How to Prepare Brand New Brushes for Painting in all Media!

Follow along with artist Michael Goldstein as he demonstrates how to prep your new brushes for painting in this riveting free art lesson! In this video, Mikey G will explain why brushes come with a protective coating, and present a way to avoid those pesky hairs from entering your painting. This demonstration is full of useful tips for painters of all skill levels!

[Jaynepvg]

i wanted to know why my new brushes always come super stiff. i always would wash them out gently until they were soft but then i questioned myself if thats how the brushes were ment to be and if i was ruining them. so this little short info video was nice to reassure me.

[Sharmiessence]

This is exactly what I was looking for; thank you so much!

[sanrain]

thank u for uploading this video . jus what i was looking for . Thank u !

[russellhargraves]

Exactly what I was hoping to find! Thank you!

[klicktone]

Tried my first canvas painting today. Learned alot. I did not prep my brushes. Now I know

[ClearlyRoxx]

Thank you! I am a beginner and just brought home some amsterdam paint and my first set of pencils, brushes and fanbrush, and i was EXACTLY looking for the answers you just gave me!

[jaehyunstopruiningmybiaslist]

Exactly what I was looking for, thanks for the video!

[judy]

Ahhh!!! Thank you! So helpful! I was initially looking for help with the loose hairs issue and bonus I now understand what causes and how to fix the brush being so stiff when opened! Thanks for posting!

[ShannasCountryCreek]

Just got my 3/4" brushes along with a bonus and super stoked to use them. I searched how to break in new hard brushes and here you are🥰
Here is my story about this order🙊😬🥰🎨🙋‍♀️ ...👇
I feel God is giving me a nudge to start painting again. I was trying to order 3/4" paint brushes and noticed after ordering several days later i get an email my total was wayyyy more then it should be. So i looked into it and apparently these oil painting products were still in my shopping cart from a year ago when I was dreaming of painting with oils & the Lavender Line...strangely i did not see them at checkout, and I'm usually very frugal to fix the situation, but something told me no...keep! My favorite are the 3 cute lil glass bottles to the far right. They have the lovely aroma of Lavender. Not sure what's next, but happy to add them to my SheBarn. God is good🙌💃🎨
❤od❣💃🙌🎨
(Pic on facebook)

[mistymitcheson]

Thank you for this video. I was so upset when I received my new watercolor brushes and they looked and felt like they had been glued together. Whew glad to have found your video before I contacted seller lol

[sofiamartin]

Thanks for this video! It was very helpful and short.

[mohamadhanan]

Thank you brother






From another mother

[VoiceforAllCreatures]

Thank you, exactly the advice I was looking for today!!!

[susanhepburn]

Thank you so much. Greatly appreciated!

[wmkh]

Thanks. I am new and was using a new brush without breaking it in. I noticed it felt sticky nd I had some hairs come out. Very discouraging. I had bought several new brushes and my experience with the first one made me think the other brushes were garbage and that I had wasted my money.. Thank for the tip.

[elsagrace]

Whoa, Mikey G, what a baby faceback then!

[Skyofficial]

should we use turpentine for brush before using oil paint?

[margaretpepper]

Good advice thank you! I have a different issue I bought a fairly nice oval wash brush but everytime I use it the point divides into several sort of blocks in never stays in a point. I have no idea why? Any advice?
Kind regards
Margaret

[tamaraj]

A couple of my brand new brushes have hairs bent or out of shape, will doing these steps fix that?

[carolineullrich]

I gave bran new cheap princeton paint bruches, I tried soaking them in both water, then oil solvent, neither soften the bruches what so