Your brushes make all the difference
I taught a limited palette workshop over the weekend and thoroughly enjoyed myself. The painters were a keen bunch who worked hard, asked good questions and were as excited by the magical effects of hue, value and temperature as I am. My kind of people!
One thing that came up repeatedly - as it does in every workshop - was brushes.
I paint in layers, often wet-in-wet and not every bristle type is capable of doing that.
To apply the layers of heavy oil paint cleanly, one on top of the other, my brushes have to be strong and flexible. Soft or floppy brushes just won't work; they won't hold enough paint or release it cleanly on top of a wet paint layer.
Most brushes meant for acrylics fall into the too-soft category when they're pressed into service for oil paint. They don't have the strength to spring back under the weight of oils and are often ruined by the cleaning solvents.
The bristles I use are the most common one among oil painters who like to work with thic…
One thing that came up repeatedly - as it does in every workshop - was brushes.
I paint in layers, often wet-in-wet and not every bristle type is capable of doing that.
To apply the layers of heavy oil paint cleanly, one on top of the other, my brushes have to be strong and flexible. Soft or floppy brushes just won't work; they won't hold enough paint or release it cleanly on top of a wet paint layer.
Most brushes meant for acrylics fall into the too-soft category when they're pressed into service for oil paint. They don't have the strength to spring back under the weight of oils and are often ruined by the cleaning solvents.
The bristles I use are the most common one among oil painters who like to work with thic…
