I find that using a palette knife is a quick effective way of getting texture and interesting areas in a painting. Yet, I still prefer expressive brush strokes. I guess a part of me thinks there is a "fudge" factor or short cut involved using this type of tool. Part of me can't help thinking that many people who paint only with palette knives are covering up some technical shortcoming of some sort or are on par with some of those factory artists that were advertised years ago on TV as "fine art liquidation sales" at a hotel near you. Their work was always done with a palette knife. I'm bad. I know. My words may haunt me. I wanted to try it anyways. So here it is. I can personally see using a palette knife on occasion though.
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