Playing is an important part of the creative process. Letting the mind have its head indirectly leads to many new possibilities. Usually the results aren't very aesthetically pleasing, but they seem to have a lot of emotional turbulence.

I often let my mind play with the pallet knife. The end product tends to be is messy and unrefined and very suitable for someone who doesn't know where he is going. I just shovel up globs of paint, and mash it onto the canvas. Neither the process, nor the end product, is particularly elegant. The texture is rough, while colours are often blotchy.

Although the pallet knife is not a great tool for either the elegant artist nor commercial artist, I think it is great for imparting extra emotion in work. Whereas a brush needs a degree of control and restraint to create subtle lines, the pallet knife allows the artist the freedom to physically press the paint hard into the canvas, and then mash it around with the full strength of their shoulder in order to produce a kind of emotional storm.

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