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Reply To: [unofficial weekender] Friday. 'nough said.

May 25, 2021 at 5:45 pm #1649623

blinky465

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Hahah! I know exactly what you mean! I had a couple of brushes my wife got for me, that I didn’t like to use because they were “for best”. But when I used them, I really liked using them, because they were so nice and made painting so much more enjoyable. But I didn’t like using them, in case I spoiled them (I know, right?)

Which is why I bought half a dozen of the same brushes the other day. Now I paint with brushes that are really nice to paint with. And it’s more enjoyable. And when a brush “wears out”, it can have a job doing some base coating or even some drybrushing, and I’ll just start on a new one!

I used to be stingy with my paints for the same reason – I didn’t want them to run out. So I’d be really mean putting just one dot onto the palette at a time. But you know what? Putting three or four dots makes painting much easier, I still haven’t run out of paint – and when I do, they cost, like, £3 a pot to replace.

It’s taken me over thirty years to get my head around this!