A tip or two

Know your brushes— 

• Flats - square edge, long bristle
• Brights - flat, square-edged, long sable
• Rounds - pointed bristle
• Rigger - small slender sable
• Longs - flat, square-edge, long sable
• Filberts - Flat, oval edge, long fibre 

Remember when painting— 

• Squint! It makes shapes & colors (light vs. dark) more obvious, without getting caught up in the detail. 
• Its better to have a confident line in the wrong place, then a wobbly line in the correct place. 
• Always compare - push the verticals & pull the horizons. 
• Remember the rule of 3rds.  
•  Constantly look at your subject! Your brain forgets half of what it saw, by the time your eyes shift back to your canvas.

the fan brush 

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