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This article describes some unorthodox methods to use brushes to paint in oils. None of these are intended to . It is more a list of additional things to consider when painting, and hopefully get results. It may or may not be relevant to your method, but I hope for some, it is interesting and even useful to consider. This article is perhaps more relevant to artists working in a relatively uncontrolled and rough. Cheap brushes are often rejected for failure to retain their shape, and leaving behind loose hairs in the paint. I found the more expensive brushes are okay, although I admit some are useless. Being so cheap, it is affordable to experiment with different brands and throw away the bad, taking note not to
. I have some expensive brushes that I keep separate, and use when needed. But mostly, I use the cheap. I do not know what is the difference between oil and acrylic brushes is, but my favorite brushes for oil painting are acrylic brushes. They seem to last as long, face painting fine oil, and are . It is often advisable to only
slightly dip the tip of the brush in the paint, so that no clogs up the shell. It is often said that, after dipping the brush into the paint, any excess should be wiped off the brush and bristles molded as needed. These recommendations make sense, but
I find taking this level of care all the time too boring and sometimes restrictive. As important as taking care of your brushes is, I advise you not to let artists take over, or affecting . At the end of the day, it's just a brush. Featuring painting, and produce the best work of art is the priority. Have hair to the ferrule clogged with the previous color, can sometimes be a good thing. I usually create my current color with paint color before. This is a very useful piece of advice I had a couple of years, and helped bring my colors. If you use this method, the brush and push relatively hard to the canvas, so that the previous color is applied to the shell along with the current colors can then be worked in to . Much of my shadow came about by doing this. It is not very controlled, but even if it does not work, the oil is fairly easy to fix. Rinsing the brush in turpentine between colors in only partially successful in removing the previous color, even if you do not clog up the hair. Notice that the turpentine itself becomes blurred very easily. I still have many of each type of brush in hand, if I want to start painting a new color and lighter, I can use a different brush. Do not throw away brush automatically if the paint has dried in the bristles by . Try it and see if it leaves a useful effect or texture.