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Blending medium is
a liquid that helps shading and makes paints flow smoothly on porous
surfaces such as wood. |
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Slide load a brush
by pulling the edge into a third color. Use large and standard sized
brushes. |
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Paint like a pro, even if
you've never before picked up a brush. This technique is called "One Stroke"
because you blend, shade and highlight with just one brush stroke. |
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Blending gel is
used to extend the life of paint.
- On unsealed surfaces,
blending gel soaks into the surface, keeping it wet longer for more
blending time.
- On sealed surfaces,
blending gel will not soak
into the surface, so use less and blend faster.
- When floating or shading,
use as large a brush
as possible.
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Get started with your
flat brush, which is used in most elements of One Stroke designs. |
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Wet your brush and
gently tap on a paper towel to remove
excess water.
Dip one corner of the
brush in one color.
Dip the opposite
corner in another color to form triangles
at the corner of each brush.
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Stroke brush back and
forth on a clean spot on your palette to
blend the paint.
Flip the brush over
and push it away from you, blending on the
same spot.
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- For easy cleaning brush bristles across an old (non-perfumed) bar of
soap and work it in with your fingers.
- Rinse well with water.
- Shape brushes as they are drying.
- Rinse your brushes before painting again.
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- Note how a correctly loaded brush looks.
The paint fills two-thirds of the brush, but does not get into the metal
bristle attachment.
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