In this video, portrait painter Alex Tzavaras shows you how to clean your paint brushes after oil painting.
In Alex's last portrait painting tutorial, he spoke about the different kinds of oil painting brushes and he showed you how to use them.
Now, you can't make a video on brushes without talking about another extremely important subject; how to take care of your brushes properly. So, in this video shows you the things he does to make sure his brushes remain in good condtion. He also gives you a few tips on how you can save time, as brush cleaning after oil painting can be pretty tedious.
0:00 Intro
1:40 Mineral Spirits and Other Kinds of Solvent
2:05 How to Clean Paint Brushes with Mineral Spirits
2:55 Recycling Mineral Spirits
4:00 How to Clean Your Brushes with Oil
5:10 How to Clean Your Brushes with Soap and Water
6:35 Wrapping Your Brushes so They Hold Their Shape
07:04 Removing Dried Paint from Your brushes
To see Alex's previous portrait painting tutorial on brushes and how to achieve looser brushwork:
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Alex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century.
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30 июл 2024