Washing a brush seems simple enough:
Step 1. Get the paint out
Step 2. Congratulate yourself on your success.
Obvious, no? I was years out of art school, and I had ruined several hundreds of dollars of brushes before I learned how to properly care for my tools. Below are two simple videos on brush care. The first is by Will Kemp, specially for acrylic painters. The second is by Marco Cutrone, has a pleasant guitar accompaniment, and is for acrylic and oil.
Take a class with SAL – anywhere! If yesterday’s post sparked any pilgrimage plans, you may want to put another pin in the map. This from a reader: “Even though Julius II is buried in St. Peter’s basilica, the tomb is not there. The tomb was completed many years after his death and can be …
Yesterday I made a post about tracking viewer’s eye movements on a painting. Today I have the reverse: Graham Fink stairs at a blank screen, and the eye tracking software draws the picture as he moves his eyes.
Tina Kraft is a talented South Florida artist with connections to our besties at the New York Studio School. It was at NYSS where we met many of our great instructors such as Fran O’Neil, Charity Baker, Catherine Lepp, Sam Wade Levy, Shruti Ghatak, and Jonathan Harkham. Our own Keith Pfieffer is currently pursuing his …
Find an old catalogue, magazine, maps, drawings, paintings, wrappers, etc. Stack the materials. You may wish to use some impermanent glue. Working with an x-acto blade, or tearing by hand, remove paper to reveal previous layers. Post your work Post to Instagram with #30SAL so we can find it. To be eligible for prizes, (yes …
How to Wash a Brush
Washing a brush seems simple enough:
Step 1. Get the paint out
Step 2. Congratulate yourself on your success.
Obvious, no? I was years out of art school, and I had ruined several hundreds of dollars of brushes before I learned how to properly care for my tools. Below are two simple videos on brush care. The first is by Will Kemp, specially for acrylic painters. The second is by Marco Cutrone, has a pleasant guitar accompaniment, and is for acrylic and oil.
https://youtu.be/WzDnorAzWVU https://youtu.be/cnBmQmHqq5s Basic Steps:
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