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I skip the difficult brush steps and just dip my models into paint directly. Huge time saver 🎉

Instructions unclear. I licked my mini and painted my water mugg

But what if you want to Beat the Devil out of the brush.

I even lick my airbrush.

You know Pro Acryll has a whole ad about not eating the paint. I feel like it was made for you now Squidmar.

Hey Emil,
I've seen Sergio Calvo removing the excess water of the brush on a paper towel. The difference  is having the towel already wet. This helped me a ton and kept me from the dreaded brush licking :P

This is exactly what I've been missing and it's something no painting videos ever go over.

I'm pretty sure that I have enough cadmium, chromium, bismuth, and acrylic monomer in my diet already, so I'll leave brush licking to people with dietary deficiencies.

You can get essentially the same result using a wet paper towel. My paper towel becomes and stays wet quite rapidly just from use. Alternatively, you can drag your brush away from your paint drop on your we palette to get a very similar effect.

Just an idea, now that you've done a "You've been using your brushes wrong all this time!" maybe you can do a "You've been using your WET PALETTE wrong all this time!" video, because the number of people I see post photos or videos which have their wet palette in the background with air bubbles all over it and giant creases in the paper is just wild. I think a lot of people could really benefit from being shown how to properly set up a wet palette and being provided with a basic explanation of how they work, how to keep the sponge moist but not flood the palette, why it's important to remove those air bubbles and creases; how easy that is to do once you know how to do it, ways to get the most out of a wet palette.

If i manhandled my minis like that when painting, the paint would strip in seconds. Emil must have the cleanest hands.

I really appreciate that you made a point of dragging the brush downwards and other things that would probably sound too obvious to say out loud, I'm a beginner painter and appreciate basic advice like this! 🙏

Thank you so much for this.

I cannot work out why my brushes keep splitting and you’ve just answered the question

if you use a piece of paper instead of a paper towel, it removes less water and you can also shape it as well. My workflow is now water pot, post-it note pad, palette, post-it note pad (instead of back of hand), then paint on model. no fibres from paper towel & hands stay clean

I always use a damp sponge to wick away the excess water from the brush

i have to hold the brush in my mouth (full quadriplegic) and really love youR videos. im using the artis opus brushes and they work great

Hmmm, I am one of the people that "never" had this problem. I wipe on a paper towel, and I have my "bag of tricks" which I use. So, needless to say, I was suspicious.

So, I went to the drawer and pulled out a Raph 8404 of the new type. I never, ever, ever struggled with the old type with the perfectly straight handles. . . But these new brushes always split early after loading, while the old ones never do. Im convinced their hair supply changed. Anyway, this is the phenomenon described and these brushes were in the drawer so, why not try?

Guess what? Squidmars trick helps! For whatever reason these new 8404 benefit much more than my other brushes from this technique. I used a wet swedish dish towel to sharpen after cleaning. Very interesting.

I had no issues with 90% of my brushes, not the new 8404. I tried the trick with my favorite brushes and it dilutes the paint too much for me to be interested in using it there. So this is very much brush dependent in terms of utility for me.

There is a dilution factor to be concerned with when using this approach. It's cool, and there are many other ways to skin the cat that result in more controlled and reduced dilution. Nonethless, this was a cool one!

2:15 i was like... No... Please NO... use your fingers inst... Ok nvm

I have been trying to search for years on how to keep my brush tip pointed and this video finally gave me that answer. Holy shit! I was drying it too much. Very profound. Thanks.

God...I just realized when I start a painting session, I grab my brush and start painting "dry". Can't believe I haven't been wetting it first! TIL!