Painting Tip #17 - Time Saving Tips

If you don’t have time to wash your brushes, try dipping them in some vegetable oil (I like walnut oil as it is less viscous than most options and is a drying oil), wrapping them in plastic wrap and putting them in the freezer until you get around to washing them. Same goes for your palette, as you can also cover it with plastic wrap or place it in a large tupperware type container and put it in the freezer to drastically slow the drying of your paints!

Painting Tip #11

Some of my artist friends never wash their brushes with soap and water. They just rinse them well in mineral spirits and their brushes seem to stay remarkably serviceable albeit a little stained! If you really hate washing brushes, you might want to give this idea a try!