Acrylics are my favourite medium to paint with . They're bright, vibrant and dry quickly . Perfect.....except in the height of Summer when the paint dries on the brush before you can get it on the canvas ! Needless to say the brushes get ruined very quickly . Once upon a time it would really annoy me as it seemed like such a costly waste . Then I started painting landscapes and I realized that they were actually very useful, especially for foliage . They're clogged up with old paint and the hairs are straggly , I've even cut chunks out of some of them . Each brush gives me a different effect . I refer to them as my "splodgy bits" each creating different size and shape leaves .
They are my perfect "tree" brushes
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Texture painting with old brushes
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| Painting leaves on the trees |
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| Painting trees with acrylics |
Another selection of my brushes are for painting grass and plants . I buy a selection of cheap brushes and purposefully wreck them , ha ha! I've splayed out the hairs and cut some off completely . They work really well with a thin fluid paint .
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| Painting grass and plants with old or altered brushes |
Although the fine ones are time consuming to use they give me the detail that I want to create .
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| Painting grass with adapted brushes |
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| Painting grass with acrylics |
Of course when it comes to textures , effects and details there's nothing that can't be tried and experimented with .
I've never been the girly girl type, I'd rather be out in a field than on a dance floor and have discovered that the contents of my make up bag have a much better use ! 😊
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| Using make up brushes and sponges for paint effects |
