I bought the paint purger based on this video and it ABSOLUTELY works just as well as shown/stated. Literally saved two of my workhorse brushes from the bin. ❤
Thank you, I just got the Series S set as a gift - Something I'd never get for myself, but WOW - I really enjoy these brushes and thank your for the video. The quality shows.
Getting ready to graduate from uni. I've been saving up for a set of your drybrushes for awhile now and I'm getting them for myself for a graduation present. Gonna have to grab these as well!
Bought the paint purger and brush cleaner after this video was released. Currently paint purging my brushes and this is stuff is clearly dark magic!!! Awesome stuff!!!
Thanks for the in depth vid on cleaning brushes. These will keep my series S and D brushes lasting longer. Been doing on my synthetic brushes too to see if they’ll last a little long
Just bought the Series S set and was wondering how often would you use the brush soap? Have you done a video on what you use each size brush for, I would find that very useful.
There's no fixed answer on what to use the different S sizes for, they're very flexible tools, but a lot of our recent content discusses what brush I am using and why regularly. A quick soap at the end of a session is always a bonus, if paint isn't flowing off smoothly or they have had heavy use.
@@ArtisOpus right, thought I’d give them a few goes before replying so I could give a proper report back on the new products! The purple one first... cracking stuff. Seriously brilliant cleaner! Even gave a few old non-AO brushes a clean and it was amazing to see how much paint was still in the old brushes even after repeated cleaning in the past. Only slight thing you may want to think about though is the design of the bottle, yes I’m a little bit of a cack-handed idiot but trying to pour it into a shot glass I always lost a little off the side. Maybe make the lid a sealable spout? The soap next. Nice to have the bigger size, the soaps from and M&D series boxes were starting to run out. Nothing new to report other than that because I know how good the soap was already from the little ones in the series boxes! Best brush soap I’ve used! Now the cleanser. Lovely smell to it! Does the job excellently, “like new” points on my M series and also the old non-AO brushes I tried on it. Also top job on my D series brushes, one question though... next morning when I was flicking them out I found they were still had a slight oily feel to them. Is this intended or do I not take enough of the cleanser off the brush head before leaving to dry? All in all HIGHLY recommended! On a side note, one of the things I have really loved about these cleaning products is the confidence it gives me in using AO brushes. Too be honest I haven’t used my M series brushes half as much as I wanted because I was worried about damaging them by not cleaning them properly. After all Artis Opis brushes aren’t cheap brushes! With this video and the new products it’s given me more confidence to use my AO brushes as my regular brushes instead of cheaper brands because I now have confidence in myself to look after them as they deserve to be looked after! Thank you lads! I shall be ordering my S series soon to complete my triology. Hope your all staying safe and well!
@@Siege181 Thanks so much for such in-depth feedback, it genuinely is massively appreciated. All tips will be taken into account🤗I hope your brushes serve you well. We designed them to be used, so I am pleased to hear about the confidence! It is meant to leave a very small amount on for conditioning purposes but only a very slight. Experiment a little to see how it goes. Did it have any detrimental effects? 😊 Lots of love!
Great explanation on how to care for my new AO S, M and D-series brushes. One question, though: 2 of my s-series have guide hairs sticking out of the point. A vid on how to best remove these without screwing up my brushes would be great!
Capillary action will pull liquid into the ferrule no matter how you store it, unless you have it soaking wet it shouldn't change the amount of liquid going into the ferrule between storing bristles up or down. It will evaporate at some point anyway.
I recently purchased the S and D sets with the purger and cleanser. I went through this process with my kolinsky brushes and revived them as well. Excellent video. BTW the Opus brushes are fantastic!!!!
With using the paint purger with really stubborn paint nodule's I've worked out to put a texture pallet under the kitchen towel and draw the brush backwards across the pallet and towel, it really knocks off the matted paint. Works especially well with the dry brushes.
@@ArtisOpus before I had a texture pallet I used a the joint strip on the kitchen work tops. It's just having a ridge to draw the paint particles down and away from the Feral. The other thing I've done is have the reverse side of the texture palette laser etched by a friend so it has ridges across the wall width of varying line spacing so it gives me a little extra grip of it, (to help with brain injuries), but also giving another side to the pallet so it tunes the brush a little for dirtying up panel lines and raised edges on flat surface areas. I just need to get my hands on a dampening pad now, I bought my brushes individually to allow for a disability income, I've been using a wet pallet sponge for the time being.
I swear I have seen a lot of brush cleaning videos but I learn something new every time haha. Gonna have to pick me up these new products because I really need to take better care of my brushes ;P. Great vid and probably not the last time I'll be watching it :)
The AO samurai rack is a GREAT way to store your brushes right after drying. I would recommend not leaving them in a table so that the brush hairs get to dry evenly and any soluble solution that may have entered the ferrule evaporates properly. If you don’t have a rack, simply elevating them on a surface where they won’t roll off is a good way to dry them as well. Happy cleaning - happy painting!
Hi, great product’s and video, I am unable to buy your or any products due to being disabled and not working, I am not after sympathy just wanted to say how great your tutorials are. Keep it up.
Thanks man, sorry to hear it, you could always pick up a single XL D, or Series S #3 - they are both big, durable brushes, that last forever when cared for. Thanks for the kind words!
Have been toying with the idea of purchasing the series d set, and after watching a few of your superb videos on here(particularly the great unclean one and this) I am convinced to givd these bad boys a whirl!
Hey everybody! Please advise young painter how often should I thoroughly clean my brushes? I mean, presently I clean it everytime after a painting session so that they look like new, but it takes more than an hour:) what if to give it light cleaning after a session and then deep cleaning at the end of the painting week for example?
Hey dude, it depends how frequently you're painting, what paints you've used, etc. When I was commission painting I did a small clean and rinse after each session, and then cleaned and conditioned them more thoroughly at the end of each week :)
Excellent Video James. Added the paint purge and cleanser to my basket just wait for payday now and I will be getting me some. Excellent tips and information. Thanks for your continued videos to help us get better at the hobby.
Hey folks! Loving the brushes so far! I've ran through this process once with my series S brushes after my S1 stopped forming a point consistently after workhorsing for me for a few months. Ferrule seems clean, and nothing seems to come out when i went through the process. Been primarily using GW Contrast Paints. If you folks have any suggestions, I would really appreciate it!
Very useful vid AO. Gotta ask though, what do you do with the used cleanser or purger? Can it just go down the sink or does it need to be disposed of differently?
I've heard from some other people that good brushes shouldn't be used with contrast paints as it will ruin them quicker, but I see your video uses contrast paints too. Is there a secret to the brush, or the way you clean them? or would these brushes subject standard wear and tear to metallics and contrast paints?
Very good information, and techniques, James. The information about keeping the brushes flat when wet was particularly informative. Is it okay to stand them up when they are well dried?
Hi mate, we can absolutely do one! Generally speaking it's quite a simple affair, don't soak them in any large amounts of liquids so they don't warp, asides from that you're good, re-rime occasionally in your most commonly used primer, and you're good to go!
@@ArtisOpus just wipe off any large amounts of paint/blobs and re-prime. That sounds perfect I ordered my pad and dry brushes from you last week. Now I just have to wait for it to cross the pond and the rest of the colonies before it lands in California.
Hi there, thanks for your answer! I know about not getting paint into the ferrule and I unfortunately do not notice that water gets out the paint that easily. I tried to restructure my brush rinsing questions and would appreciate it if you could answer them one by one ;) (1) How often do you rinse your brush while painting with 1 colour?/How long do you paint with 1 colour until you rinse? (2) Do I have to visibly get out all the paint when rinsing while painting? (3) When rinsing, do you drag your brush on the bottom of the water glass to get off the paint (I am doing that atm, is it bad?, yes I have experienced split tips) or just swirl it around without touching the bottom? (4) Basically I wanna do more painting and less cleaning because whenever I feel that paint has dried and doesn’t get off with water during painting, I immediately use my masters brush cleaner soap to get it out which feels wrong to me and annoying to deal with. This is a big deal for me because I have now received my Series S Size 1 which I wanna treat right :)
This was brilliant I’m starting to look at getting a set now I have some other brands and even using brush soaps I find them splitting I had worried it was more dried soap in the end but supposed to be able to leave that on so thinking I need to try these brushes now. Definitely want all the right cleaning things before hand are there any videos on a general clean during and straight after a session? Is it just the brush soap you would use and how often?
Hey, dude, some of these are mentioned in the video. It's all down to personal preference. I like a light clean during painting and then proper clean when they need it. If I was painting every day this would be once a week😊
@@ArtisOpus brilliant, I’ve tried some other brands and cleaning soaps but still managed to make mistakes and getting stuff in the ferrule I actually thought it was dried soap as I was sure I didn’t get paint there. But yeah I’ve just grabbed the full D series and S1/2 so want to make sure I get it all right from the get go I’m going to have to watch it his again as I must have missed the bit about during painting, in fact best watch it serval times including in the background during my first clean
Hey don't know if the comments on this get check often anymore but I have a question on the conditioning stage. Should material be getting left behind in the conditioner and if its not would it be better to decant it before as not to contaminate the solution?
I am curious about the dry brush cleaning. When cleaning how clear should it end up? If I am painting metallics will it end up perfectly clear or will it end up discolored? Yours looked much darker but I didn’t know if you were going to try to clean it more.
Hey I ran into you at LVO, right after my father died, I seem to have lost the brushes I bought. What a year, when will you be having your sales? Suggestions here? Thank you steve
*intro ends* James: ''Hey guys, it's James-...' Me: AHHGH Great video though, not knowing how to clean brushes seriously put me off getting any expensive ones :)
Buy the brushes and texture-palette used in this video here: store.artis-opus.com/collections/series-d-drybrushing Any tips or tricks of your own? What would you like to see in a follow-up video?
We do our best! Nope buddy, check out any of our most recent videos for how I treat mine: occasional chaos black prime. If you are worried about dust simply wipe it with a wet cloth that doesn't leave fluff behind.
These products arrived today and I've cleaned all my brushes, I better find a different way to store them because I usually put them bristle side up in the pot
Hi there, could you tell me how/how often I should wash out (or rinse? idk what you call it in English sry) my brushes during painting? What I am currently doing is having a water pot ready and I am sort of dragging my brush tip on the bottom of the glas to get the paint off. I don't know if that's the right way to do it. And yes I already had split tips although I didn't feel that I am cleaning with too much force or something. Am I supposed to only swirl it in the water every 2 minutes without touching the bottom of the glas? It also seems to be extensive cleaning in my opinion in general because if I wait too long I can already not get it off anymore with just water and have to use brush cleaning soap. So basically I wanna be painting more with less cleaning/washing out every 2 minutes. I wanna get a few Artis Opus Brushes soon but I need to know how to treat them right first as they are expensive :) Also I wanna know if it is necessary to get all the colour out of my brush aka clean it until it looks like new (colourwise) or if that is not so important.
After I complete the process, there are one or two “renegade” hairs jutting out by themselves (Da Vinci brushes). Is this sometimes inevitable wear and tear, with those hairs needing to be trimmed off, or is it more a sign that I haven’t done the cleaning process thoroughly enough? Thanks
It's fairly normal. Cleaning loosens up any pigment that might be holding hairs that would have already left, so they might come out. Or lean to the side. They're normally ones you should just pluck out, or carefully cut off as low as possible :)
Great video. I have a set of series s brushes and I find that there is an annoying middle hair on the tip that always gets dry paint on it. I'm assuming it will wear away eventually, but do you have any advice?
is the cleanser similar to turpinoid? I have been using this stuff for years, and it's great (as well as masters soap) the turpionoid has that citrus smell to it as well, so I assume it's a similar product? I'll be picking up the purple one for sure, but I already have over 200 quids worth of stuff in my basket, so if I can avoid buying the clear one it would help a lot TBH. I think the purple one will be ideal for my series D as you do tend to end up with dry paint in dry brushes. I had ben using make up brushes and goat hair mops previously, and the turpenoid takes a long time to remove the dried paint. I think the purger product is probably exactly what I need for this job.
@@ArtisOpus Thanks, Hopefully Fantasywelt gets them to their store someday aswell, been waiting them to restock your brushes.. but damm covid/brexit combo :
Hey man, my question was related to the Series S. Ordered a Series S Size 1 from your online store already which is on the way to me. Do you have a customer support email? I get the YT comment notify but email would be more convenient for me then. I am also down to send you my rinsing question a bit more structured via email again as my comment was like a huge wall of text.
YT is awful for notifications :). A few tips to help with your brushes: #1... Don't dip more than half way up the hairs! Use another brush for taking pain from pots,.mixing, etc. I use my older brushes for this (I paint the tips red or black) #2 Acrylics are quite friendly, a quick rinse in water between colours should be fine. Note: heavier products: Washes, contrast, base paints (also used heavily... So often they go up to the metal, which should be avoided). support@artis-opus.com :) More questions here are fine also, just use a new comment. Thanks for you message!
James - Don't store brushes pointing upwards *brushes in background stored pointing upwards Yes I know they've probably not been used or are probably for orders
We're all guilty of this, it is best practise not to though! It causes pigment to flow downwards into the ferrule of the brush, which is one of the main causes of brushes losing their shape, horizontal is a good middle ground :)
Never store you brush vertical..... unless you're recording the end of a video where brushes are stored vertical after saying never to do that. Lol. But I agree don't do it.
