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Preparing Before you Paint

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It is very difficult for artists to do painting when they have pets around. Though, I did miss my alexandrine parakeet, when she was trapped by some one and was set free by a neighbor. This made me think that pets are an important part of our lives and they give us love, and loads of love! But sometimes I do have her footprints on my works! And she goes about the home with the same feet dipped in paint! How can we take care of our works and still be around pets. mitthin sitting on my head the Queen! Birdie pet budgie love bird sitting on my painting art materials my precious paints acrylic art paints special place for making healing art my favorite quilt that brings out creative energy assembling art for inventory listing sitting on floor and making joyful art in the terrace garden art on the easel my precious artists table that is really ancient wood With many accidents during painting, our servant has the habit of cleaning under all storage when not required, and I have had to...

Artist - Care of brushes.

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Cleaning of brushes has created a lot of problems for me. I have lost many good brushes due to not being able to clean them properly. After lots of trial and error methods and sacrificing a good number of beautiful brushes I have come up with some important tips for cleaning and maintenance of brushes. 1)Very very important always keep brushes for oil paints and water colour separate. Never use them alternatively as oil paint brushes have to be cleaned using turpentine or other solvent whereas water colours can be washed with plain water. Reiki symbol large calligraphy abstract Art in progress 2) Store brushes with hair side up to keep the brush hair neat. Keeping the end part down in a box or container that is tall enough for the sizes of brushes you use takes care of the hair as well as it is easy to take out whichever brush is required. 3) Always wash brushes thoroughly after every use to remove all residues of colour. When colours remain on the brushes, whichever type of co...