The Palette Knife — A 12-Week Course by Monique Paré

A Masterclass by Monique Paré

The Palette
Knife

A 12-Week Course

Everything you need to master the palette knife — from your first mark to a finished canvas. Structured technique, colour theory, and the wisdom of five master artists, distilled into a 209-page self-guided course you'll return to again and again.

Course Bundle

$297

209-page guide · PowerPoint slide deck included

What's Included

Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.

This isn't a collection of tips. It's a complete, structured course — the same depth and progression you'd get in a formal atelier, entirely on your own schedule.

209-Page Course Guide

Twelve fully developed weeks of instruction. Technique breakdowns, colour theory, composition, and artist studies — all in one beautifully laid-out book.

PowerPoint Slide Deck

A complete visual companion — reference slides for every technique, colour exercise, and artist study. Use it on screen or print it.

5 Master Artist Studies

Van Gogh, Afremov, Lucian Freud, Laura Robb, and de Kooning — each chosen to answer a specific painterly question the knife raises.

The Curriculum

12 Weeks. Three threads.
One complete practice.

Each week is built from a Theme that frames the big idea, a Technique that makes it painterly, and an Artist who has already answered the question in their own work.

Weeks 1–3 · Foundations
WeekThemeTechniqueArtist Study
01Meeting the KnifeLoading & Mark-Making
02Value & the KnifeScrape-Back & Value Layering
03Color TheoryPartial Mixing & Juxtaposition
Weeks 4–7 · Voice & Expression
04Composition & Bold MarksDirectional Strokes & Broken ColorVan Gogh (I)
05Mark as ExpressionStroke Energy & Impasto BuildingVan Gogh (II)
06Broken Color & AtmosphereRhythm, Repetition & Layered StrokesAfremov (I)
07Light Through ColorColor Key & Temperature ContrastAfremov (II)
Weeks 8–12 · Depth & Mixed Media
08Paint as FormImpasto Modeling & Texture MappingLucian Freud (I)
09Surface & PresenceDense Layering & Physical ConvictionLucian Freud (II)
10Subtlety & Edge ControlSoft Edges, Depth & Selective Brush UseLaura Robb
11Mixed Media — Acrylic FirstKnife Underpainting in Acrylicde Kooning (I)
12Mixed Media — Oil on TopOil Glazing Over Knife Impastode Kooning (II)
Your Instructor
Monique Paré — Quebec painter and palette knife instructor
"The knife doesn't lie. It demands conviction — and it rewards it."

Monique Paré has always painted. Through a long career in sales and training across Quebec, her brush was never far away. Now, from her studio in Saint-Sauveur with the Laurentian mountains stretching out before her, painting is everything.

Working in bold acrylics and oils, Monique paints the things that move her — animals, flowers, people, and the wild beauty of the Quebec landscape she calls home. The palette knife is her signature instrument, and this course is the distillation of everything she has learned from it.

Built for painters who are ready to stop being tentative — and start being bold.

— Monique Paré Discover her story →
Ready to Begin

Twelve weeks.
One unforgettable tool.

Self-guided, self-paced, and built to last. Return to it whenever you need it — the knife will always have more to teach.

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