Also means
spatula
Usage Note
Spachtel is the flat blade used to apply or scrape paint, giving the impasto technique Spachteltechnik. It can be masculine or feminine; der Spachtel is common in art.
Examples
"Die Farbe trug er dick mit dem Spachtel auf."
Natural Translation
He applied the paint thickly with the palette knife.
Literal Translation
The paint carried he thickly with the palette-knife on.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
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