Here is a quick tip on keeping your acrylic paint from drying so fast. This will help with blending. If you have any questions please visit www.timgagnon.com. You can also sign up for online lessons. Thank you for watching!
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I’ve been told you should never leave your brushes in water for too long…the glue binding in the handles will start to dissolve and your brush will fall apart.
i never think i could do this, i will use them on my next canvas
Thank you very much, this is a big problem when I use acrylic paint. I’ll try it and I hope it” work with my pictures, thank you very much for this very helpful advice, I love your videos and pictures <3
Use bounty. ๐
i don’t like leaving my brushes in water cos im paranoid of them rusting ๐
haha kitty (:
WTF is with that cat??
1:44 has a cute cat rolling around in the background! By the way, great artwork!
love your work thanks for helping beginners
wont paper towels leave behind a fuzz?
I like the cat behind the palette ๐
Thank you for GREAT vidoes, I am a beginner painter and am going to follow your instructions. LOVE your work!
Thank you for all your helping tips!
Do you think you caould make a video on how to paint the trees?
You can use a retardant too. I guess it depends on how fast you want the paint to dry. You can also use Golden Open Acrylics, which dry much slower than normal Acrylics.
What about using a retardant?
I use Golden Acrylics.
Yeah, sometimes you only need one of the steps. Thanks for commenting!
Very good Tim, but what make of paints do you prefer?
I usually just do step #3. Thanks for the video.
nice tips. i love gagsonstudio
Hi Tim…. Great Tips! Those are the things I do to keep my acrylics wetter longer…. never thought to pass the idea along like this…. GREAT VIDEO! FIVE STARS!
You can probably just soak them for 30 – 60 minutes and that would work. I have quite a few cheap brushes too, and they don’t seem to get damaged by soaking them overnight, but it might be safer to just soak them for an hour, and try it from there. Thanks for your comment!
Another set of good tips, I’d be a bit worried leaving my brushes overnight in water, incase it weakened them. I use pretty cheap brushes because I can’t afford much better, but maybe soaking them for half an hour would do the job? Thanks for the great tips! Good stuff for the beginner like me