The reason why the brush wears out too quickly is due to bad habits of painting.

Such as: 1. Often use a small thin brush to cover a large area of oil painting.

2. Use a fine mink brush to apply to rough surfaces, such as coarse-grained canvas and coarse-grained jute canvas.

3. Due to rough pen, brushing or pressing too heavy.

4. Use an inexpensive wine cleaning brush.

5. At the end of painting, wash the oil brush incorrectly and allow residual pigment at the root of the brush.

The root of the brush dries for a long time, causing the bristles to open.

6. Different pictures have different ways of expression, and certain skills are also required in the selection of brushes.

For example: jute oil canvas is suitable, brush with hard bristles (bristles).

The following care recommendations for brushes will double or even triple the life of the bristles.

1. Never use a fine mink brush to cover a large area of brushes, such as sky or water.

2. Bristle brush or hard brush, which can be used to cover a large area of the picture.

Sable brush, suitable only for fine details.

3. Never use household alcohol to clean the brush.

The brush loses its natural oil and becomes fragile. It is best to use a professional brush cleaning solution, or a diluent such as turpentine.

4. At the end of each painting, wash the brush thoroughly.

After cleaning, apply a little petroleum jelly to the bristles and press the bristles back into their original shape;

For a round mink brush, some nutrients (such as olive oil) can be used.

5. Storage of brushes: put the brush in the jar with the brush head facing up.

Using only one or two brushes during the painting process forces the painter to frequently clean the brush between color mixing, causing unnecessary wear and tear.

6. In order to avoid frequent cleaning, use several more at a time.

Expensive brushes, with simple care, will last longer.

The use of multiple brushes during painting will eliminate unnecessary cleaning during color mixing.

Oil brush selection can be divided into soft oil brushes and hard oil brushes according to materials.

Soft fur oil brushes mainly include: wolf milli brush, mink brush, cow hair and camel hair brush, chemical fiber pen.

Painting with a soft brush can make the picture more delicate. Brush strokes of a hazelnut marten brush.

The mink brush is the best used in the soft brush, there is no obvious brush stroke on the picture, suitable for expressing delicate classical painting methods, delicate texture of human skin.

Wolf Milli Brush:

It is made of weasel hair, the wolf milli brush is not elastic enough, and the grasp and control of the details of the picture is not as good as the mink brush when used, but the price of the wolf milli pen is relatively affordable, and beginners can choose this material.

Chemical fiber material oil brush: most of the market is woolen brush, chemical fiber pen has good softness and elasticity, the shape of the pen head is more diverse. 👇

However, in use, because oil paints and some toning oils will contain certain corrosive chemicals, the woolen pen bristles are very easy to deform, and it is not recommended for beginners to use brushes made of chemical fiber.

Hard brushes often leave bristle marks when coloring, which can pick up thick paint. It can be rubbed, wiped, and brushed, and generally there will be no phenomenon of pen bristles sticking together.