Paint Brush Techniques

Dividing the bristles in a brush creates easy parallel lines or blocks.

What is sgraffito and how do you use this painting technique?

Your brushes are an investment. By cleaning them thoroughly at the end of a painting session, they will last longer.

Find out what scumbling in a painting is, and how to do this art technique yourself.

If you put more than one color onto a brush before you start painting, the colors blend as you paint. It's known as a double-loaded brush.

Learn how to use a fan brush in your painting.

Find out how to load (artspeak for "get") a paint onto a brush without it being too little or too much.