle. This special design prevents the fingers from touching the color of the picture while making the knife more flexible and free in control. The blade has a variety of shapes, including round, square, triangle, obtuse, etc., as well as different lengths and sizes. Painting with a paintbrush can achieve an effect that is difficult to achieve. The brush is often used perpendicular to or at an Angle to the canvas, whereas with a drawing knife the blade is almost parallel to the canvas. A drawing knife is a common tool of modern painters. (3) scraper. It is mainly used to clean up old pigments from the color palette. The blade is hard and shaped like a worker's shovel. But in practical application, large color palette knife, painting knife is often used to scrape color. Do not scrape dry colors on the palette, however, because the blade is thin and flexible. There is a plastic scraper with a straight handle to ensure that the palette, especially the paper palette, will not be damaged when used. (4) Auxiliary tools. Scalpel or paper knife: Used to repair the raised thread on the canvas, remove small particles or stains on the picture. Large scraper: mainly used for making large canvas base, used in modern painting techniques for large area coloring.