What do you do with your Paintbrushes?

[Bignastyshark]

Hi Guys,

I was wondering down the street the other day and i was getting some funny looks of people, i was not until i saw my reflection that i realised that i had left a paint brush behind my ear!!!!

Has anyone has similar experiences?

Does anyone put thier brushes behind thier ears??

Cheers Iain.

 

[DaN]

Err... No... Can\'t say I have...

Although once I got very drunk with some friends and the girls of the group decided to draw on the guys with mascara...

I think I was Bobo the clown until we stopped laughing at each other... Thank God we didn\'t go outside!!

 

[supervike]

I notice I hold them in my mouth alot....but I always remember to remove them before I talk, or eat, or go outdoors....lol

 

[Ritual]

I use mine to paint minis with!

:innocent:

 

[philologus]

Originally posted by supervike
I notice I hold them in my mouth alot....but I always remember to remove them before I talk, or eat, or go outdoors....lol

I do this too. I have painted the shoulders of my shirts at times from turning my head too quickly with a brush in my mouth.

 

[vincegamer]

I\'ll sometimes stick a brush behind my ear when I need to get up for something quick (refill/refresh my water cup etc.).
I\'ve never stopped painting and left it there because I\'m very careful to clean my brushes when finished.

Also, as I have glasses taking up valuable ear space, the brush wouldn\'t stay long on its own.

 

[Hinton]

Yeah, I put them behind my ears and hold them in my teeth; depends on what I\'m doing at the time. I do remove them before getting up from my painting area, though.

Originally posted by Ritual
I use mine to paint minis with!
:innocent:

No, you just lick them.

 

[Ritual]

Originally posted by Hinton

Originally posted by Ritual
I use mine to paint minis with!
:innocent:

No, you just lick them.

Yeah, but I need something to do with the brush inbetween so I paint minis!

 

[Bill]

Brush-licking makes you a better painter! Take up the cry people!

 

[Thecadian]

Originally posted by Bill
Brush-licking makes you a better painter! Take up the cry people!

hasnt worked for me yet maybe i need a bigger brush.........

 

[goblinLB]

is brush licking by any chance were u put it in ur mouth to point it again? coz i do that and i was at friends and when i paint with them they give me funny looks and its annoying coz it helps

 

[philologus]

Originally posted by goblinLB
is brush licking by any chance were u put it in ur mouth to point it again? coz i do that and i was at friends and when i paint with them they give me funny looks and its annoying coz it helps

Brush licking is done purely because you enjoy the taste of paint. I would recommend anything Green, Yummy.

 

[flynn]

Ritual already said what I was going to say.

As for putting them behind my ears, I can\'t say that I do, simply because I almost always have headphones on when I\'m painting, and the paintbrush really wouldn\'t be comfortable there.

 

[treide]

While on the subject of brushes, can some of the more experienced painters provide tips about brush care?

Up til now, I just rinse the brush (Reaper series) thoroughly with water after a painting session, shape the tip to a point, and store horizontally. With this approach, the brush lasts only about two months before I get tired of curled or splayed tips.

Should I buy a specialized brush cleaner, and if so, how often should it be used? Are common household liquid detergents OK for brush-cleaning or are they too harsh?

My apologies if this has been covered in the articles section.

 

[flynn]

treide -- Are your brushes the red handled Reaper brushes or the black handled ones? The reds have synthetic bristles, and even with the most meticulous brush care won\'t get a very long life out of them. The black handled brushes are the Kolinsky\'s and should last much longer.

I pretty much clean my brushes in the same way you mentioned, and I can usually get a good year and a half out of them before I decide to retire them.

 

[vincegamer]

buy a special brush soap. It\'s cheap really. Use it every time you clean your brushes, and even sometimes while painting.

Another trick is to learn to paint with a curled brush. I have a brush I\'ve been using for nearly 20 years and I just love the perfect hook.

 

[Ritual]

Originally posted by goblinLB
is brush licking by any chance were u put it in ur mouth to point it again? coz i do that and i was at friends and when i paint with them they give me funny looks and its annoying coz it helps

Getting the point in shape is the rational explanation (and also a useful thing). The REAL reason however, as philo logus mentioned, is the taste of paint! Be aware of flow improver, though. That stuff ruins the taste... lol

 

[goblinLB]

yea they say its wierd but i told them ur not a true painter if uv never tasted the paint.....after that i left lol

 

[treide]

@ flynn - I am using the red-handled Reaper brushes, so that may have something to do with it.

@ vincegamer - thanks, will get some brush soap.

 

[vincegamer]

don\'t forget to go synthetic because fur is inhumane.